The woman you see today wasn't always here.
For years, I thought I was looking after myself.
I worked hard. I exercised regularly. I kept going, even when I felt tired.
But underneath it all, I often felt disconnected from my body and frustrated by how little seemed to change.
The hardest part was feeling as though I was doing everything right and still not feeling like myself.
It is easy to believe your own health can wait.
After 40 years balancing work, life and responsibilities across different corporate environments, I understand how easy it is to put yourself last.
There is always another deadline. Another responsibility. Another reason to delay looking after yourself properly.
Until one day you realise you’ve become disconnected from yourself.
I had started to lose trust in myself.
I kept telling myself I would start tomorrow. Tomorrow I would eat better. Tomorrow I would train. Tomorrow I would stop eating certain things or lose a certain amount of weight by a certain date.
And every time I didn't follow through, I chipped away at my own confidence and self-belief.
Discipline was never the problem.
As a 4th Dan Black Belt, I know discipline. I know consistency.
I thought I simply needed to try harder.
What I actually needed was a different approach.
That realisation changed everything.
Women do not need more pressure. They need support, understanding and an approach that works with their body.
The biggest shift was how I saw myself.
I stopped waiting until life felt less busy and started becoming the person I wanted to be through the choices I made each day.
I trained with more intention. I changed my relationship with food. I began eating in a way that supported my energy, strength and future self, without turning it into another set of rules.
No foods were off the table. But over time, the foods I used to crave started to lose their pull because I had replaced them with healthier options I genuinely enjoyed far more.
If you recognised yourself anywhere in this story...
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