What is Accountability, Exactly?
You probably have an idea of what accountability is, but here’s a refresher for you:
“Accountability is the acknowledgment of responsibility for your actions with the obligation to report, explain, and be responsible for the resulting consequences.”
Essentially, accountability keeps you consistent by having you report back to someone what you’re successfully–or unsuccessfully–doing with your diet and exercise regimen.
What makes accountability so powerful is that it doesn't matter how little motivation you may have to do something! If you know that there is someone, or multiple someones, expecting you to report back to them, chances are, you’ll get it done.
At its core, accountability creates consistency, and if you aren't consistent, you'll never reach your goals of losing fat and building a lean, healthy body.
So, the next logical question is this:
How can we create accountability for better consistency towards achieving our weight loss goals?
When you're trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight that resulted from a hard-fought weight loss battle, willpower alone often isn't enough to keep you on track.
And even when you think you're maintaining your goal weight, it's all too easy for a few pounds to creep back on.
Here are Ten proven tools that can help you maintain accountability to the one person who really matters — you!