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Something I typically work with my coaching clients on is writing out or at least talking about their why. A lot of times we get so caught up in the scale, the weight loss, the program, that we lose sight of our why. Why are you doing this?

Every day you’re waking up and you’ve already pre-packed your lunch, and you have a healthy breakfast option, and you’re drinking your water, and you’re getting in your exercise. Why are you doing that?

Chances are, there are several reasons, and you need to refocus on your why continuously. Often when people “get knocked off” and struggle to get back on, it’s because they aren’t connecting with their why. If you don’t have this, I urge you to do it now. Create a list of whys. Don’t worry about how superficial your reasons sound.

Don’t worry about sounding like you’re being selfish in what you want. Put it all out there. Maybe it’s wanting to be a better mother, wanting to be a better wife, or just wanting to look better in pants, wanting to be able to buy clothes in a regular size store. It could be for things that are medically related. You could need to get off your medication. I get it all. Write it all out.

Write your whys down and reconnect with them on a daily basis, keeping in mind there is no end to being healthy. I’m continuously working on getting healthier. I’m continuously working on getting stronger. There is no cutoff where you say, I am now healthy. You’re constantly working at it, just like maintaining a car.

You’re doing things every day to keep that going, right? I don’t look it as you’re on or you’re off or you’re good or you’re bad. I look at it as degrees of health. Are you being the healthiest version of yourself today?

That can be something that depends on the person. If you’ve been extremely strict with what you’ve been eating and you decide you want to have that piece of birthday cake at a party, that might be the best thing you can do for your mental health in that moment.

You have to ask yourself, is this healthy for me physically, mentally and emotionally, and am I enjoying my life? If the answer is yes to all those things, then you’re doing the right things.

Throughout this process, connect with your why. Never lose sight of why you’re doing this and working toward swinging your life in a healthier direction. It’s not on and off. It’s varying degrees of health.

You are not the only one who struggles with getting back on track when you’ve gotten knocked off. Comment below or on Facebook to share your whys.

There is something I really push in the Half Size Me community, and that is accountability. Maybe you’ve been struggling; you’ve been off. You’ve given yourself that maintenance break we talked about in Tip #1, and you’ve been focusing on all the really good things you’re doing like we talked about in Tip #2, but you’re still finding, say, at 1:00 in the afternoon, you’re gravitating toward eating the chocolate bar or whatever it is that you feel is knocking you off track.

In the Half Size Me Community, I say try and find a buddy or somebody you will be personally accountable to. You can do this in your own life, right?

You could find either a friend or someone who has common goals, or you could even maybe go online and find somebody you can connect with. What you say is, “Hey, look, every afternoon, I found I’ve gotten into this rut of doing this behavior that’s not getting me to my goal.

Would it be OK if I emailed you, or would it be OK if you checked on me or called me, or I called you, during that time, just to help me get past this hump?”

Usually it takes a couple of days of doing that, or a week. I have my coaching clients email me for a week consistently with something we’re trying to work through. What happens is just the habit of doing it will help knock you back on track.

Find somebody to be accountable to, to help you work past whatever it is you feel is not helping you get to your goal. Comment below or on Facebook and let me know how you’re establishing accountability.