I think you decide what's a good interval goal for you, say for example you want to be a certain weight by April 1 or whatever. If you check out my signature line you'll see what my current one is, which is not date oriented but weight oriented. One I have not posted, is to be 160 by March 20 - which is a wedding I am attending and half way to my ultimate goal of 150 by Memorial Day weekend. The key is - and I think this is very important! - not to beat yourself up if you don't make the goal by a certain time frame, we will all get there following plan and if you come close to yoru mini goal then good for you!