Having trouble keeping accountable in the clean eating
category?
Want a cool trick to help hold yourself more accountable?
This little trick is something I personally did with my nutrition coach last year when prepping for my show.
At the end of each month I would scan my “grocery bills” and send them in to get evaluated by my coach. If there were foods on those bills that were not in my plan, I heard it from my coach, especially if those foods were heavily processed. What really sank home with me with during this process was being true to myself and my coach. I did not like getting pointless emails stating; “M&M’s and Wine are not good right now buddy, get on the program”. What I did like hearing was, “great week Chad, loved those macro combos right around your training, this will really help repair and replenish your glycogen levels and have you kicking ass tomorrow….here give this post workout option a try”. Yes I am a nerd and wrote on the receipts checking off post workout foods….hey I want to learn and improve each and every day.
Did this work? Oh hell yeah. I would find myself mid-week while grocery shopping looking at a cheat food, then quickly reminding myself of first “my goals”, second “I had been down that lazy path before”, third “ I made a promise that I would send in ALL foods”.
For me this worked wonders, and I learned a ton!
Yes I know you’re thinking that there are many ways to get around this accountability trick, BUT why would you want to sneak around it if you have made goals with your coach to change your health!?
Accountability is all about holding “yourself “to your goals and to higher level.
Accountability is not waiting for your coach to call you out on a slipped food, or having to feel judged, and pressured. One of the worst feelings for a coach is to tell an adult client that sneaking treats mid-week is not tricking anyone, but themselves and sabotaging their goals.
Think about this:
If your sneaking in a cheat, and your inner voice whispers these signals:
“ah I don’t need this” ....just listen,so close.
“ I will start tomorrow” ……….this is a bad one!
“I will work this off on the treadmill” …….this is not healthy living, this is a disorder.
“Just one won’t hurt….will it?”….you asked the question, you know the answer.
Listen to your body, it is guiding you each day.
If you have a programed cheat meal, wait for it! My motto; “earn it, eat it and enjoy it”.
In the end, accountability is up to how far YOU want to take it J
Want a cool trick to help hold yourself more accountable?
This little trick is something I personally did with my nutrition coach last year when prepping for my show.
At the end of each month I would scan my “grocery bills” and send them in to get evaluated by my coach. If there were foods on those bills that were not in my plan, I heard it from my coach, especially if those foods were heavily processed. What really sank home with me with during this process was being true to myself and my coach. I did not like getting pointless emails stating; “M&M’s and Wine are not good right now buddy, get on the program”. What I did like hearing was, “great week Chad, loved those macro combos right around your training, this will really help repair and replenish your glycogen levels and have you kicking ass tomorrow….here give this post workout option a try”. Yes I am a nerd and wrote on the receipts checking off post workout foods….hey I want to learn and improve each and every day.
Did this work? Oh hell yeah. I would find myself mid-week while grocery shopping looking at a cheat food, then quickly reminding myself of first “my goals”, second “I had been down that lazy path before”, third “ I made a promise that I would send in ALL foods”.
For me this worked wonders, and I learned a ton!
Yes I know you’re thinking that there are many ways to get around this accountability trick, BUT why would you want to sneak around it if you have made goals with your coach to change your health!?
Accountability is all about holding “yourself “to your goals and to higher level.
Accountability is not waiting for your coach to call you out on a slipped food, or having to feel judged, and pressured. One of the worst feelings for a coach is to tell an adult client that sneaking treats mid-week is not tricking anyone, but themselves and sabotaging their goals.
Think about this:
If your sneaking in a cheat, and your inner voice whispers these signals:
“ah I don’t need this” ....just listen,so close.
“ I will start tomorrow” ……….this is a bad one!
“I will work this off on the treadmill” …….this is not healthy living, this is a disorder.
“Just one won’t hurt….will it?”….you asked the question, you know the answer.
Listen to your body, it is guiding you each day.
If you have a programed cheat meal, wait for it! My motto; “earn it, eat it and enjoy it”.
In the end, accountability is up to how far YOU want to take it J
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