Aug '25 • Nutrition
🔑 Stop Calling It Self-Sabotage
You work your arse off.
You come home wrecked after a long shift.
Sometimes you grab food or have a few drinks at the weekend just to take the edge off.
Then the next day you feel heavy, drained, and guilty — like you’ve ruined your progress or “sabotaged yourself.”
You tell yourself you’ll be better next week… but let’s be honest, that week never comes.
Sound familiar?
Here’s the truth:
👉 That isn’t failure.
👉 That isn’t weakness.
👉 That isn’t “self-sabotage.”
It’s feedback.
Feeling shit after a week off plan isn’t proof you can’t do this — it’s your body and mind telling you: “This matters to me. I don’t want to feel like this again.”
That’s a GOOD thing. It means you actually care.
And this whole idea of “self-sabotage”?
It’s usually just your brain trying to meet a hidden need — comfort, stress relief, connection, escape.
When you see the benefit you were chasing, you can replace it with a better way to get the same thing — without wrecking your progress.
✅ Action for you today:
Think back to the last time you went off track.
Ask yourself: “What benefit was I really getting in that moment?” (relaxing, numbing stress, socialising, avoiding something, etc).
👉 Drop your answer in the comments — the more honest you are, the more powerful this becomes.
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🔑 Stop Calling It Self-Sabotage
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