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I used to make a living convincing people like you to buy BCAAs. For five years, I worked in supplement marketing, crafting the exact messages you've probably seen: "Get ripped with BCAAs!" and "Unlock your muscle-building potential!" I was pretty good at it too.
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I used to carry around a 32-ounce water bottle like it was a life-support machine. I'd anxiously track my intake on an app that sent me passive-aggressive notifications: "Maya, you're behind on your hydration goals!" The bottle had time markers—you know the ones—
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Self-Care is Dead. Here's What Actually Works. I used to have a morning routine that would make any wellness influencer weep with joy. 5:30 AM meditation. Lemon water. Journaling. Yoga. Green smoothie with seventeen different superfoods whose names I couldn't pronounce. By 7 AM, I
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The Great IF Experiment That Broke Me Two years ago, I was that person. You know the one - evangelical about intermittent fasting, preaching the gospel of the 16:8 window to anyone who'd listen. I'd fast until 2 PM, then pat myself on the back
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The $50 jar that changed everything Two years ago, I was the person adding collagen powder to literally everything. My morning coffee? Collagen. Post-workout smoothie? Double scoop of collagen. I even mixed it into my overnight oats because some influencer said it would make my skin "glow from within.
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Last Tuesday, I froze during a client call. Sarah had just told me she'd tried everything I'd suggested for three weeks—meal prep, morning walks, the whole shebang—and felt... nothing. Zero progress. Still exhausted, still stressed, still reaching for wine at 5 PM. My brain
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I used to measure my hunger on a scale from 1-10 like I was rating a Netflix show. Seriously. I'd sit there mid-chew, fork halfway to my mouth, trying to calculate if I was at a 7.5 or an 8. God forbid I accidentally hit a 9
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Here's a hard truth that'll make some coaches uncomfortable: Most of you are basically expensive guessers. You meet a client, they tell you they want to "lose weight and feel better," and boom — you're already designing meal plans and workout routines. It&
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Four years ago, I was scrolling through LinkedIn during my lunch break (again) when I saw another post about someone "hitting six figures" in their health coaching business. The comments were full of fire emojis and "living the dream!" responses. That night, I calculated how much
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I used to weigh my food like I was running a chemistry lab. Every almond. Every splash of milk in my coffee. That random piece of gum? Yeah, I looked up its macro profile because what if those 2 grams of carbs threw off my entire day? Spoiler alert: They
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I used to be that person who'd screenshot inspiring quotes about "trusting your body" while simultaneously googling "how many calories in a banana" at 2 AM. For three years, I tried to make intuitive eating work. I read the books, followed the Instagram accounts,
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I used to hide cookies in my car. Not even good cookies. Those artificially-flavored sandwich ones that come in the plastic tray. I'd eat them during my commute, stuff the evidence in random trash cans, and walk into work like nothing happened. For years, I thought I was