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This Milestone Diet Mindset Improves Your Success Rate
I don’t know how it became a saying, but it’s a saying nonetheless:
“How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time”
I’m not saying I recommend eating a whole elephant, because that would be crazy, not to mention nearly 10,000,000 calories.
But you can use this phrase and flip it to a form of milestone dieting:
“How do you lose 50 pounds? 5 pounds at a time”
It’s a whole lot easier to mentally digest losing 5 pounds 10 times than it is to lose 50.
I actually used a similar concept while driving all across the country a couple weeks ago:
Instead of worrying about the fact I had to drive 2,000 miles, I set mini-goals of driving 100 miles at a time.
And the cool part?
I got so good at doing it I was able to do a 300 mile stretch without stopping at the end of the trip.
And a big reason why was this:
I was so close to the finish line aka my home, I was extra motivated to keep going.
