If you know me personally and have seen me recently, you might’ve noticed that I dropped some weight. I’m down about 65 pounds to date and it’s been a long road. I joined Weight Watchers in February, started running and have been more diligent about going to the gym. I realized that I needed to do a combination of things to get results. I was thinking about parallelisms between what gets addressed at Weight Watchers as well as my training that could apply to business.

1. Have an accountability partner. This doesn’t have to be “structured” like Weight Watchers but by sharing what you’re up to with a trusted confidante can help you stay on track.
2. Get it on the calendar. This can be something as simple as “making appointments” to go to the gym or something a little more substantial such as registering for a race.
3. Take a look a metrics and revisit periodically. When you’re in Weight Watchers, you have weekly weigh-ins. Kudos if you have a weight loss but it’s not the end of the world if you have a gain that week. The purpose of this is for you to review what worked or didn’t work that week and learn from there.
4. Recognize that what you do (or don’t do) can impact future activities. It could be something as simple as asking “is this consistent with the results I’m seeking.” I’ve done a few 5K races this year, two 10Ks as well as other events and I’m training for a half marathon. If I don’t do a training run, I have to adjust my training schedule and that could impact my ability to effectively do a race that I’m registered to do.

In addition to this blog, that focuses primarily on marketing and small business challenges, I have another blog that chronicles my Weight Loss journey.