We all get very excited and motivated when we start a new workout regime, a new job, or recreational activity. We come in with the mindset to give 100 percent , with nothing getiing in your way.
Then as time wears on you begin to get into a routine, the newness begins to slip away, and you need to find motivation from other avenues.
So this is when you turn to your friends for help to keep you pushing ahead.
We had a former client contact us recently. She was stuck, and lacked the motivation and will to forge ahead. She needed resources, but didn’t have the foggiest idea on who to turn to.
My husband suggested she use her close friends at the gym. He knew that she was not the only one in this same predicament and they could all use each other for accountability.
He told her to start a 30 day challenge: push each other through workouts, set times to workout together, keep a food journal and share it with the group. They would call or email each other when good and bad things were pushing and prohibiting them from their goals.
Our client really liked the idea, and by the end of the day she had a group that needed and wanted this just as much as she did.
It was really starting to work, they had great communication, and now the pressure was no longer about finding a new motivation or pushing through the mental block. It was about keeping an obligation to a friend.
When they didn’t want to wake up early to work out , they knew 5 other people would be there waiting for them. When pizza sounded a lot more appealing than salad, their friends would not eat the pizza so they didn’t have to either. It’s the “if my friends can do it, I can do it” mind-set!
A week into the challenge other people saw what they were doing and took a huge interest in this as well, and by weeks end 5 went to 35.
When you are doubting yourself, or think that you can’t push through; rely on the friendships around you to get you over the hump. Lets face it, it’s a lot easier when you have your closest friends supporting you. Then you don’t feel like you are doing it all on your own!
You guys are doing a great job (you know who you are), keep up the hard work and it will continue to pay off!
Fit Chic