Do you take care of you?

How often do you let outside influences affect your commitment to your fitness goals?

When your friends, significant other, or your kids want to do something that you know will throw you off track, do you sacrifice what you have set out to accomplish?

Many times (and I am definitely guilty of this) we tend to let our goals take a back seat to someone else's wants or needs.

You know you have to get to the gym and grab a workout, but your kids want to get picked up at the same time that you would have gone.

You've been planning on going to that Saturday morning class for weeks, but your friends drag you out for a night on the town and you sleep in too late to make it.

We are brought up to not be selfish, to share, and that our needs are not as important as the family, group, or team.

I think this gets confused though later in life when we know we need to take care of ourselves, but feel obligated to do things for others.

Even if we don't follow the feeling of obligation we get the guilt that comes along with not helping out.

One thing to keep in mind is that if you don't take care of yourself, who will?

And if you are not taking care of yourself, in the long run you can't take care of anyone.

This topic is incredibly important this time of year.

It is always so great to see so many people back in the gym on a consistent basis.

But the reality is that a large percentage of all those New Years Resolutions never reach their goals.

More times than not it seems that external circumstances are the reason for someone stopping their membership.

So what can you do?

There is no easy solution.

You just have to get really sure that the goal is what you really want to achieve...I mean get really sure about it!!

Then when you have to make a selfish decision in the protection of your goal, you have to walk through the guilt....

It should start to subside over time and you will start to feel good about the decision to put yourself first.

Comments

[Harry Johnson Jr.]

Great post! Goal setting is very important in fitness success and a successful fitness plan is achieved by visualizing success.

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I would say that generally I do take care of myself and my fitness. But yes it is also true that I sometime do neglect it for the sake of my family and close friends. And I do not at all regret that.

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It is essential to set small goals and adhere to them to ensure routine and regularity and flow in life.

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