The key to reaching your goal?
On Wednesday, 1st August at 8pm it’ll be the 2nd Mums’ Days Fit Club Facebook Party! I’ll be hosting the party over on the Mums’ Days Facebook Page to see how you’ve been getting on with your goals for health and fitness. It’ll be about accountability, support and just a bit of a chin wag really!
I hope you can come! I will also be giving away another load of gorgeous Protest sets for all those who click “Going” on the facebook event page. If you’d like a refresher of what everyone’s goals were at the last party, click here to see the conversations.
The Power of Accountability
Each week as I’m preparing for the next Mums’ Days Fit Club post, relevant research has sort of come to me as I’m reading books and listening to podcasts… We’ve covered Goal Setting and Getting Started, What to Eat to Feel Great, 15 Minute Full Body Workout Blast and Motivation.
This week I’ve been hearing loads about Accountability and how important it is for reaching your goals, be they work related, health, fitness or anything else. So I’ve taken it as a sign to take action!
The good thing too is that it links directly to the Party on Wednesday.
When I was planning the MDFitClub back in May I had always thought the first party would be about goal setting and getting started and the next would be about checking in – seeing how we’re getting on with our goals. Accountability!
From my perspective I’m doing OK. Not amazing but not terrible either…! I’ve fallen into the trap of being really good all week, doing my exercise (and loving it), eating well, getting to bed on time…but come the weekend I fall foul of food and fun times. I feel I’ve deserved a treat but the treats last from Friday night to Sunday night. Not ideal if you’re trying to lose 10lbs.
There is something missing from my Grand Plan and from what I’ve heard from a number of sources this week (here and here) it is accountability:
- Stating your goal, planning how you are going to get there and regularly checking in with your goals makes you 39.5% more likely to succeed…
- However, add to the mix a group of friends or even just one buddy, regularly reporting in with them makes you 76.7%* more likely to succeed!
If that’s not reason enough to come to the Party on Wednesday, I don’t know what is?!
Accountability – MDFitClub Buddy
So, I’ve had the seed of an idea planted in my brain all week of expanding the MDFitClub so that we can make sure we’re in the 76.7% club and succeed in our goals!
My idea is that for the next 5 weeks we each buddy up with someone. They will be your accountability buddy!
- Like a pen friend, you each report in with your goal and plan, and your specific plan for the week. Then on, say, a Sunday evening report back on how you’ve done that week and your plan for the next week!
- If there are particular problems you’re having you can help each other trouble shoot. So for me I’d need a very specific plan of action to avoid the “weekend food and fun” trap but not feel deprived!
What do you think? Are you in? Drop me an email at Hannah@mumsdays.com subject “MDFitClub Buddy”, and let me know what your goal is and your thoughts on accountability.
If I have enough people (i.e. 2) who want to do it, I’ll hook you up and you can get your accountability on! Any less that 2, then you are basically going to be my MDFitClub buddy. Haha!
I’d love to hear your thoughts on accountability and reaching your goals! Either comment below, join in the conversation on the Mums’ Days Facebook Page or tweet me @mumsdays with the hashtag #MDFitClub or #MDFitClubBuddy.
What a brilliant idea huni! You are a clever lady. xxx
haha! Well we’ll see 😉 xx
You always come up with the most interesting posts I do really loveeeee them!!!!! For me it is PMS i seem to get extremelyyyyyyy hungry hahaha but sometimes I feel PMS all month hence hungry more than usual grrr…. until i put a stop to it and set my mind back to my usual ways but goshhh its hard hahaha!!!! lots of love to you !!!!
mwah! And to you maria xxx
Oh I totally get the ‘need’ to treat yourself at the weekend and how that stretches out over time – you’re not alone with that! You’re doing brilliantly though so keep it up! Mim x #TheList
Thanks lovely, glad to know I’m not alone…although sorry you suffer it too! xx
This is a great idea! It helps you stick to your goals when you have a buddy too! Fab x
So far so good Lizzy 🙂 xx
What a great idea! I always find I’m much more likely to stick with something if I put it out there and tell people. Otherwise it’s all to easy to pretend I never had the conversation with myself 😉 #TheList x
Haha! That sounds like my attempts to do blog planning – I do it then never stick to the plan because no one ever knew 😉 xx
What a good idea! Love it #TheList
Great ideas and research. I’m not currently looking to join anything like this at the moment but if I was I’d def message to join up. Good luck with it all. #thelist
I so need accountability, sign me up! My excuse every time is ‘i feel tired’ & I talk myself into resting instead of exercising. You know what gives you energy, yup exercise! Eeesh. Vicious circle xo
Awww! It really is lovely 🙁 but I’m there – 7pm every night and I may as well crawl into bed!! xx
Group motivation definitely does work – first time I lost 3 stone and used an online forum as well as food and exercise diary. It definitely helped, but struggling to get motivated this time round. It’s not helping that the 2 days a friend and I try and go swimming on, are being filled with meetings which means we can’t get there.
You’re so right Hannah, goal setting and accoutability to each other (and it helped that we’re both a bit competitive) helped my husband and I lose 60lb between us. Having a buddy is a great help. Good luck!
Thanks darling!! Hehee – I’m competitive too, just trying not to show it to my buddy 😉 xx
This is my downfall with diets/healthy eating as well! I feel a bit left out, especially in the summer when it’s all wine and BBQs!
I think the FitClub Buddy is a fab idea and I hope you reach your goal! My own fitness goal seems so unachievable at the moment, I’ll definitely be looking at the #MDFitClub posts you’ve done so far when I have a spare second! X X
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Awww, good luck lovely – it’s so HARD to stay focused on the now when it feels like you’ve a long way to go. Check out the goal setting post, that should help you workout how to keep your head in the game 🙂 xxx
Accountability definitely helps, I know that if I’ve not done much one week, I feel quite guilty when I’m writing my #BloggingToJogging post, like I can’t run a health and fitness linky if I’ve not been healthy or fit! Looking forward to the next FB party!xx