Over the years I’ve learned a thing or two about what works and what’s a steaming pile of crap 🙃 so here’s some of the lessons I’ve learned the hard way to help you all save some serious time in your fitness journey👇🏼 (*cue the upper bod gains*)
🍞 To lose fat I needed to cut carbs.
Carbs are our bodies #1 energy source! I don’t know how I survived without pasta, bread, potatoes and rice krispies I’ll never know. My diet was sad, I was hungry, tired and *NEWSFLASH* you can lose weight WHILE EATING CARBS!
💊 Buying and using thermogenics/fat burners when my nutrition was a dumpster fire.
Hitting macros? NEVER HEARD OF HER. Buying whatever the person at GNC said would work? I”M IN. I’m not saying these products don’t work AT ALL, but if your 99% isn’t right (training, intake, nutrition, water, sleep, etc.) the 1% won’t make a difference.
🍗 *high protein* automatically meant healthy.
Protein = good. BUT don’t believe everything that is marketed as *high in protein* is actually worth buying. READ YOUR LABELS GIRL!
🥑 You can and WILL gain weight from eating only healthy food.
*Newsflash to past me*: fruits and veggies ACTUALLY DO have calories. Just because it’s the color of the rainbow doesn’t mean it will help you lose weight. Eating too much of ANYTHING = weight gain. Even if it’s healthy.
🥤 That smoothies = weight loss.
I thought this was the secret sauce to being skinny or something?? lol. Throwback to when I would opt for a medium/large smoothie from Smoothie King THINKING I was all things *hEaLtH* when in reality I was just having a liquid high calorie meal instead 🥴
🙅🏼♀️ A quick fix ≠ a permanent solution
Like wrapping my body in oil and plastic wrap to cut water weight was SO DUMB. Because as soon as I was rehydrated again... I GAINED IT ALLLLLL BACK. Want long term happiness in your body after treating it like crap for years? It won’t happen overnight. It’s a marathon y’all, not a sprint!
Even though all of these things were a FAT waste of my time, I would’ve never learned my lesson unless I learned it the hard way 🤷🏼♀️
I wasted my time so you don’t have to! 🤩