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Challenge Struggle

I almost didn’t post this because I’m more comfortable showing wins than naming the struggle.

The last two weeks have been heavier than I expected.

I entered this challenge feeling very neutral because this was already a lifestyle I was following. i was still doing strength + cardio daily and tracking my life.

I found myself finally at a place of consistently consistent.

But here is the truth as I have been tweaking some things and trying to dial in a bit more it all hits different. Recently my body felt like lead — slow, heavy, exhausted in a way that effort didn’t fix.

Watching the scale go up, then stall, made it harder. But honestly I am learning that it doesn’t dictate my worth.

As I kept feeling worse I decided to honor some more

recovery for my body.

Honoring recovery felt like failing. Failure for myself and a failure to my partner. Luckily my partner and I got a lot of years between us as friends. ( I hope everyone has a ride or die like I found in

@Christina Lynch

)

There were days I found myself feeling failure because I wasn’t checking all my boxes.

I even pulled back and didn’t lean into Skool the way I usually do.

I decided that my best isn’t a fixed output.

Some days your best is pushing.

Some days your best is showing up and listening.

My body was clear — nothing needed to be added.

Something needed to give.

When I allowed more recovery, things shifted.

Inflammation dropped and my headspace felt lighter. The checkmark I didn’t get last week, I replaced with a smiley face because if we aren’t listening and having an honest relationship with our body, what the heck are we doing.

If you’ve felt heavy, tired, or a little withdrawn during this challenge — please hear this:

You are not weak.

You are not behind.

And you are not failing.

Sometimes progress looks like rest.

Sometimes discipline looks like pausing.

Sometimes missing a checkmark is a huge 😄

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