@stephaniecrassweller: It wasn’t cardio or eating less🙃 I went from 4 workouts a week down to 3 and lost 2.6 pounds in a week When you train, you create inflammation in the muscle. That’s not a bad thing, that’s the whole point. Inflammation is the repair crew that rushes in to rebuild you stronger. 💪 BUT that crew has to finish the job and clock out. When you don’t give your body enough recovery, the inflammation never leaves. It lingers. And lingering inflammation is what raises your cortisol, makes you more insulin resistant, and prevents muscle building. I wasn’t under-training. I was under-recovering. 💁🏽‍♀️More is only better if your body can actually recover from it, and most of us can’t, especially in a fluctuating or low hormone season when our buffer for stress is already thinner. So instead of pushing harder, I got intentional about lowering inflammation between sessions. 🥦 Anti-inflammatory foods. The right foods actively calm the fire your training lights, instead of feeding it. I put together an anti-inflammatory grocery guide so you can shop it without guessing. It’s at the bottom of this caption 💧 Hydration. Dehydration itself raises inflammation. Water is one of the simplest ways to help your body flush and recover. 🚶‍♀️ Light movement, just steps. Not another workout. Gentle walking moves fluid and lymph through the body, which helps carry inflammation out. The goal is circulation, not burning more. 😴 Sleep. Overnight is when your body does the bulk of its repair and clears inflammation. Short or broken sleep means that work never finishes, so it stacks into the next day. Train in a way your body can recover from, and it finally starts working with you instead of against you Grab my anti-inflammatory grocery guide 👇🏽 https://www.vitalityoet.com/cortisol-grocerylist

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