Train & Fuel for what you want to do and how you want to perform, not how you want to look.

This is something that took me a while to understand.

There was a time in my life that I wanted to look a certain way, which meant training and eating a certain way.

I remember committing to a certain calorie intake, with absolutely no knowledge to inform that decision, and seeing the weight drop.

This was followed by many remarks of how great I look and how dedicated I am to train so much and to avoid certain foods / eat a certain way (we can get into that another time). And sure, that of course reinforced my eating and training habits.

Simultaneously, this led to a decrease in performance levels in my sport... but sure, I looked great :)

This went on for months. I was consistently striving for a caloric deficit, training as much as I possibly could, and wondering why I wasn't performing well...

I looked great... and felt like pure shite.

Fast forward to playing the handball championship that season, being bitterly disappointed, and being told by my mom that someone had mentioned a decrease in power and intensity in my performance.

This remark really made me think, "What am I doing here?".

I'm leaner and lighter than I've ever been, but at what cost?

I couldn't perform at my potential because of my eating and training habits.

So, remember, train & fuel for what you want to do, not how you want to look.
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