Beyond Mounjaro | Week 12: Finding My Rhythm Again ✨💪🏾

🌿 Easing Back Into Life

Coming back from holiday, I gave myself a few days to ease into “normal life.” Time to breathe, think, and tie up little projects that mark the start of this lifestyle shift. Did I accomplish everything? Nope. The head space I hoped for didn’t quite land. But I still came out with wins.

🚶🏾‍♀️ The Surprise Win

The biggest one? I hit the goal I had set for next week this week. I completed the 5 Miracle Miles workout without passing out. That’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.

Now, 4 miles feels like my comfortable number. 5 miles is my stretch, my edge. And you know what? I’m proud of both.

🏋🏾‍♀️ Kettlebells & Ache You Can Feel

I even dipped into strength training — half a kettlebell workout and wow, I felt it throughout the whole day. That deep ache that whispers, “Yes, your body is changing.” It was the kind of soreness that made me smile through the tiredness.

⚖️ The Plateau Reality

But here’s the honesty: the scales have plateaued. And at first, that made me frown. I’ve been leaning into beans daily (hello, protein! 🙌🏾) but also remembering that beans are higher in carbs.

Carbs = glycogen storage. Glycogen storage = water retention. And sometimes, the scale climbs because of that. Not fat. Not failure. Just biology.

✨ It’s a lesson: being in a calorie deficit + working out doesn’t mean the number always drops. Sometimes the body is holding water. Sometimes it’s building muscle. Sometimes it just needs a minute to recalibrate.

👖 My Non-Scale Victory

And then came the proof that the scale doesn’t get the final say. I pulled on a pair of trousers I hadn’t worn since before I was pregnant with my daughter. They weren’t just a fit, they were loose.

Loose enough that I needed a belt. A belt! Something I haven’t worn in 5+ years. Before Covid, before yoga pants became my staple uniform, before the waistline expansion that came with working remotely.

That belt wasn’t just holding up trousers. It was holding up proof that change is happening in ways the scale could never capture.

🌟 What I’m Learning

A plateau isn’t a dead end, it’s an invitation to shift, listen, and keep going. Wins don’t always look like numbers. Sometimes they look like a belt. Sometimes they look like a pair of trousers reminding you just how far you’ve come.

🎯 Looking Ahead to Week 13

My next goal is to push myself with more structure. I want to build a workout schedule that challenges me; 1.5 hours in the mornings, alternating between 4 and 5 Miracle Miles, plus 20–30 minutes of strength training at least 5 times a week.

✨ Because the stronger I become in my body, the more clarity I create in my life.

✨ Lesson for Week 13: A plateau isn’t failure. It’s feedback. And my body is changing, whether the scale agrees or not.