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In order to reach your goal -- to take the weight off and keep it off -- you need to know the answers to some key questions.

Where are you going? And how do you get there?

What are the things you need to do to lose weight?

And how important is each thing?

When you are losing weight some things you do help a little. Some things you do help a lot.

And some things are harmful.

Here's a scoring system that will help you.

You need to take a look at what you are doing. So grab a pencil and paper. Really -- grab a pencil and do this.

Add up the good things. Subtract the bad.

If you are 80% or more you should lose weight.

If you are 70% or less you probably won't.

Green/fibrous vegetables 3 or more times per day	10%
Starchy vegetables 3 or more times per day	10%
Fruit 1 per day	10%
Protein 3 times per day	10%
Protein 5 times per day	20%

Soda more than 1 per week	-10%
Soda 1 or more per day	-20%
Fruit juice more than 4 ounces per day	-10%
Fruit two or more per day	-10%
Fast food more than 1 per week	-20%
Pre-packaged food more than 1 per week	-20%
Sugary snack at bedtime	-10%

Skipping breakfast	-20%
Taking diet pills	-20%
Low-calorie fast-weight-loss diet	-30%
Minimal physical activity	-20%

Mild aerobic exercise	10%
Moderate aerobic exercise 3 per week or more	20%
Vigorous aerobic exercise 5 per week or more	30%

Medium resistance exercise 2 per week or more	10%
Heavy resistance exercise 3 per week or more	20%

Keeping record of sets and exercises	10%
Keeping exercise days on calendar	10%

Just go through the list and add them up. If you drink enough water you get 10%. If you take your vitamins you get another 10%.

Add them all up and you will see your weight loss grade.

Did you do well? Can you do better?

It works if you are going to exercise.

And it works if you decide you are not going to exercise.

Looking at it this way can give you a whole new look at weight loss and what you need to do to get the results you want!