Accountability

Dieting and exercising are fairly simple steps to weight loss...and frankly the most common sense. I think something I've forgotten about is the accountability.

When I started losing weight in college, I had my roommates and friends that watched me at every meal and knew when I disappeared for time at the gym. Coming out of that had made keeping myself accountable more and more difficult. It became easy to give myself permission to not go to the gym, or have food I knew I shouldn't.

Then I joined Team Haycraft and was working with my personal trainer, Garrett Watson. Dozens of food journals later, I lost another 75 pounds. Then my schedule filled up again, and I became less and less accountable to them.

Lately, I've given myself the excuse to not be accountable. Yes, I still workout. Yes, I joined weight watchers, however no one is holding me to that. So the last two weeks, I have only gone to the gym about six times and last week I ate over my points everyday. I'm not proud of this. I gave myself the "this week has been crazy" excuse..or you know the list. We all have it and my list made me gain a couple pounds.

The other night, Rita texted me and said she was going to start getting up at 5am everyday to do workouts. A light bulb went off. Rita and I keep this blog together, why not keep each other accountable? So we'll text every day when we leave the gym (time difference..she better not text me at 4am because it's 5am her time). Confession...I went at 5:30am instead of 5am.

I actually really like getting up that early to work out. No one was at the gym and plus my workout is over and I don't have to worry about getting to the gym on time after work. Gives me at least a hour of quiet time by myself and I've been craving that more than usual lately.

I'm trying out HotBox Nashville on Friday morning at 7:30 am. If their membership fees work with my budget, I'll join on Friday.  I'm sure with HotBox and Hot Yoga, I'll be in shape in no time. I'm on track with points and I even had a mojito yesterday. I have to learn to budget more time for me (and financially..but that's another blog).

Keep it up.