🧭 Consistency Over Perfection

📆 At the beginning of my health reset and transformation back in 2024 — after all the research I did on menopause and longevity — I decided that lifting weights 3x/week and getting at least 120 grams of protein were going to be two of my personal non-negotiables. 🏋️‍♀️

But a few months in, I was falling short.

I was consistently lifting 2x/week.

Sometimes 3x… but many weeks, only 2x.

I could have tried harder.

Recommitted.

Or beat myself up for not being “disciplined” enough.

But after decades of those approaches not working for me, I chose a different route.

Instead of simply trying harder, I asked a better question:

🤔 Why was I having such a hard time hitting my weekly lifting goal?

Here’s what I realized.

I was following a plan that had me doing 30 minutes of HIIT on Monday and Tuesday, then lifting on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

I’d be on track… 

And then the wheels just fell off.

🥵 By the end of the week, I was gutted.

One of the issues I had been dealing with in menopause was exhaustion, and I finally acknowledged it instead of continually fighting against it.

So I did something that felt totally uncharacteristic for me as a natural rule-follower.

Instead of following the schedule exactly as written, I adjusted it to fit what I could realistically sustain.

I moved my three most important workouts to the first three days of the week — Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

And just like that — voilà. 🗝️

Consistency stopped being a struggle.

I began hitting my lifting goal 3x/week consistently — and I’m still doing it today.

Such a lesson for me.

My old perfectionist self would have had a hard time allowing that. After all, it wasn’t exactly what the program prescribed.

And to be clear, it was a solid, research-based program.

Was lifting three days in a row necessarily the most ideal training schedule possible?

Maybe not.

And it may not be the best arrangement for every person, every body, or every program.

But at that point, with the knowledge and capacity I had, it was the best plan I knew how to follow consistently.

⌚️ For me to be what I call A.I.M. — Appropriate In the Moment — I had to know myself.

At that stage, consistently completing three manageable strength-training sessions mattered more than perfectly following a schedule that repeatedly resulted in me missing the third workout.

🎯 Sometimes you have to know your goal.

Know what matters most.

Know your current season and capacity.

And then prioritize that — even when the solution is not theoretically perfect.

Even when it feels like you are “breaking the rules.”

In this case, consistency mattered more than conformity to a plan.

The plan wasn’t wrong.

I simply needed to apply it with wisdom, humility, and honest self-awareness.

So I’ll ask you this:

👉 Is there an area where you may need to customize what you’re doing so you can consistently do what matters most?

In the future, I may adjust my training schedule again as my capacity, goals, and knowledge change.

But in that season, I knew my one thing — my most important priority — and that was what received my focus and faithfulness.