Get Yourself an Accountability Partner
Get Yourself an Accountability Partner

Who in your life is your accountability partner? If you don’t have a partner, find one! They can be as key to a successful fitness or nutrition program as a good meal plan and pair of running shoes. I have met so many great women over the past year who have shown how female friendship can help to push and challenge one another towards our fitness goals

How to find and create an accountability relationship.

  1. Find a Partner

Your partner may the neighbor around the corner who loves to run and you are looking to train for your first 5k. Or it may be a fellow “Instagrammer” who posts amazing recipes and you are looking to transition away from processed foods. Reach out and ask if they want to share in your journey!

Maybe you know of someone who has a desire to change their fitness or nutrition and you have some tips, tricks, recipes that you know are helpful. Let them know. Invite them to share with you their struggles, assure them you are there to walk alongside them.  I always picture a large web of motherhood- most of us are striving for the same thing. Occasionally we just need someone to step out and say “Hey let’s do this together!”

  1. Set your goals and expectations

Once you have your partner, what are you both looking to accomplish? Several months ago, one of my college roommates and I decided we both needed some accountability in our running. We each wanted to finish the I Love Running 100 Days of Miles. We started sending each other a message on Facebook whenever we completed a run. A simple note but it keeps me running. Makes me lace up when I would rather sit on the couch. When Jody posts that she ran 2 miles in the 90 degree Florida heat, I lose my excuse to run in the 75 degree Hoosier heat!

Chat with your partner about your goals. Will you meet in person 3 days a week to run? Will you share you food journal on My Fitness Pal? Text each other a picture of your empty water jug? In the age of social media, there are so many resources to connect us with friends both near and far.

Be sure to also share your expectations. How often will you check in? If one of you falls of the wagon for a few days, give your partner permission to call your fanny out! We all need it. I promise.

  1. Shared Celebration!

Make a plan for when you rock your goal. Will you go out for a celebratory pedicure together? Could we dream big and plan a girls’ weekend away? How about finally buying that outfit you had your eye on? Regardless of what choose as your choose together, celebrate together and help keep each other’s eye on the prize!

If you are in need of an accountability partner and would like me to be your gal…reach out! I would love to support new and old friends alike. Let’s get our nutrition in line, our bellies full of good wholesome nutrition and our support system strengthened!

 

Posted with Permission from Small Steps of Change

 
 
Seen a lot of slim chicks posting their

workouts on here so I thought I'd join 

the fun
Warning : I will bully every one of you

into daily stretches, plyo drills, crazy 

intervals, lifting heavy weights and 

epic long runs
104 °F.....  As my Grandma says, 

"Marathon training ain't for p*ssies."



Crazy old lady is right.

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"Do what you love & money will follow". Went for a 5 mile run, ate pizza, drank wine, had a 2-hour nap & took a bath. Now I wait....
You people who have just        one glass of wine...          What's that like?
Unexpected side effect of Taco Tuesday? Wet fart Wednesday.
Sometimes you need a run. Sometimes you need a beer. Sometimes you need both.
The morning after the marathon... I've made it from bed to the couch.  There's no stopping me now !!
Be straight with me Doc.  When you say "broken"  does that mean  I SHOULD  or SHOULD NOT  run my race this  weekend?
You drink too much. You cuss too much. You have questionable morals. You're everything I ever wanted in a running friend.
I keep my hamstrings flexible by doing yoga two or three times a week. And by "doing yoga", I really mean shaving  my legs.
Marathon training, day 57... If I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, I would think I was dead.
If you think I'm bitchy now, you should see me when I miss my run.
I love it when my endorphins  kick in
Things I don't feel like doing after  my marathon: MOVING.
I stand by and listen to  your rants about your TV  shows, so don't make  faces when I mention  marathon and running.
You know you're a runner when...  The thermometer says 45 degrees  and you think SCORE! Optimal running weather!!!
Beer tent opens at 10:30 ?! That's not good enough.
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