Getting back on track

Your 3 step guide to starting or re-starting

So you’ve ‘fallen off the wagon’ or you don’t know how to get back on track.

Don’t worry, I’ve got you!

Here is your 3 step guide:

1) Reflect on what happened.

What happened?

What can you learn from it?

How can you deal with it better next time?

Mistakes are usually your biggest teachers but we don’t usually reflect on them. Probably because it’s painful but without the reflection it’s likely to happen again.

Before you move on take some time to learn from this to avoid it happening in future. It might be that you notice pattens - you tend to overeat when you’re tired, stressed, hormonal, when you feel lonely or when you skipped a meal that day.

Once you figure out your triggers you can come up with solutions.

If I am feeling tired I do X.

If I am stressed rather than turn to food I do Y.

When I am hormonal I soothe myself by doing Z.

Come up with better solutions than turning to food and come up with them BEFORE you feel like overeating.

2) Write a plan for TODAY *not Monday*

The first day back on track is the hardest. Focus on mastering today to build momentum.

Once you have momentum it’s much easier to keep going.

Your plan today might look like:

8,000 steps +

A workout (even if it’s 10mins at home- you’re looking for momentum not perfection)

Having protein & veg with each meal

Only snacking on fruit/veg between meals

Don’t think further than getting 1 day under your belt.

Win the day and don’t worry about tomorrow or how far you have to go. Overwhelm often stops you taking action.

All you need to focus on is finishing today a little close to your goal than you started the day and then do the same tomorrow.

3) Remember that slip ups are inevitable.

It is how you respond to them that dictates your results.

‘You don’t drown by falling in the river, you drown by staying submerged’

Bonus step.. listen to this: