2017 is here and I’m excited to share with you 10 Rules for setting up your body goals for women who are 40 and who want to meet their weight loss goals this year.

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2. Have goal themes

3. Your goals should excite you!

4. Is your goal specific?

5. Can you see your goal manifested?

6. Break up your goals.

7. Set your life up to achieve your goals.

8. Ignite your words to match your goals.

9. Get help with certain goals.

10. Get started and celebrate.” image-0=”” headline-1=”h2″ question-1=”What is one of the most important things I can do to manifest my weight loss goal?” answer-1=”If you currently weigh 180 pounds and your goal is to weigh 140 by the end of the year, can you see yourself actually as a 140-pound person? If not, can you see yourself weighing 170? Whatever weight you can see, feel and believe, then start there. Most people can't see their goal in their mind's eye, and that's a problem. You've got to be able to SEE your goal. Here's why. You unconscious mind and conscious mind need a clear image and direction. If it can see where you're moving to, then makes it easy for your unconscious and conscious mind to help you become who you desire most. I have a picture of my dream body with my head on top of it – stuck to my lamp so I can SEE what I'm moving toward on a daily basis.” image-1=”” headline-2=”h2″ question-2=”What can I do right now to achieve my body goals?” answer-2=”To make sure you achieve your body goals, put your action items in your calendar right now and make non-optional appointments. I have a goal to attend yoga twice a week and if you looked at my calendar, you would see they are scheduled into my calendar as a repeating event each and every week. No excuses. ” image-2=”” count=”3″ html=”true” css_class=””]

Most people set their goals and two weeks later fall off the wagon, but not me!

I absolutely love setting up goals and I meet 90% or more of my goals each year. Want to know how I make my goals come to fruition?

Let me teach you my best process and the tricks that I’ve learned to set up goals that manifest great body and great life results….

1.  Have a heart to heart conversation with yourself.
Sit down with yourself and have a heart to heart with your yourself about your life. What are you grateful for and what would you like this year to look like?

2. Have goal themes
You will find yourself coming up with goal themes – for my husband and me, when we create our goals (I love doing them together) we usually have financial investing goals, physical goals, spiritual, and family goals.

3. Your goals should excite you!
You will find that there are some themes that need your attention more than other themes this year, and goals that lift up off the page and excite you more than others. If not, your goals aren’t really exciting you into action. You’re not seeing how they can manifest or that they can be manifested at all, so keep working on your goals until you get excited by a few of them.

Now, circle the 3-5 biggest goals that excite you to no end – that make your heart sing. Maybe it’s to weigh a certain weight or perhaps it’s to jog 2-3 miles twice a week or perhaps it’s to earn $2,000 more a month or to invest in a real estate opportunity.

4.  Is your goal specific?
Whatever 3-5 goals that you pick, it’s critical to make sure that you make it specific. You want to literally be able to see it being manifested in your mind’s eye.  If you can’t see it, then you must be able to feel it. Your goals need excite you viscerally or visually.

5. Can you see your goal manifested?
If you currently weigh 180 pounds and your goal is to weigh 140 by the end of the year, can you see yourself actually as a 140 pound person? If not, can you see yourself weighing 170? Whatever weight you can see, feel and believe, then start there. You can always have a stretch goal that stretches you to weighing 140 pounds.

Most people can't see their goal in their mind's eye, and that's a problem. You've got to be able to SEE your goal.

Here's why. You unconscious mind and conscious mind need a clear image and direction. If it can see where you're moving to, then makes it easy for your unconscious and conscious mind to help you become who you desire most.

I have a picture of my dream body with my head on top of it – stuck to my lamp so I can SEE what I'm moving toward on a daily basis.

6. Break up your goals.
Let’s say you have a goal this year to feel comfortable naked in front of your husband or partner, this is the step where you make a naked plan.

First start by walking in your closet naked, then in front of your mirror, then walk around your room, next while your husband is laying in bed do a little naked walk, then hang around naked for longer as your comfort grows.

7.  Set your life up to achieve your goals.
To make sure you achieve your goals, you are going put them in your calendar as non-optional appointments.

Some of my goals are things I work a whole month on like eating more vegetables. I may have a goal to have 2 meals each day that are vegetable dense meals.  So that one is easy, I can just setup my calendar up to remind me each week to buy mouth-watering delicious vegetables.

I might have another goal to attend yoga twice a week so that gets immediately scheduled into my calendar as a repeating event each and every week.

8. Ignite your words to match your goals.
If you would like to be a certain size, a certain weight, or you would like to become more active, then your words must match your desires.

If you are 180 pounds and you want to weigh 140 pounds, don’t tell yourself losing weight is hard. Just pick one action item you can do to move you closer to that weight.

Stop telling yourself that the weight you want to achieve is hard, difficult, painful or any other phrase that contradicts the exact outcome that you’re trying to achieve. Instead, say things like “Becoming 140 pounds is easy and effortless.”

9.  Get help with certain goals.

When you look at your goals, you will see that some of these goals you can do on your own and some you can’t.  If you have an investing goal, depending on your background, you might be able to do it by yourself, or you might need to look for some financial advice. It’s okay to ask for help as long as the help you ask for, will lead you toward this years goals, not away from them.

10.  Get started and celebrate.
Once you have written out your 3-5 awesome and exciting goals for the year, you’ve broken them out into small steps, and you’ve broken these steps out in your calendar, and you are using words  that align with your goals, it’s time to start!

BONUS TIP #1: Don’t forget to celebrate your goals as you begin moving toward them little by little.  For every 3 pounds lost, celebrate by getting a new nail polish or lip gloss or whatever excites you! Celebrating makes this journey fun and is a powerful way to rewire your brain for success.

BONUS TIP #2: When I ask women to share their goals with me, most every woman comes to me with 10 – 12 goals. Noooooo! That is way too many goals, no wonder most people fail with goal setting. Stop with the massive number of goals and instead choose 3-5 goals.

BONUS TIP #3: Place your 3-5 goals somewhere where you pass by regularly. Places that I like are my fridge, bathroom mirror, and my office.

There you have it. My 10-step solution to have you manifesting your goals with ease, grace and FUN!

If you’re going through this process and want us to help you get clear of your body goals and see if we can help you to make your body goals a reality this year, head to my free three-part video series to set your mind up properly to lose weight.