I’m sure you know what you’re doing given your success in the past, cutting all that excess sugar sounds like a great start to a new journey! One of the mistakes I made the first time I got back into it after some medical issues was being impatient and pushing too hard too fast. I ended up overexerting myself and straining my body to the point of injury and got stuck once again.

Now I’m focusing on not trying to cram in too much too fast, working hard but also listening to my body and taking rest weeks where I do light exercise when my body starts hurting too much, my nervous system gets to its limit, and my progress starts to stall. Giving the joints and muscles time to heal after weeks and weeks of hard work always has me coming back after a rest week much stronger.

This is just a long winded reminder that rest days are just as important as tough training sessions, so don’t be afraid to back off when you need to repair those muscles and keep yourself from getting injured!