Identifying and Addressing Saboteurs

I read an article earlier today about people in your life that can act as saboteurs to your health & fitness well being. Can you believe it?! Turns out the people you love can not only ruin your life by breaking your heart. But they can also potentially make you fat and miserable too!

It was an article written by my inspirational idol, the always amazing and beautiful Jillian Michael's. She talks about identifying people (and/or loved ones) in your life that have a negative effect on your road to health-happiness. Some of the points she mentions are:

• Loved ones not being as excited about self-improvement as you are.
• Being persuaded to skip a workout.
• Ordering pizza when it's their turn to cook (or knowing fully that you have sworn off pizza).

And this all comes after you have declared your goals and preached your fitness improvements to them! So then why do these people try to bring you down? It's quite simple actually - Jealousy.

They see your new found motivation as a threat to them. They think you will get skinny, fit, look amazing, be happy and want to leave them behind. They think you'll want to find someone better. Which is not necessarily always the case (but maybe for some it is).

So what you need to do is reassure your loved one(s) that your self-improvement will not affect the relationship negatively in any way. And that it will actually improve the relationship...AND that they are actually undermining your needs. If you do this it will make you a happier and healthier person.

Also, encourage him or her to take this journey with you....That way they won't feel left out!