Are you proactive or reactive?

Every month, the clients in DataFit have a challenge to participate in.

This month it’s a weekend challenge - aiming to nail targets Fridays-Sundays.

One client had a social gathering Saturday night and shared her strategy that is simple but often overlooked and it goes SUCH a long way:

TRACK WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE FOR DINNER BEFORE THE DAY STARTS.

Go to the restaurants menu online and track the calories.

If the nutrition isn’t available, find items from similar restaurants to use as replacements.

This SHOWS you what you’re working with for your breakfast and lunch that day if you want to enjoy yourself AND stay on track towards your goals.

Instead of just eating whatever all day and then looking and seeing you have 500 calories left…

You’re working backwards from the high calorie dinner and able to make the right decisions all day.

You’re adjusting AHEAD of time to make it work.

You’re being PROACTIVE instead of REACTIVE.

When thinking about this approach, I was reminded of another client who recently went on the road for work.

She mapped out a hotel approximately 2 miles from where she’d be working each day so she could walk there and back.

She packed a shaker bottle and protein powder for each day.

She made sure the hotel had a gym inside.

Surprise surprise…

She lost weight during the week long work trip.

When there’s a will there’s a way.

Are you being proactive or reactive when life gets in the way of your journey?

Let me know.

Brooks