24/03/2025
Feeling like 💩 in your body sucks 🥲
After I competed in my 4th show of the year in November, I just wanted a break after burning the candle at both ends for not only just the last year of prep, but honestly the last 6-7 years.
I told myself I wouldn’t rebound, that I was ‘better than that’, but I wasnt.
I gained 20 lbs in the first 3 weeks, and undid a lot of the work I had done for my gut health.
I felt a lot of shame around it, and hid how I truly felt before becoming completely honest with myself and then with you.
My body started to stabilize in January, I ate mostly anti-inflammatory and I started a cut phase again to lose some body fat.
But in Feb, I got some health results back that gave me answers I had been searching for for 10+ years.
This meant the end of the cut, reducing exercise, changing up my protocol and focusing on internally healing before even thinking of a fat loss phase.
Ive been on new supplements for the last 2 weeks, and things are feeling WORSE before they get better 🥲
I genuinely feel confident, strong and great in my body -when I dont have the inflamation, but this can squee our perception of how our body actually looks.
Im almost 2 weeks into this 12 week phase, and trust me when I say I’d rather be shredding for summer, but I ask my clients the same thing…
Whats more important -cutting some fat now, when its going to be harder and prolonging this issue, or being patient, focusing on internal health which will serve you 10x more in the future and make your fitness journey that much easier?
I practice what I preach to my clients:
longevity in fitness
internal health is the top priority
sometimes we gotta slow down now, in order to go fast later and to achieve our ultimate physique goals.
Always going to keep it 💯 with you because its not always about the shreddy AF physique, ill show you how I get that back from focusing on healing first 👀