How to Create Will Power to Keep Moving Forward

I remember when I started my wellness journey and hit many walls along my way and slipped back to my old habits. At times it took me a long time to get back up and pick up where I left or worse, needed to start all over again. If you are part of the way to your goal and wondering how to stick with it? This blog will help you with that.
 
Sometimes, when you have a big goal that requires a lot of time and commitment, it’s easy to lose your way, and its just so easy to go back to how you have always eaten and moved your body.

You might find yourself doubtful that you can keep up with what got you to this point. You might find that you’re not quite as motivated as you were in the beginning. Or you might find yourself slipping back into old patterns. Patterns that aren’t helpful in getting you closer to what you want, and throw you in a spiral of negative emotions and actions. A common issue that happens with the women I work with, is that they get comfortable and content with their progress and even though they have more to go, getting comfortable causes them to think and act like before.
 
I’ll share with you on how I coach my clients on how to move forward without losing ground or motivation or willpower.
I found that through trail and error, that we first need to start looking at your belief system about ourselves. We need to look into the mirror and look past the weight and ask ourselves what are we capable of and believing that we are worth staying for the long haul. I really believe if we plan to live for another 20 or more years, wouldn’t we want to live it being the best version of our self?
 
Your motivation strategies that worked in the beginning may not work now and that is normal as you are not the same person when you started your goal. You need to come up with different strategies or better yet understanding how to motivate yourself.
 
Here are some tips to help you out
 
·         Keep your eye on where you are going; this may require for you to get back to the drawing board and re look and rewrite your goals

• You need to know what your next step will be; for example if you have been doing well with some parts of your nutrition and need to work on others, than focusing on one thing at a time will help you create new healthy habits before you attack the next step. I find that doing too much is overwhelming for most people and this approach maybe slower but longer lasting and rewarding in the long run.
• Get back to basics and start logging your food intake again, start preparing meals again or just start using self care techniques to remind yourself that you are worth it.
• Learn how to know what to focus on, for example if you need to focus on getting in 2 or 3 workouts a week to increase your calorie deficit, then plan it and make a commitment to yourself or have a friend or family member help you out, or hire a coach if you need more support system.
•  Make a list of the things you still struggle with plan out what you want to tackle per week, and celebrate when accomplished, without using food.

Remember that you are creating a new path for yourself. A smooth path is a life lasting path with long life results, it maybe rocky at times but if you stick with it, it will get easier. Don’t rely only on the scale to tell you the whole story and look at your accomplishment’s and celebrate all the things you have conquered and stop focusing on the negative. For example, if you ate out every day of the week and now only do it once a week, isn’t that a huge accomplishment? And if you didn’t make that change wouldn’t you be carrying extra weight and have poorer health?
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I personally don’t believe in will power, I believe in “Mind Power” as your mind and emotions are what creates your actions, once you change your state of mind, your health will change too.