02/06/2026
💔You’ve spent years believing you’re the problem.💔
That if you just had more willpower, more discipline, more consistency, your body would finally cooperate.
You’ve been told to try harder. Eat less. Move more. Stop making excuses.
And every time your metabolism didn’t respond the way it was “supposed” to, you internalized it as a personal failure.
❌But your body isn’t broken because you lack discipline.
It’s responding exactly the way it’s designed to respond to the signals you’ve been giving it.
Chronic restriction signals famine. ➠ Your metabolism slows down.
Chronic stress signals danger. ➠ Your body holds onto fat.
Poor sleep signals instability. ➠ Your hunger hormones dysregulate.
Over-exercising without recovery signals threat. ➠ Your cortisol stays elevated.
Constant undereating while pushing through exhaustion signals crisis. ➠ Your thyroid downregulates.
These aren’t moral failures.
Your body is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do to keep you alive under the conditions it’s experiencing.
The shame you’ve been carrying about your metabolism? It was never yours to carry.
You don’t need more discipline. You need different signals.
What’s one thing you’ve been blaming yourself for that might actually just be your body responding to stress? 👇
Rank these by which one you blamed yourself for the longest: slow metabolism, constant hunger, or stubborn weight. Go 1, 2, 3 below.
Tag someone who needs to hear that their body isn’t broken, it’s just been responding to signals they didn’t know they were sending.
