Back home from my work retreat and feeling recharged. Yesterday after HIIT, I listened to my body — took a nap, went to bed early, and got 7 hrs 30 mins of sleep. This morning? Walked into the gym feeling AMAZING and hit a new PR on my dumbbell glute bridges 🔥 Sometimes recovery really is the secret sauce. Less “go go go,” more intentional rest so we can perform better when it counts. And a moment that honestly caught me off guard… my partner took me to dinner at Pollo Inka last night and paused mid-conversation to say: “Damn babe… I haven’t seen you for a week and you look really skinny now.” To be honest, I don’t always see the changes myself day to day. But hearing it from someone else — especially after multiple people this week mentioning my transformation — reminded me that consistency does compound. Even during the weeks when motivation isn’t perfect, routines are off, stress is high, or progress feels invisible. Showing up still matters.The workouts matter.The sleep matters.The tracking matters.The small choices matter. And today was a reminder that the hard work behind the scenes eventually shows up 🫶🏼 Pollo Inka ordered: Lomo saltado with green beans (usually comes with fries), no rice, side salad, no dressing, chicken soup, roll with Aji verde dressing

So. . Tonight I did something I haven't done in 20 years! I did a head stand against a door! And I did it twice 😃 And the neck made a cracking sound after 😳 but don't worry, no harm done.. yet! 😂

Got home from vacation last night. I went to the store today to prepare for the upcoming week. I went straight for some protein - turkey, eggs, and chicken. I have lots of beef at home in the freezer. Then went for veggies - spinach, butter lettuce, carrots. I have other veggies in the freezer. Fruit - blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, red grapes, and sugarbee apples. No Gayla apples at this store. (Finally tried a Gayla apple that @Lena Nguyen brought me. It was delicious. Need to find some here.). Got some 24 grain bread, cottage cheese, and plain greek yogurt. That was all I wanted and it felt natural and unplanned. I love that my tastes are changing and it is becoming second nature. So grateful for this! Anyone here struggling… don’t give up. It will come. More and more consistency pays off. You’ve got this!

My small but mighty win is for the first time in 3 months I have tracker my calories and weighted myself everyday for this whole week to fill in my tracker 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 If I could only explain the feeling of being so inconsistent for the first 3 months, 2 finally figuring it out 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

For the past two weeks i have decided to try and do things a little differently just to help boost up my step count (since lower body workout is out for the time being). So said to myself that I MUST get at max 2000 steps before i start my usual morning routine and before sitting down to do any work. That I must say it has worked more than i thought with my daily "on purpose walking" coming in at between 9k-11k steps. I also realized that it made my body feel more refreshed and alert before starting work 🤓 which makes my day get off to a good start considering that on some days I used to feel like i had find that inner energy to get to full concentration. So i guess its a little adjustment that is here to stay.