I Did Everything “Right”… and It Still Backfired
Growing up, I was always active and athletic.
I was naturally lean, looked fit, and in college I got even more into working out because I loved how it shaped my body. I felt strong, confident, and loved it.
Then I decided to take it to the next level, but that’s where things started to go sideways.
I went all in...
✓ 1400 calories.
✓ Cardio twice a day.
✓ Lifting 5–6 days a week.
✓ Macros had to be perfect.
On paper, I was doing everything “right.” And at first… it worked. I got leaner than I ever had before.
But behind the scenes?
I felt like shit.
I was starving all the time. My energy was trash. I wasn’t sleeping well. I was cranky, and honestly… not very fun to be around.
And the worst part?
I became obsessed. Everything revolved around food and staying “on plan.”
Eventually, I burned out and when I did, it wasn’t just a small slip.
It was eating entire bags of Oreos over a weekend, gaining weight back and feeling like I had to start over… again.
So I did what I thought I needed to do: Push harder. Do more.
And the cycle repeated:
All in → burnout → fall off → start over.
Over and over.
I remember when my clothes stopped fitting. And not just a little tight, I couldn’t button my jeans.
And there was no way I was going to buy a bigger size.
So I avoided it. Lived in workout clothes. Pretended it wasn’t happening.
And kept telling myself:
“I just need to try harder.”
But deep down, I knew…Trying harder wasn’t fixing it.
At some point, I had to be honest with myself.
The problem wasn’t that I wasn’t disciplined enough, it was that I was doing too much.
Every time I tried to lose fat, I went extreme. Rigid. All-or-nothing.
Of course I couldn’t sustain it.
I was trying to force my body to change by making everything harder…Instead of building something I could actually stick to.
So I did the opposite of what I thought I “should” do.
I trained 3–4 times per week instead of 5–6.
I walked more instead of piling on cardio.
I ate more instead of as little as possible.
I stopped trying to be perfect.
And I won’t lie, that part was uncomfortable. I constantly felt like I wasn’t doing enough.
In the back of my head, I kept thinking: "Should I cut calories more? Add more workouts? Do more?"
But every time I went back to that mindset…I ended up right back where I started.
Burned out. Overeating. Starting over.
After working with thousands of women, I can tell you this: The women who struggle the most aren’t the ones who don’t care.
They’re the ones doing the most.Trying to do everything right.
But they’re stuck in the same cycle I was: Push harder → burn out → fall off → start over.
And they think the solution is more discipline. It’s not.
It’s a better approach.
One that doesn’t rely on extremes or perfection.
One that actually works with your life instead of against it.
If you feel like you’re trying hard but not getting the results you should be…
You’re not broken, but your approach might be.
And if you don’t fix that, you’ll keep repeating the same cycle, no matter how motivated you are.
You don’t need to go harder, you need to stop doing the things that are burning you out in the first place.
If you’re stuck in that cycle…
If you’re putting in effort but not seeing it pay off…
If you’re tired of starting over every few weeks…
I can help you fix what’s actually not working, so you can finally see results that last.
👉 Send me a message over on Instagram with the word “TRANSFORM” and let's chat about how I can help you get unstuck and finally lose that 15+ lbs for the last time.
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