Take It One Pound At A Time

Just focus on the next pound as though it was all you wanted to lose, once that is achieved repeat the process until you reach your goal.

Focus On One Step At A Time

Successful weight loss is made up of many, many small changes of habit; if you focus on changing your habits one or two at a time, you're more likely to achieve success than if you try to change all your habits at once, only to see yourself as a failure when you don't succeed.

One or two steps at a time is how even the tallest staircase is climbed.

Just Take The First Step

Imagine a very long winding staircase is before you and imagine that at the top of that staircase is a wonderful treasure, something great that you've wanted for a very long time. Now imagine standing at the bottom of that staircase, thinking about the treasure and desiring this treasure with all your heart. At this point you know that the only way to acquire the treasure is to climb up the staircase but all you can do is stare at the staircase wishing you could/would climb it.

This analogy describes the dilemma that many of us face when we feel stuck on a plateau or paralysed by indecision and procrastination. We know what we must do but somehow we just feel stuck.

In reality if there was only a staircase keeping you from a great treasure that you desire, you would not just stand there, you would climb that staircase, step by step by step. No matter how tall that building was, you would climb and climb and climb.

Try to see your weight loss and fitness journey in the same way. See your journey as a set of small steps: Step 1. Get up. Step 2. Put on your trainers. Step 3. Open the door and go for a walk or a jog (or go to the gym, or get on your exercise machine, or put on your exercise video). Step 4. Exercise for a few minutes at first and on subsequent days increase the time you spend exercising. Step 5. Prepare a healthy, clean meal. Etc.. Etc..

Step by step is the way even the longest journeys are completed. Don't look at the whole staircase and feel bad about having to climb it all at once, you don't have to climb it all at once, you only have to take it one step at a time.

I'm Moving In The Right Direction

Even if I take one step back for every two steps forward, I’m still moving in the right direction.
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Don't Aim To Be Perfect, Just Aim To Be Better

Rather than aiming to be 'perfect', just aim to be a little bit better today than you were yesterday.

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Small changes can make a big difference. Every extra step you take helps. Always use the stairs or walk up the escalator.

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