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Perhaps you didnt lose weight as quick as you expected or your business isnt taking off as much as you expected.

Each and every one of us will experience a setback and disappointment in life, its unavoidable.

Setbacks are a normal part of life, especially when it comes to our health and fitness.

Setbacks arent the same as a failure. Failure is only when you wave the white flag and give up. Setbacks and difficult obstacles are what makes you a better man and separates you from the average man who isnt striving to better himself.

Setbacks are a necessary part of your journey of growing because to level up in your career, fitness, and relationships require you to step outside of your comfort zone.

How you handle these obstacles is the difference between moving forward, achieving your goals, and getting exactly what you want out of life.

You cant choose what life throws your way, but you can choose how youll react in each of those situations.

As Henry Ford remind us, Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Here are four ways to handle your fitness setback (and other life setbacks) and not let it stop you on your journey to bettering yourself.

First and foremost, its important to realize that things happen. You can prep and think about all the potential scenarios that could get in the way of your fitness goals, but the unexpected will always happen.

If you never experience any setbacks or obstacles along the way, are you actually pushing yourself as much as you could? Losing weight, building muscle, or any other fitness goal brings about its fair share of adversity. Let this adversity become a useful lesson that will only make you a better man in the long run. Speaking of that

After accepting the situation for what it is and not letting yourself wallow in the past, its time to learn from this situation.

Take a moment to put things into perspective and investigate why this particular situation happened. Maybe your nutrition wasnt good this week. But, why wasnt it good?

Was it due to lack of boundaries this week, not being prepared, or other stressful events in life that caused this lack of ideal habits?

You past week of nutrition cant be altered, but you can use that experience to become more self-aware of your psychology that plays a pivotal role in your behaviors.

George Santayana states that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

While the past provides lessons to implement for the future, its important to not get trapped in the past. Dwelling over the past only brings about guilt, shame, regret, doubt, and self-loathing which arent conducive to making you a better and healthier man. Shifting to the future only brings about anxiousness and numerous what if scenarios.

Your actions and mindset need to be focused on the present momentwhich ultimately is the engineering factor into a desirable future.

By focusing on the present moment, youre becoming process oriented which is completely under your control. Being process oriented keeps you from being overwhelmed with the variables of the future.

The glass is always full, not half empty because the air takes up the other half. Things could always be worse. Focus on the opportunities in front of you and what has gone right for you instead of what isnt going well.

Maybe the weight isnt coming off as quick as you like, but think about where you were months ago (and even a year ago). Odds are youre in a better position that you were then.

Therefore progress has been made, maybe not at your preferred rate, but progress is still progress.

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Julian Hayes II is the founder of The Art of Fitness & Life. He is an author, health and wellness consultant, and speaker operating at the nexus of creativity, health, and business. His mission is to help you integrate health and wellness into a life you love without having to use tricks or lose your identity through the process. His book, Body Architect, is a real-world guide designed to help you create a life you love while creating a body you love.

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