18/09/2026
Things you catch yourself saying coming into the final month of prep.
‘I’ll have that next week’ about literally everything.
‘Is it cheat meal time yet’ at increasingly random hours of the day.
Explaining to people why you’re checking the mirror again, for the fourth time today.
Getting genuinely excited about vegetables in a way that would have seemed unhinged four months ago.
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re deep in it too.