08/10/2026
Looking back, my body had been warning me for months.
I just didn’t know how to read the signs.
I was lean, training for triathlons and looked incredibly healthy.
So I explained everything away.
I started struggling to fall asleep.
Then I’d wake up around 3 AM and couldn’t fall back asleep.
But I had SO much energy, so I thought I was fine.
Then my workouts changed.
Instead of finishing energized, I’d finish absolutely DESTROYED. Like I can no longer participate in society tired. 😂
Then came the food thoughts.
After long workouts, I remember craving an entire roasted chicken.
Not a chicken breast.
The chicken. 😂
And somehow I interpreted that as needing MORE willpower.
I became ridiculously snappy too.
Someone chewing next to me could suddenly make my blood boil.
WHY ARE YOU CHEWING SO LOUD?! 😂
I blamed stress.
My libido dropped.
And something that had always been easy started feeling impossible:
discipline.
I’d start Monday determined to “be good” and a few days later I’d be ravenous, wondering where my willpower went.
So I did exactly what I thought I should:
I ate less.
I trained harder.
And eventually the weight started coming.
Almost 50 pounds.
So I restricted MORE. Exercised MORE.
And made everything worse.
Eventually I realized I hadn’t suddenly become lazy or lost my discipline.
I’d spent months asking MORE from a body that was already struggling to keep up.
That experience changed the way I coach women today.
When a woman is eating less, exercising more and STILL not getting results, I don’t think:
“She needs to try harder.”
I think:
“We need to figure out WHY her body stopped responding.”
Because the scale isn’t always the first warning sign.
Sometimes it’s your sleep, hunger, mood, libido or workouts.
And if you keep answering those signs with more restriction and more exercise, you may be solving the wrong problem.
That’s exactly what I’m teaching in my FREE workshop this Wednesday.
If you’re over 40 and your body isn’t responding like it used to, comment FIT and I’ll send you the link.