5 Tips for Getting Back on Track

Sometimes I fall off the clean eating bandwagon, like over the holidays or when I’m really stressed out.  I’m an emotional eater, have been for years, so now I just embrace it as part of a recurring weakness and do my best to work around it.

5 Tips for Getting Back on Track

1. Outsource your motivation.  Trainers are awesome people who can push you past your fitness comfort zone and remind you to stick to your own health goals.  My trainer, Robin Johnson Jr., holds me accountable but also cuts me some slack when I need it. Likewise, I’m a personal trainer now and I’m constantly checking up on my clients making sure they stay on track.

   

2. Pick a goal in the next 30 days.  Saying, ‘I’m going to be healthy because I should!’ never works for me.  A goal that’s too far out (3-6 months) while good, leaves me too much wiggle room to eat more than my fair share of cheat meals.  But if it’s just one month away, well heck, I can do anything for a month! 
3. Rewards!!!  My newest motivation is that I’m turning 42 in 25 days.  (I really wish those numbers were reversed and I’d be 25 in 42 days, but I digress.)  Anyway, if I follow my meal plan this month and make some good muscle gains I will reward myself with a hot new dress and post it on Instagram so I get more followers. (Or you know, three likes and a comment).

   

4. Punishments 🙁  Sometimes negative motivation, is well, motivating.  Last year I gained some weight dealing with my mom’s cancer and death (there’s that emotional eating again) so to kick start getting back in shape I pledged to donate money to the Tea Party if I didn’t eat clean.  (Note: I’m a Democrat).  It worked for me.
5. Progress Pictures.  Stand in a workout outfit or bikini in front of the same spot and take a picture each week.  Oftentimes we are so busy living life we don’t realize how many changes our body makes.  When you’re feeling down about supposed lack of progress, look at your picture from 3 weeks ago and see how far you’ve actually come.

   

Hope that helps!  Hang in there fitness warrior!

Lisa 🙂

Lisa Traugott is a Mom’s Choice Award winning writer, fitness blogger, wife and mom of two.

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