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Walking Tip #17: Setting Goals

VIDEO Heather Kahn Reports

Three things about effective goal settings:
1. Make them internal goals, not external goals
Internal (good): I'll walk 5 days a week to feel better about myself and have more energy
External (not so good): I'll walk to lose weight so my husband will be happy with me.

2. Focus on process, not outcomes.
Process (good): I'll walk 21 days in a row for at least 15 minutes a day
Outcome (not so good): I'll walk until I lose 10 pounds

3. Give yourself rewards for hitting your goals, as simple as going to see a movie or a new walking jacket, or for a big goal (say, six months of 6 day-a-week walking) a trip to visit a friend.

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