Ever fall short of a goal or a promise that you made to yourself? I have too many times. In these situations, it’s easy for me to berate myself for a few days or longer. Please, don’t be like me! At these moments when I fall short of the mark, I’ve learned that the best I can do is to review what happened to find the root cause. Once I understand the root cause, I have to move on better equipped due to my new knowledge and leave the past in the past. When I don’t follow this path and I spend time beating myself up (figuratively), I only end up feeling worse and have not increased my chances of doing any better. Basically, I end up working against myself!

So, if you find yourself falling short of a fitness goal (or any personal goal), be on your own team and take the steps that are likely to lead to success! Seek to understand what caused you to fall short (did you set an unrealistic goal? did you overtrain? need to improve your discipline? etc.). Once you do, feel good about yourself for taking the time to self-evaluate. Use this lesson to keep you from repeating the issue. If you chose to dwell on the past, you’ll only be holding yourself back from doing any better.

DO SOMETHIN’!