In Which I Cut Myself Some Slack

This week’s headline?
✨ Zero gym visits.
✨ One pool visit.
✨ Step count only saved by a last-minute dash to the office.

And honestly? I’m fine with that. Really, I am.

Because this week, I gave myself what I needed most:
Permission to just… pause.
Not give up. Not fall off the wagon.
Just press the “be kind to yourself” button. 💛

💼 Work Mode: Survival, Not Thrival

It’s been one of those weeks — you know the kind:
📌 Every task suddenly marked URGENT
📌 Deadlines multiplying like rabbits
📌 “Quick question?” emails that are never quick and always five questions

I’ve been head down, ploughing through so that I can take next week off.
Yes — OFF.
Out of office. Out of meetings. Out of London. Into the sea air and sanity. ☀️🌊📚

✈️ One Week to Coastal Calm

I am so ready.
I have my books lined up, a new notebook tucked into my bag, and dreams of long walks, fresh seafood, and space to breathe.

This isn’t just a break.
It’s a chance to reconnect with myself.
To feel what I feel, journal it out, and recalibrate.
Because I don’t feel like me right now.
And it’s time to start figuring out why.

💉 The Dose Dilemma: Still on 10

I’m still on the 10mg dose.
Apparently, I’m doing “well” — side effects are minimal, so I’m encouraged to continue.
I didn’t have the energy to argue. I just nodded. Like a good girl. 😑

But here’s the truth:
🌀 I’m not sleeping well
🌀 I feel off — emotionally flat
🌀 I don’t know if it’s the Mounjaro
🌀 Or the menopause
🌀 Or just the general burnout of being a midlife woman spinning 23 plates while whispering “it’s fine” through gritted teeth

I just want to feel like me again.
That’s all. Not superhuman. Just me. That would be lovely.

⚖️ This Week’s Weight Loss: 0.0 lbs

Yep. Nada. Zip. Zilch.
And you know what?
This week I didn’t need a scale victory. I needed compassion.

🧠 Mindset Moment: Still Progress, Even When It’s Invisible

Some weeks, the progress is invisible to everyone else but felt inside — quietly, privately, like a slow exhale.

So this week, I celebrate:

✔️ Not pushing myself when I was already running on empty
✔️ Choosing sleep over steps
✔️ Saying, “enough for now” and trusting that the world won’t collapse
✔️ Planning a week of gentle reconnection (not reinvention)

✍️ Journaling Prompt:

“When I don’t feel like myself… what do I need more of?
And what do I need less of?”

Write from that place. Let it pour out. It’s not about fixing — it’s about feeling.

So yes, no change on the scale this week.
But inside?
I’m clearing space — in my calendar, in my head, and in my heart — for what really matters.

Next stop: the coast.
Let the sea reset me. 🌊✨

Helen x