Spring starts this week, which means the annual panic is about to begin. And I've had a run of questions lately about my gym routine. What I eat, how I train, how I actually stay consistent.
That episode is coming next Monday. This week you're getting the part that makes it make sense.
Because it's so easy to look at someone now and assume they've always been this way. Naturally disciplined. A morning person. Someone who genuinely enjoys a vegetable. I was none of those things.
There was a period where the only liquids I drank were Coke or beer. Maccas for breakfast, pub lunch every single day, and I put on 25 kilos in twelve months.
By the end of this you'll understand why every health kick you've ever started fell over around week three, and why it had nothing to do with discipline.
This is for you if:
You've started again on a Monday more times than you can count
You've hit a goal weight before and somehow felt worse, not better
You're waiting to feel motivated enough to begin
You've decided everyone else was just born with more willpower than you
In this episode I get into:
How I gained 25kg in a year, what my life actually looked like, and the moment that stopped me
Losing all of it, and the habits I quietly swapped it for on the way down
Getting the abs, hitting the goal weight, and being more miserable than I'd ever been
The breaking point where I worked out none of it was worth it
What it actually took to make this a lifestyle instead of a punishment I kept restarting
Next Monday: Part 2, the actual routine. What I do now, what I eat, and how it stays consistent.
Support: this episode discusses disordered eating. If you or someone you love needs support, Butterfly Foundation is at butterfly.org.au or 1800 33 4673, and Lifeline is 13 11 14.
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If this one hits, there's a lot more of this story in my book, Mastering My Messy Life. The parts I wasn't ready to say out loud on a podcast in 2023 are in there.
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