Setting fitness goals is paramount if you want to burn fat quickly. After all, you can’t reach your destination if you don’t know where you’re going.

To set your goals, use the following as your guide:

1. Ask yourself, “Why do you want to lose the weight?” It’s easy to say because I’m fat, but you didn’t become that way overnight. It took time for you to put on that weight. If saying because “I’m fat” was enough to get you to start dieting, then you would have started long ago.

The truth is that you’re going to have to come up with more compelling reasons. To get yourself started, list 10 things that you’re missing out on because you’re overweight and then list 10 things that you’ll gain by losing the weight.

You’ll be amazed how this simple exercise can provide motivation and desire to spur you on.

2. Decide how much weight you want to lose. By setting a target you have something to shoot for. No matter if it’s five pounds or fifty, by telling yourself that you’re going to lose x-amount of weight gives your mind something to focus on. And when you mind is focused, you’re like an arrow shot from a bow. You may not head the bullseye, but you’re guaranteed to come a lot closer.

3. Give yourself a deadline. Make a promise to yourself that you’re going to lose x-amount of pounds in a specific amount of time. We need deadlines to get things done.

The only criteria is to make sure it’s realistic. Telling yourself that you’re going to lose 30 pounds in a week is probably not possible. But if you say to yourself that I’m going to lose 30 pounds in 3 months, it’s not a only possible, but it’s more probable that you’ll do it as well.

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