Lifting Your 40s - with Coach Ana B.

Monday’s weapon of choice: 🔫 Perfectionism. The only weapon that never misses.

Every week, another fitness routine goes down because of the “all-or-nothing” mindset. I’m guilty too.

And at the first mistake… BANG. 💥 BANG. 💥

The whole week is dead. We drop every habit, we binge... because we’re going to start fresh again next Monday.

The only bitch that needs to be shot is the unrealistic expectation that keeps you stuck in the cycle of starting over.

Who do you shoot today? Your goals? Or the unrealistic expectations keeping you stuck? 🔫

😅 Seriously though… no way. Love my memories. But am I living more from memory than from new inspiration lately?

Something I thought a LOT about when I was sick in bed for days on my birthday back in March, staring at the ceiling.

The thought that I was filtering new moments through old memories first. Like an old computer program nobody shut down, just running in automatic, putting things into boxes it recognizes.

Old fears, disappointments, survival patterns, limiting beliefs…

And then the brain starts acting like the present moment is already decided before it even happens.

“That won’t work, remember last time?”

These are old protective patterns trying to predict reality before we even live it.

At 43, and forced to stay in bed for over 10 days just thinking…, the accumulation of these patterns over these years became clear for the first time. And the answer to the question “why is my day feeling harder since I hit my 40s?” Finally went beyond “hormones”.

As I focus on catching and observing them, I also get better at understanding where they come from, when they were “born”… and how to rewrite them in a way that serves me better.

And that’s what helps me ease back into consistency in my fitness life and routine again.

So if you are feeling stuck with your body and mood, catch the thoughts - observe - rewrite them, while taking smaller fitness steps than you wish, but building proof that you follow through ❤️👯‍♀️ 

What do you feel? Have you been living more from memory or new inspiration? 



Spotted at .l_

😑When I keep waking up at 3am like the room is on fire, but social media keeps telling me to...

✨ rise and shine ✨😑
✨ attack the day ✨😒
✨ be positive ✨😤

Dude…
I’m trying to survive juggling 3 different “levels” of blankets 😭

I bought every bamboo-bedding-thing out there trying to cool off in one second without freezing in the next because…

🌈🙌 Hot Flashesss 🙌🌈
“Ohhh, What a Feeeeelinnng”

But I guess this phase of life is not about becoming “more positive.” That ship has sailed (never even docked here 😌)

It’s about learning how to keep showing up for myself…
even with 💜 a lil h@te in my lil heart 💜

Even when my brain, hormones, sleep and mood are all acting like little gremlins.

Not perfectly.
Just enough to stay connected to myself while I build power for the next step. That’s the real win lately 🧡

First 3 workouts back are done. ✅
These are special not just because they’re the first 3 after a flare-up that got me bedridden for 11 days. 🫩

(And not just because it’s the first time in the last 10 months that I’ve done 3 workouts in one week. 🫣😅)

They’re special because they were planned. And executed. Ta-daaaa! 😎👯‍♀️

It’s been a long time since anything planned has happened in my wellness.

I took a “quick break from this fit life” 10 months ago, back in June… and that break swallowed me.

10 months of zero consistency was exactly what led to the autoimmune flare-up, 15 years after they had been tamed.

My health (body and mind) took the hit and paid a high price.

For 10 months, I’ve been living like good wellness choices are a luxury, when really they are the foundation that keeps “Autoimmune Ana” alive and functioning.

That’s the part that’s easy to forget:
for some of us, fitness, nutrition, and mindset work are not about chasing a dream body.

They are pillars. maintenance. medicine.

And after months of being off, it’s not easy to just jump back on that caravan again.

So I’m leaning on my 14 steps to get back in control.
And one of the biggest ones is resetting expectations. Not an easy step, but crucial.

Nothing humbles you like getting back into it…
but nothing rebuilds your spirit like following through. 💛🥇