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IN THIS CHAPTER

Mapping out your personal weight history

Analyzing your reasons for starting intermittent fasting

Applying SMART goals

Using a toolbox to measure your progress

Creating your starting line

No lifestyle change program will work until you set a goal for success. Achievable goals serve as your road map markers for your entire lifestyle-change journey. Without these guides, you’re like a driver who hops in the car and starts driving without any idea of where he or she’s going.

But before you figure out how to set your goals, you need to begin by taking an honest self-inventory — a process that will toughen your resolve and help you succeed in your intermittent fasting lifestyle. With that information, you can summon the strength to keep taking steps forward and overcome the occasional roadblocks that life inevitably sends our way.

Having a firm grasp of your current weight and body composition is also very valuable information. Knowing where you are when you start can help you to track your progress as you incorporate intermittent fasting into your lifestyle.

This chapter is all about assessing where you are now and establishing where you want to go (your long-term health and fitness goals). Following one of the intermittent fasting plans that I discuss in Part 3 can give you what you need to achieve your goals and stay healthy and fit for life.