Results Based Goals – Do They Help?
The most common results-based goal is weight loss, for example: “I will lose 30lb by this day next year”.
We think this is a great goal because it’s specifi c, measurable, achievable, realistic and has a deadline (timed). So, it’s a SMART goal, right? Wrong.
Here are three problems with results-based goals! Problem 1:
Result-based goals will not sustain motivation.
Once you hit your goal weight, your motivation instantly vanishes. You’ve achieved what you wanted, so that’s it, right? You don’t have to try so hard at the gym or worry too much about ordering pizza. You slowly start sliding back to old habits. That’s exactly why diets don’t work for the long-term.
Problem 2: Result-based goals set you up for disappointment.
Goals based on the results we hope to get from the work we put in are entirely based on our expectations of what will happen. The trouble is, the result is not something we can control.
Focusing on a result can blindside us. We could be so fi xed on losing 30lbs that we miss the non-scale victories along the way. You may not have lost 4lbs in a month since you started a new workout plan, but you may have a lower resting heart rate, more energy, and a new personal best. Maybe your jeans fi t a little better.
You’re likely to be pleased with these results, but if your goal had been set based on losing weight, you wouldn’t have noticed these achievements and instead would have felt disappointed because you didn’t hit your weight loss goal. You may then quit your good habits in favour of a crash diet, or give up entirely.
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We just get stuck trying to fi gure out what went wrong, instead of moving forward.
Problem 3: Result-based goals mean we miss all our other achievements along the way.
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