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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It doesn't matter how slow you go... as long as you don't stop.
Accidentally went grocery shopping  after my long run and now I'm the  proud owner of aisle 4.
The only thing preventing me from smashing my alarm clock this morning is the fact that is it's my cellphone.
The start is what stops most people.
You can be the ripest, juiciest peach  in the world, and there's still going  to be somebody who  hates peaches.
It's a lot easier to start your race when you know it will end up with BEER.
Not every run can make you happy.  Running is not pizza.
I think about hiring a maid way too  often for someone who has plenty  of time to clean.
CONFIDENCE!  For a happy, healthy body, take one  dose daily.
WARNING: Exercising for just 10 min a day raises your risk of posting inspirational quotes by 60%
Running math is the only kind of math my brain can handle!
Does anyone else keep "emergency" running attire and spare sneakers in  the trunk of the car, just in case a  random opportunity for a run  may arise?
Yelling "you're almost there!" Is strictly forbidden until mile 25
Come on Dad!!  You know what Mom  really wants for Mothers Day this year? Not those crummy old flowers you get her every year, but running shoes, race entries or maybe a new running watch.  Try to get it right this year Dad.
Rebecca,Michelle and Abbie at the Carlton challenge before they saw the hill.
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