Healthy High Achiever Blog

Can a diet guru or fitness trainer or anyone in your life for that matter, really hold you accountable?

NO.

Well maybe for a very short period of time, or a one-time reminder, otherwise, only you can do that.

Today it has become a marketing tactic to sell "accountability" to ensure you are doing something that you are not currently doing. It sounds like it would be valuable to have someone do that, but what’s really happening is the creation of codependency.

If you need someone else to hold you accountable to taking action, to acting in your own self interest or in the interest of others, then there are other issues going on.

For example, holding someone accountable to "workout"; this does not require accountability, as there are countless people who do this simple act out of pure desire every day.

Do you desire exercise when you are overwhelmed, exhausted and overweight? No. So is it accountability you need or a better lifestyle?

There is value to having a drill sergeant in your life, at times, but those times when you do, are few and far between. And, few people like the job. Even those who promise "accountability", they really don’t want to be your oxygen tank.

Be accountable to what’s going on in your life, to what enables you to show up, able to perform and act… and you will be able to do what you want or know you need to do.This was a big realization in my own life.

There are reasons why people don’t workout… and it’s not because of a lack of accountability.

It may seem like tough love, but it’s really not. Being personally accountable is actually easier than being co-dependent on others for basic functions in your life.