I too as a trainer, have ups and downs, I call them squats! (grit teeth and snarl)
Yes yes very punny, and I can’t take credit for this hilarious pun, Simon was the source.
On a serious note, everybody ON THIS PLANET has difficult moments in life that threaten the balance of their self care plan.
Un-managed, that looks like procrastination, depression, weight gain, lethargy, low self-esteem, the crap show goes on…unless you stand up for yourself, to yourself, by yourself, yes support and guidance from family, friends and pro’s like mwwwah come into it, but! Ultimately, it’s on us as individuals.
I’m not one ‘tell’, however, I make a reservation for this next statement:
“The way you feel towards a situation within yourself, will be made a lot worse by neglecting your health”.
Consider your health and fitness care plan metaphorically to that of a bottle of water…yes, it’s weird, it’ll make sense, keep reading.
The Fizzy Water Bottle – reacts emotionally to external situations (shake ups) and explodes into emotional decision making of the ‘short term feel good’ of eating crap, skipping exercise and/or festering on the spiral of the negativity to the scenario. Essentially living life from one shake up to the next and being controlled by the inevitability of external environmental conditions. This is theoretically more known as the ‘fixed mindset’.
The Still Water Bottle- endures the same external threats to balance and still feels the negative emotions that can transpire from tough moments life throws at you, yet, searches for the good, attaches positives to overturn the negatives and keeps their self-care plan on track regardless. All the while within context. Living life under your control and maintaining a healthy balance, mentally and physically. This is theoretically more known as the ‘growth’ mindset.
Success with this area of life, like the others, is to learn those fundamental principles, develop them and accepting that failure is part of the growth process…To keep the time between ‘wobbles’ as short as possible without jumping into a volcano of procrastination and/or whatever the ‘go to’ is after the trigger of a tough moment for you.
The thing that keeps that momentum going?
Goal setting, knowing the systems, breaking the systems down into small steps and then being consistent with those small steps, mastering the art of ‘stiiiiiiiillness’ 😉