I used to make my bed everyday.  It was ingrained in me by my mom, and I was trying to get around my kids saying “well YOU don’t make YOURS!”  The problem is, I have two dogs that when I am gone (picture “Secret Life of Pets” scene) pull/dig the comforter up to reveal the coolness of the sheets and….nap time!  Pillows on floor, sheets and comforter are mess when I get home.  So, why even bother?  If you have someone sabotaging your work, then it can get quite frustrating!

I’m not changing these dogs.  So you have to look at if this sabotage is really going to interfere with your goals.  My bed making goal?  Not that important, so I let it go and marvel at their efforts each day.  But your health and fitness goals?  Those are different, and we’ve all been there!  It is very hard eating carrots over my beloved fresh out of the oven chocolate chip cookies, slightly underbaked (sigh…..).  So 1) I can NOT have cookie dough in the house 2) everyone in this house has to support me on this.  For my husband, it is sugary cereal-he could, and would, eat a whole box of Fruity Pebbles at one sitting.  So sorry kids, can’t do that to him.

What if you do not have this support?  Then you have to find it.  You have to have people/a person to lean on when those temptations are high!  Find your tribe and lean in-but also give support back as well.  You also have to weigh the pros and cons.  Is this moment of weakness worth all your hard work for the day?  Will it cause a setback?  Lead to other bad decisions?  Suddenly those cookies don’t look worth an additional run or workout!  If you can just have one, and that is worth it so be it, but you are WAY stronger than I am apparently!

Make sure your “why” is also specific and strong enough to resist those temptations to falter on your path of health, fitness, whatever the goal may be.  Resist those people and things that may sabotage your goals!