Getting Off Track and Finding Your Way Back

Let’s face it: eating healthy all the time and exercising daily is something that is very hard to do. It can get boring and hard to abide by, and it is extremely easy to get off track. The most important thing is that you find your way back.

Recently, I’ve found myself getting off track. I could easily blame it on all the recent events like losing my job and planning my moms surprise birthday party, but ultimately those are just excuses. Sure, some people could just accept those excuses and move on… but let’s be honest: it was easier to be lazy, eat badly, and not exercise than to just do what I needed to do. It was not the circumstances surrounding my life, it was me choosing not to continue on this path that I've created for myself over the past 9 months.

One thing that I do know is that it does nobody any good to wallow about mistakes that are made. When you constantly beat yourself up about a mistake it makes the whole “changing your life” thing become more if a chore rather than a bettering of yourself. That’s not why I started this journey. I was tired of feeling down about myself and wanted to become a better version of who I was. I am done with putting myself down for mistakes I’ve made, and I think that’s a healthy outlook to have on my new life. When I’m not putting myself down (which makes me feel discouraged and depressed) and I actually look forward to what I can do to change- it makes me feel motivated to keep on my journey. During times that I feel down about life or what is going on, I take a moment to look at what I‘ve already accomplished it makes me want to do MORE and to be even BETTER. This is not a temporary change for me, it's going to change the rest of my life and how I live it.

Remember, even though you may fall off track do not feel like you have failed because there is always tomorrow. They key is, that when you make a choice to get back on track tomorrow, you ACTUALLY do it. Don’t let today’s tomorrow become tomorrow’s tomorrow and so on and so on. Everybody makes mistakes on their life’s journey, you just have to bounce back and be even more determined to meet your goals.

Until Next Time,
Jessica