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Obesity exposes us to so many health risks; heart disease and diabetes to name a couple of the best-known of them. Every New Year, how many of us resolve to lose the extra weight?

Many people who are extremely overweight have a tendency to believe that losing the amount of stomach fat they need to lose is just not possible. However, if you have a goal and a plan to achieve that goal, you will be able to do so in time.

The important thing to realize is that you can have short-term goals that are part of long-term goals. Determine what the short-term goals are, and you’ll have a much greater chance of losing those pounds of stomach fat that have been hanging on for years.

Here are some helpful tips on how you can lose weight with proper planning and goal-setting.

1. Set Realistic Goals.

When most people decide to lose weight, they set goals which are over ambitious. For instance, if you presently weight 180 lbs. and want to weigh 115 lbs., and decide you’re going to achieve this within 2 months, you’re setting yourself up for failure, because unrealistic goals make it hard to see the trees for the forest.

To lose weight efficiently, have a sensible and realistic goal and weight-loss plan to guide you step by step to your target weight. For example, set a goal of losing 5 pounds in 5 days. Compare that to chopping down one tree, and you’re on your way to conquering the forest.

2. Determine Your Weight-Loss Objectives.

In order to succeed at anything, you need a good reason or initiative to look towards, so you won’t become distracted and lose sight of the goal. Depending on your personal perspective, losing weight for the sake of vanity alone isn’t nearly as motivating as losing weight so you’ll be healthy for the sake of watching your children grow up.

Besides engaging in regular exercise, you also need to have a healthy diet plan so you’ll have a healthier body and more energy to keep you motivated.

3. Focus on What You’re Going to Achieve, Not How Much You’re Going to Lose.

If you focus on how many times you’re going for a run or walk this week, instead of how much weight you want to lose this week, you’ll come out ahead.

If you have the self-control to stick to your proposed exercise times you’ve planned for the week, weight loss is going to happen naturally.

4. Lose Fat One Step at a Time.

If you set a goal to lose twenty pounds in a month, break this down into how many pounds you plan to lose each week. Then decide how many times you’re going to exercise each week, and plan your grocery shopping to go with your diet plan for that week. Do it in baby steps, and before you know it, you’ll have reached your big goal.

5. Be Self-Starting.

Believe in yourself. Encourage yourself to achieve the goals you have set Learn to assess your achievements honestly. If you don’t reach your goal for one week, figure out why. Did you skip a couple of exercise sessions, or did you sneak a sugary snack? Nobody made you do this. You’re the boss!