Unfortunately this cycle is a familiar one for the people you wouldn’t even think it would be. The high achiever, 1%er, super disciplined, elite, champion…you?

Many of our greatest strengths can become our weaknesses or Achilles heel

I think back to how much my 100% all in mentality has served me in my life but then there was this sinister other side that was very much NOT that

Which only led to more shame when I wasn’t “perfect” and it made my results feel so fleeting and like I would never really sustain them

It wasn’t until I learned to be comfortable in the grey area that I actually had the most success with my physique

Plus, I learned how to apply this in other areas of life and it felt like so much more aligned from there

I realized I didn’t have to be stuck feeling like if I messed up a little then it was all ruined so might as well mess up more

I learned that extremes were comfortable because they were more predictable to me. I could better attribute outcomes or lack their of to the work I did or didn’t do

Being more “balanced” felt like it would muddy the water and make the path less repeatable

I was so wrong! A repeatable predictable path doesn’t take into consideration change and circumstances

As I evolved, my approach needed to also

And thank goodness for that! I went from feeling like I was on this constant pendulum swing from on to off and started finding comfort in a place that was sooo foreign and seemed so scary to old me

Funnily, this is when I sustained progress the longest. Likely because I found my threshold. That point of pushing to keep growing and improving but not pushing so hard that I was not going to be able to sustain that level of commitment for extended periods of time

We have to apply the concept of progressive overload to our mental gains

If you’re stuck in any part of this cycle, or have been, and want support getting out. DM me@celestial_fitor email me [email protected] letting me know which part of the cycle you’re in or struggle with most and I’ll see if I can send over some resources or support options for you!