3 Steps To Self-Accountability

Accountability is nothing new to us ex-military folk.?

Throughout our service career we are accountable to a variety of people.?

Our section commanders, Tac Sgts, Platoon commanders and to our oppos next to us.

But who keeps you accountable in looking after your health??

That burden sits with you and you alone! This can be the most difficult task to master.

So in order for me to help you help yourself, here are three simple yet powerful steps to make you a master of your own health.?

Proper Goal Setting.

We are well versed in goal setting in the military. How many years have you spent filling in your objectives on JPA? Too many.

The problem is you don’t apply any goal setting procedure to your fat-loss strategy. You just decided to start!

You go straight to 10 without thinking about the process. What is it you actually want to achieve? What are the micro steps you need to do in order to push you forward??

We need every way point drilled into what it is you need to achieve and what to do when you don’t hit that target. Most of you just go through the motions and don’t even have a day to reflect on what’s happened in the past week.

How can you learn from your mistakes and become better if you don’t give yourself time to zoom out??

Set aside 1 day a week in your diary that you can spend 30 mins reflecting on what happened and what needs to be done.

Set Tracking Metrics.

How do you know you are going in the right direction? How do you know you have achieved your goal??

If we have nothing to test and measure, we are leaving it to luck in order to achieve our goal.

This is a sure way of you failing at your task. We need solid metrics and evidence to support our strategy and plan of attack. The minute the evidence isn’t there we need to adjust our strategy.???

So here are some metrics you can use:

Body fat percentage

Tape measurements

Progress pictures?

How well your clothes fit?

Weight.?

Notice I put weight at the bottom. This is because weight is the last thing you should really be bothered about when it comes to fat loss.?

In an ideal world, we keep our muscle mass and just lose fat, but unfortunately, unless you are enhanced, that's not going to happen.

More muscle= higher BMR=more food= Happy YOU

Get Yourself A “Battle Buddy”

A friend or family member that will hold you accountable. Not within the realms of self-accountability I know.

But it’s still something YOU can do, in order to achieve your objective. Humans are social creatures and we as ex-military know the importance of looking after each other.?

Now, this accountability partner needs to be on the same wavelength as you. If their interests are going down the pub every night, you probably need to rethink your choice.?

They also need to be traveling in the same direction as you, as in the same goal. If someone is looking at performance or building muscle and you are going for fat-loss, it wont work.?

You can also hold yourself accountable on social media. You can announce your goal and give regular updates in order to have the world keep you accountable.

Accountability is key to keep you on track. Taking these 3 steps can help aid you in continually improving and getting closer to your goal.

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Let’s explore what it? would look like to work together.??

Have a great weekend.

Carl?