I'm doing 12 things
Specific – reach goal weight of 155-165
Measurable – lose 2 lbs. per week (on average)
Aspirational/achievable – by making better nutritional choices, tracking food intake, keeping calories within 1250-1500 range, exercising >3 times each week, this is very doable – but also fairly aggressive over the long haul, given the challenges presented by holidays and celebrations, lack of planning at lunch time, and various other temptations
Rational – 2 lbs. per week, on average, is an aggressive but healthy rate of weight loss; more than that is not a healthy long term goal. Initial loss is likely to be higher, but there will be weeks where less is not a “failure.”
Time-bound – before next Thanksgiving; preferably well before it. ;)
