You try to eat well and exercise
You have great program on which many people in media succeed, but when things get busy, itโs hard for you to be consistent.
You workout a lot but you still have this extra centimeters around your waist. So you are a bit frustrated and embarrassed because you feel like you should have a better body to show with all this hard work you are doing.

You tried a bunch of different workout programs and you know a lot about fitness and health. But you feel you are not progressing, like there is something important missing, something that could help make a difference.
You know what you need to do. But you still struggle to lookโor feelโthe way you want to.
Is any of this sounds familiar?
Hereโs the good news: there is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, we all sometimes struggle with staying in shape. (Yes, even fitness professionals like me.) Itโs no big deal and doesnโt mean youโre deficient in any way, lazy or helpless. It just means youโre human, andโฆ..youโre probably a lot closer than you think.
You seeโฆ
Once you reach a certain level of knowledge and experience in your fitness journey, the missing link is no longer a new exercise program, the perfect nutrition plan, or a new supplement to try.
The one thing youโre missing is this: being accountableโto someone or somethingโfor your workouts and nutrition.
โAccountability is the acknowledgment of responsibility for your actions with the obligation to report, explain, and be responsible for the resulting consequences.โ
In other words, accountability keeps you consistent because you have to report back what youโre doingโor not doingโin the gym and in the kitchen to someone else.
In fact, accountability is more important than personal motivation for this simple reason:
No one always is motivated or in the mood to do the training or eat healthy. No one.

But if we have someone whoโs checking up on us to see how things are going, weโll get our butt in gear. Even if we donโt feel like doing anything at the moment.
We actually do the exerciseโand eat the foodโneeded to look and feel great. And we do it over and over again, even when the going gets tough.
Thatโs why you can know exactly what to do. And you can even do itโexercise, eat good food, get eight hours of sleepโfor short bursts. But you can still end up struggling.
Simply put: if you canโt be consistent, you canโt make progress.
And thatโs why accountability - not the perfect exercise or eating program - is the thing that turns everything around.
So, wow do you get accountability?
Here are two strategies you can use immediately.
Accountability strategy 1 - Commit to moreโฆ and/or less.
Let me explain what I mean. We all make half-hearted promises to ourselves, only to get frustrated and break them soon after. And thatโs fine (and understandable). But for a different result, we need a different sort of commitment.
Commit to more.
The idea is to commit to something bigger than yourself.
One of the easiest ways is to set up a contest with friends. Who can go the longest without skipping an exercise day? Who will cook more meals at home? Who will drink more glass of water? Who will do more km in 1 month?
Notice that itโs not about achievement (who lost the most weight.). Itโs about doing.
Commit to less.
This is the tough one to most of us, because our natural tendency is to overpromise and underdeliver, especially to ourselves. One of the easiest ways to stay consistent is.....
to do the opposite.
Turn โIโll cut out sugar, bread and all fast foods for 30 daysโ into:
โIโll stop eating each meal when Iโm 80% full.โ
โIโll eat vegetables with each meal.โ
โIโll eat one big salad a day.โ
"I'll eat 1 piece of chocolate with coffee instead of 2"
And turn โIโll go to the gym every morning at 6AMโ from 1st into:
โIโll do 40 air squats at home, right after waking up.โ
โIโll get two solid workouts in per week, scheduled with my coach, and go from there.โ
โIโll park further away from work and walk the rest of the way.โ
"I'll use stairs instead of elevator at the office"
Those are just examples, of course. Youโll find one that works for you.
Keep reducing the commitment until it feels too easy for you to do it every day consistently in next months.
If you can do more on any particular day, then great, go for it. But donโt commit to it. Your daily accomplishments can be big, but keep your commitments relatively small. This way, you turn predictable disappointment into daily, pleasant surprise.
Commit to both more and less.
Commit to something big and external (like the friendly bet with your friends).
And while doing so, commit to tackling only one part of that larger commitment at a time. Reduce the size of each mini-commitment until you feel almost 100% confident you can actually do it for 30 days.
So change the way you commit. Go big, and go small. The results will pleasantly surprise you.
Accountability Strategy 2 - Get some help from at least one other person.
Life gets crazy and busy at times and we feel so overwhelmed that exercise donโt matter much in the context of one week. So we skip one, then two, then three....
Itโs not like you are getting out of shape every time you skipped one. But they added up. Within a month you missed more than half of your gym time. Not good.

And it is slowly starting to showing in the mirror or you feel it when suddenly you had to walk few floors and almost had heart attack :) Plus you just felt crappy and a little guilty.
Obviously your problem is not in the bad program. There is no special workout routine, new diet plan, or magical supplement that will help here.
But what can help like magic is to get some help from and hire someone to keep you accountable. It could be a coach you pay money to or a friend who will meet you at the gym.
Itโs a lot easier to stay consistent when youโve got a coach checking up on you.

So if you reading this and youโve struggled with fit ness in the past, or are struggling with it right now, I encourage you to: change the way you commit and become accountable to someone else.
Much Love,
Bea
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