Don't Let The Details Hold You Back

My girls work so hard. They feel like they are charging ahead, doing things right most of the time (but they haven't journaled their food), getting in (almost) every workout, working out (pretty) hard, etc. Notice a trend here? They will come to the boards, frustrated and upset because the scale won't move or the inches aren't dropping. When I ask them what did you eat they say, "well, I haven't really journaled but I eat clean (most) of the time and KNOW I've been giving it my all."

What I immediately do is read through their posts. As I always say, "the devil is in the details." They will have little treats here and there, a missed or not-so hard workout every few days, and just a bite of this and that from the kids' plates. See, they don't remember all this when they hop up on the scales and see NADA. What they DO remember is sweating like a pig at the gym, telling their friends no they aren't going out to eat with them, and eating chicken what seems like the millionth time.

Ya'll, I'm not picking on any particular client. Hell, my WW readers do the same thing and I'VE done the same thing. This is just a typical woman who's working hard most of the time. As I just told one of my sweet girls who I know is going to read this and be like "hey, she's talking about me," if you are willing to put in 80% of the work - don't you owe it to yourself to do the last 20% and get those results???

I think that's what makes me ache for my girls the most. They want it bad. They try hard, but they let the little things stop them. It's not easy...no one ever said this would be. If it was, you certainly wouldn't join up with me because I KNOW it takes digging deep what seems like every time you eat and workout to get your goals. If it was easy we'd all be smoking hot and just sitting in the forums discussing our said hotness.

Let me share with you the most common things we all stop short on and limit our success. I promise you, I'm just as guilty and only recently got my head back into what I want for my body. Sometimes you just need that big butt kicking to get right in the head. :)

• Journaling - you HAVE to write it down. Don't say you know how much or what you are eating if you don't have it written down. I know you mommies! We don't have a memory. We lost it in childbirth and never got it back. I bet my life that 95% of you can't remember what you ate for your mid-morning snack three days ago if you didn't write it down or follow a menu. Speaking of...
• Plan your food - don't think you can just wing it with good foods in the house. You will overeat or you will grab whatever thinking it's what you need. Just write it out once a week and be done with it.
• Going through the exercise motions - how many of you leave the workout with your butt handed to you on a platter? Every set and every minute on the treadmill you don't make count is another step from your fitness goals. 
• Eating good foods - I'm not saying you have to eat clean all the time. You don't. But you do need to eat timely, you do need to eat the right amount of calories to lose weight, and you do need to give up a few treats. Have your treats but don't LIVE off your treats. To me a treat is once a day if you are the type who needs their pleasure daily. Have it, enjoy it, and get to the business of fueling your body.

It's these details that people stop short on. I hope this motivates you to fix the little things that might be holding you back from being the fittest you can be. Just ask yourself right now how bad do you want it? For my non-PNP girls, feel free to tell me in the comments. For my PNP girls, go to my Friday chat thread and tell me HOW BAD YOU WANT IT!!! Also, I want one thing you know you can do differently next week to make it happen.