I ate so clean during my first cut that I made myself sick on vacation. One spicy sangria and some Mexican food later, it was bad news bears. Then I couldn't get back on track for weeks, because that's exactly what happens when your approach is too rigid for real life.

That was fitness flop number one. And after almost two decades in this industry, coaching thousands of women through their own body recomp journeys while also testing everything on myself, I have made just about every mistake in the book. Some of them were obvious in hindsight. Others took me years to fully understand.

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain and sharing 10 of my biggest fitness flops. These weren't really failures, they were experiences that taught me something important, but they still cost me time, energy, and results I can't get back. Some of these lessons are about training. Some are about nutrition and tracking. A lot of them, honestly, come down to mindset, stress, and the stories we tell ourselves about what discipline is supposed to look like.

If you've ever felt like you're starting over every January, caught yourself saying "I'm not being that bad" while quietly sliding off track, or found yourself stuck in that exhausting all or nothing cycle, this episode was made for you. I'm walking through what went wrong, why it went wrong, and what I do differently now, so that you can shortcut the process and skip straight to the results.

This is almost 20 years of trial and error condensed into one conversation. Grab your headphones, go for a walk or get comfy on the couch, and let's get into it.

I just want to get rid of this jiggle" is probably the most common thing I hear about arms. And relaxed muscle does jiggle, that's just normal. But there is a real way to build the definition you're after, especially during perimenopause and menopause when collagen loss and hormonal shifts change the game.

You can't spot reduce fat from just your arms, but you can strategically create the conditions for real change: building the muscle underneath and supporting the skin on top of it.

In this video I'm sharing the 5 things that have actually helped my clients finally see the arm definition they've been chasing, everything from how you eat and train to the small daily habits that make the biggest difference.

Grab my full body recomp guide and the 5 Triceps Exercises video linked in the description below.

Let me know in the comments: which tip do you think you've been missing, or which small tweak made the biggest difference for you?

5 Arm Exercises To Lose Bingo Wings For Women 40+ - https://youtu.be/BLltCs-j3r4

Download The Recomp Guide - https://redefiningstrength.com/recomp

To get leaner you might have to do the opposite of everything you've ever done.
Focus on building muscle first. Or what I like to call...Muscle FIRST Fat Loss.

But this is honestly easier said than done, both mentally and physically. Because the approach that actually works goes against almost every instinct and habit you've built around fat loss.

And even when you know it's right it feels wrong.

There are 7 mistakes I've personally made that sabotaged my results and honestly still are tough to avoid. And most women I've met are making at least 5 of them.

Grab my FREE Body Recomp Guide in the description below 👇

https://redefiningstrength.com/recomp