Ever made a brilliant start with a new training programme or diet, only to find you’re back to your old habits a week or two later?
Let’s take dieting as an example.
You’ve got the best of intentions, you’re feeling motivated and you have really important reasons behind why you’re doing what you’re doing.
So what most-commonly halts your progress?
More importantly – what can you do about it?
1) Self Sabotage
This is all too common and you might not even realise you’re doing it!
The first step is try and become aware of it.
Whether that’s at the time, or with hindsight.
The second step is to work out WHY you’re doing it – if you don’t know that, it’ll be a cycle that repeats itself.
Thinking about that ‘why’ is probably a bit too deep for a single blog article – the important thing is to focus on why you’re trying to achieve the results that you’re putting all this effort in for.
Ultimately, you want to be happier, more comfortable or feel better in some way.
And, you deserve to – remember that!
2) Super-Friendly Friends Who Lead You Astray
We’ve all been there.
They might not be doing it deliberately, but we need to get a polite message to these so-called friends!
Nobody wants to be the boring one when they’re out with their friends, saying no to extra courses or drinks if you’ve planned to cut back or make healthier choices.
Chances are your friends might be feeling a bit of guilt around food and drink, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re jealous of the commitment you’ve made to putting yourself first.
Try keeping them in the loop, explaining how hard you’re working and why you’re making the choices you’re making.
Ask them for their support.
Help them see that you’re happy with your decisions, you’re still there to have a great time with them, and that you’d appreciate them respecting that.
3) Lack Of Support At Home
This is tricky. When it’s friends, if you slip up on one night out it’s not going to ruin your progress in the grand scheme of things.
When it’s every night at home, sitting next to someone on the sofa who’s stuffing their face or offering to share their snacks, it’s hard not to crumble!
Again, we need to ask for support.
Make it clear you’re not asking anyone else to change their ways, just to support you when you’re trying to change yours.
Open, honest and understanding communication is the only way to go here.
It might well be a source of tension, and that’s totally normal.
4) Lack Of Enjoyment
If you don’t enjoy the training you’re doing or the foods that you’re eating, you’re not going to stick with them.
When you stick with something, you build momentum.
Once you start building momentum, you’ll start to see results.
Once you see results, you’ll have even more momentum.
This is the easiest and best way to get results and keep them for the longterm!
But it all starts with enjoyment.
That’s the key ingredient.
So, if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing – we need to find something that you DO enjoy!
I know that’s easier said than done, but that’s where the importance of a good Coach comes in.
Maybe your circumstances have changed, maybe it started out fun and now it’s boring, maybe your progress has stalled and that’s caused a dip in your motivation.
Ever made a brilliant start with a new training programme or diet, only to find you’re back to your old habits a week or two later?
Let’s take dieting as an example.
You’ve got the best of intentions, you’re feeling motivated and you have really important reasons behind why you’re doing what you’re doing.
So what most-commonly halts your progress?
More importantly – what can you do about it?
1) Self Sabotage
This is all too common and you might not even realise you’re doing it!
The first step is try and become aware of it.
Whether that’s at the time, or with hindsight.
The second step is to work out WHY you’re doing it – if you don’t know that, it’ll be a cycle that repeats itself.
Thinking about that ‘why’ is probably a bit too deep for a single blog article – the important thing is to focus on why you’re trying to achieve the results that you’re putting all this effort in for.
Ultimately, you want to be happier, more comfortable or feel better in some way.
And, you deserve to – remember that!
2) Super-Friendly Friends Who Lead You Astray
We’ve all been there.
They might not be doing it deliberately, but we need to get a polite message to these so-called friends!
Nobody wants to be the boring one when they’re out with their friends, saying no to extra courses or drinks if you’ve planned to cut back or make healthier choices.
Chances are your friends might be feeling a bit of guilt around food and drink, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re jealous of the commitment you’ve made to putting yourself first.
Try keeping them in the loop, explaining how hard you’re working and why you’re making the choices you’re making.
Ask them for their support.
Help them see that you’re happy with your decisions, you’re still there to have a great time with them, and that you’d appreciate them respecting that.
3) Lack Of Support At Home
This is tricky. When it’s friends, if you slip up on one night out it’s not going to ruin your progress in the grand scheme of things.
When it’s every night at home, sitting next to someone on the sofa who’s stuffing their face or offering to share their snacks, it’s hard not to crumble!
Again, we need to ask for support.
Make it clear you’re not asking anyone else to change their ways, just to support you when you’re trying to change yours.
Open, honest and understanding communication is the only way to go here.
It might well be a source of tension, and that’s totally normal.
4) Lack Of Enjoyment
If you don’t enjoy the training you’re doing or the foods that you’re eating, you’re not going to stick with them.
When you stick with something, you build momentum.
Once you start building momentum, you’ll start to see results.
Once you see results, you’ll have even more momentum.
This is the easiest and best way to get results and keep them for the longterm!
But it all starts with enjoyment.
That’s the key ingredient.
So, if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing – we need to find something that you DO enjoy!
Maybe your circumstances have changed, maybe it started out fun and now it’s boring, maybe your progress has stalled and that’s caused a dip in your motivation.
Whatever it is, it can be solved.