🔑 Stop Calling It Self-Sabotage

Ryan Girvan

Aug 25 • Nutrition

You work your arse off.

You come home wrecked after a long shift.

Sometimes you grab food or have a few drinks at the weekend just to take the edge off.

Then the next day you feel heavy, drained, and guilty — like you’ve ruined your progress or “sabotaged yourself.”

You tell yourself you’ll be better next week… but let’s be honest, that week never comes.

Sound familiar?

Here’s the truth:

👉 That isn’t failure.

👉 That isn’t weakness.

👉 That isn’t “self-sabotage.”

It’s feedback.

Feeling shit after a week off plan isn’t proof you can’t do this — it’s your body and mind telling you: “This matters to me. I don’t want to feel like this again.”

That’s a GOOD thing. It means you actually care.

And this whole idea of “self-sabotage”?

It’s usually just your brain trying to meet a hidden need — comfort, stress relief, connection, escape.

When you see the benefit you were chasing, you can replace it with a better way to get the same thing — without wrecking your progress.

✅ Action for you today:

Think back to the last time you went off track.

Ask yourself: “What benefit was I really getting in that moment?” (relaxing, numbing stress, socialising, avoiding something, etc).

👉 Drop your answer in the comments — the more honest you are, the more powerful this becomes.

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