Get the wind back in your sails

“You were so pumped to start exercising regularly; you thought nothing could stop you. Here's how to get the wind back in your sails.”

We get all amped up and excited. We're going to change our lives, be better, reach goals, fight the giant, save the day, and climb the mountain. We were going to, we started to, but now we're sitting still in the water, no movement. It's easy to want all those good things, but reaching those goals is work and takes time. You need to examine why you've lost your motivation? Are you tired, bored, disappointed with the results? Did you expect things to be easier or farther along by now? It's probably time to reassess. What got you excited in the first place? Can you regain your momentum? Maybe you just need to take a week off. Are you moving toward your goal? If you were hoping to lose 20 lbs by now but have only lost 5 is that a bad thing? Is it realistic? It's likely you haven't lost the motivation to reach the goal, but you might need to regroup and come up with a Plan B to get there. Sometimes, our second wind can be of more value to our overall success than the initial euphoria that we started with because we have lost that blind optimism and can replace it with a fresh, informed perspective that will get us into the harbor.