Help! I've Fallen Off the Wagon!

Hey yall! We are a little over a month into the new year and I hope everyone is sticking with your new year’s resolutions! However, sometimes that's just really hard. If you’re anything like me, you are starting to fall off the wagon! But rest assured, I am here to help!

The number one new year’s resolution is weight loss. Everyone does really well for the first few weeks but then the passion to achieve your goal starts to wear off, you become busy and you revert back to what is easy and comfortable. You fall off the wagon. Instead of leaving you behind, I’m going to stop the wagon and help you get back up, because it is possible!!

I want to give you some tips on how to stand up, dust yourself off and hop back on that wagon.

 Don’t Get Down on Yourself! 

               These falls happen! Life is full of ups and downs. I will tell you right now, it is not going to get easier. That is hard to hear, but you can do it! The first rule of weight loss is to stay positive. Find the little successes and use those as fuel moving forward! Pat yourself on the back when you reach your daily steps goal or when you make a healthy decision. YOU CAN DO THIS!!

2.       Find Your Excuses!

                My dad always said, “Excuses are like belly buttons. Everyone has them but they’re not good for anything.” “I’m too tired”, “I’m hungry”, “Just one bad meal won’t hurt”. We’ve all heard these or even used them. Find the excuses that you use and catch yourself using them. When you identify your excuses it is a lot easier to avoid them!

3.       Set Short-Term Goals!

                              It is a lot easier to wrap your mind around losing one pound this week than it is losing 50 pounds this year. Manageable, short term goals are key to having success. If you can take your long term goals and break them down into monthly, weekly, even daily goals, you will find it is A LOT easier to reach your goals.

4.       Review and Regroup!

               This is the “dust yourself off” stage. When you’re ready to hop back on the wagon, take a look back on your previous weight loss journey and identify what worked and what didn’t. After you identify the good and bad, regroup! Get everything together and go for it again!

The most important thing to remember in your weight loss journey is that YOU CAN DO IT! One of my favorite quotes is “doubt your doubts, before you doubt your faith.” You can change that to “doubt your doubts before you doubt yourself”. Whatever your doubt or fear is, forget it! YOU CAN DO IT!! You've got this! Now get get it!