We’ve made it to week four of this series and the end of the first month of the year! The time is flying by and we are moving right along. How’s it going for you? How have you been doing with taking out that mind trash, focusing, and making YOUR plan?
If you missed the last few weeks of help, no problem! You can go back and read the posts or watch the YouTube videos – you can always catch up!
This week, we’re going to put some fire to your plan – it’s time to get accountable! Now, don’t get scared – I’m going to offer you some suggestions on how to do this easily so you can get the support you need and keep working on your plan without adding a lot of time to your already super busy life.
Ideally, we could be accountable to ourselves – we could be complete mind ninjas and catch it before we slip off our plan and hijack our weight loss success. This is the work I do with my clients – I teach them how to see the sabotaging thoughts and use their own minds to ensure success. But in the beginning, my clients use me for accountability. Meeting with me gives them the support of walking with someone toward the goal – and it helps!
But you don’t have to work with me to create accountability for yourself. There are other easy ways to do it. Often, we don’t create accountability because when we do, we feel exposed. On the hook. Responsible to do what we say without any mistakes.
This is accountability without grace.
This is like high-pressure sales tactics – it feels icky. And we don’t like it, so we don’t do it. We think if we get accountable to someone else, we might fail. We might look stupid. We may feel embarrassed. And we want to avoid this at all costs, so we don’t create the accountability we really need for our own success.
We need grace.
Be kind to yourself. It’s ok to make mistakes along this journey. In fact, I’ve never met anyone ever who woke up one day and just decided to lose weight and did it perfectly from that day forward, thank you and amen. So why would you be any different than anyone else along this journey? Yes, you are special and unique, but you’re also human and need compassion and grace. Part of the journey is learning to give that to yourself.
Now we’re ready for some accountability! Let me share a few ways you can create accountability within your own journey toward successful weight loss.
Buddy Up
Do you have a friend who wants to lose weight too? Perfect – get on a plan of sharing your weight loss progress. Maybe you talk once a week during your commute and discuss your wins and challenges. Email each other or text if that’s better for your schedule. But be open – share your current weight for the week. Talk about when you stepped off of your plan. Share when you were on track and it seemed like your weight didn’t change (happens all the time and we give up too soon!). Share with someone who can love and support and walk with you!
Build Community
Right here on this blog, there are a group of like-minded women who want to lose their weight. Comment at the end of the blood. Watch the YoutTube videos and comment there. Support each other! I’m here too – I’ll respond to questions and offer my suggestions and encouragement as well. Use any other tools at your disposal too – FB groups, IG groups, Twitter hashtags. You might have noticed that I put hashtags like #weightlossmindset on my posts – these can help you find people who are also doing the work. Community is powerful – that’s how we connect and thrive!
Get A Coach
If you want to add fuel to your plan, put something on the line. When clients sign up with me, the level of commitment it takes to sign up to work with me is part of the reason for the consistent success my clients create. When they decide that they are ready to invest in themselves and set aside the time, money, and effort it takes to work with me, they’ve already begun to guarantee the weight loss will happen. I watch it happen over and over again and it inspires me (and them!) every time. If you are ready for that level of commitment and support – I’m here!
You CAN do this! Keep taking out the mind trash, focus, work YOUR plan, and get accountable – you’re making it happen, step by step. I’m getting the weight loss course ready, so keep watching for that if you’re interested in signing up. And if you want to work with me one-on-one before I shift over to serving my class taking the course, email me at drandreachristianparks@gmail.com and let’s get your consultation in! Once the course launches, I will stop taking private clients – I want to make sure all my students get as much of me as they need!
Here’s your video help for the week!