Ok. I have a hard truth for you.
And I say this with a lot of love – because I know what your week looks like. Or at least a version of it. The school runs, the aging parents, the work stress, the household chaos, the mental load that never quite switches off. The general weight of just… keeping everything going.
Here it is:
Beating yourself up about falling off your exercise routine (or not starting at all) is giving you something. Which is why it’s so hard to stop.
It feels like accountability. It feels like you’re taking it seriously, acknowledging the problem.
But there’s actually a name for this in psychology…
It’s called rumination. And the research is clear about this: repetitive negative self-focus replaces action. It doesn’t produce it.
Calling yourself lazy? Distraction.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me?” Distraction.
“I always do this.” Also a distraction.
That loop isn’t going to get you back on track. It might actually be the thing keeping you off it.
I had a message this week from a GLOW10 member who’d fallen off for a while. She didn’t say how long. She didn’t explain or apologise. She just said: I’m back on board. I did a workout with no equipment just to start – trying to create as little barriers as possible.
And I heard a little ‘Wahoo’ in my head 🥳
Because that right there is what consistency actually looks like.
Not a perfect record. A reliable return.
She didn’t wait until she had everything sorted, or restart from scratch. She just did one small thing. And that one thing is the whole trick.
In Episode 50 (yes, 50!!) of the podcast, I talk about this in full and give you three practical tools to make coming back easier. [LISTEN TO EPISODE 50 HERE]
In the meantime, hit reply and tell me – what tends to knock you off track? I read every one.
PS — If you want to understand your own patterns and get a personalised comeback strategy, take my FREE Exercise Personality Quiz. Just make sure you come back and tell me what you got!