Sometimes, unforeseen events in life cross our path and derail our goals. So, how do we pick up the pieces and get back to some sense of normality? 10 Ways How To Get Back On Track –  Let’s Start Today!

1. Why – Remember our Why? The reason we started this journey in the first place? At times we lose sight of what our original goals were. Especially during times of stress. My Why? I want to live a healthy and long life.
2. Prioritize What’s Most Important – when we’re faced with obstacles, whether self inflicted or not, it’s helpful to revisit why our goals are important and prioritize.
3. Be Realistic – now is the time to re-build our foundation, be sure what we’ve committed to make sense under our circumstances.
4. Re-establish Our Routine – start small and add slowly over the next few weeks and be consistent.This will help us begin to feel like things are getting back to normal. Last night, I got back into the gym! It felt like I wasn’t there in such a long time, and it was amazing to be back. I felt so proud of myself that it really boosted my overall outlook and mood.
5. Take Care Of Other Aspects of Ourselves –  sleep, eating, exercise, etc. Without power, I wasn’t sleeping well or eating as well as before. For days, I wasn’t able to go outside and didn’t get my usual solid workouts in. Thankfully, all of those circumstances have improved and slowly, I’m getting back to my normal life – sleeping well, eating much better and finally, back to normal workout routines. 
6. Right Mind Set – positive thoughts, listen to uplifting music, motivational reading. As negative thoughts come into your mind, replace them immediately with something positive. This sounds a lot easier than it really is but with practice, it does become easy and before you know it, you’ve created a wonderful new and positive habit! These days, I’m listening to 80’s disco music, singing at the top of my lungs while driving alone in my car. I know my family thanks me for not singing when we are all together in the car! LOL
7. Reach Out – for support, encouragement and accountability – we all need people in our camp cheering us on, hearing us out, and helping us up from time to time.
8. Let Go of Fear – fear of failure or success can be paralyzing and stop us in our tracks. Remove fear to clear our path to get back on track towards our goals.
9. It’s OK to start over – sometimes we all need a restart to help us recharge and re-group. There’s no shame in starting over. In my opinion, there’s more shame in not even trying at all!
10. Just keep going – get out of our own way, keep putting one foot in front of the other. I know it’s exhausting to get up over and over again when we fell like we keep getting pushed down. It’s in getting up and pressing forward that shows us just how strong we really are.