SoberFitGirl

105. Things We Wish We Knew About Fitness Before We Got Sober

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Show Notes

In this episode of the SoberFitGirl podcast, Kat and Ewa bust the myth that getting sober automatically means losing weight or having it all figured out. Sometimes it’s the opposite — new cravings, a changed appetite, food replacing the ritual of drinking.

We talk about why weight gain doesn’t mean sobriety isn’t working, and introduce the SoberFitGirl Baseline Strategy: find where you actually are, raise it slightly, and stop chasing perfect. We get into what working out actually looked like for us early on, what never worked (restriction, overtraining, all-or-nothing thinking), and what does now — plus the story of starting from zero, unable to lift 5 lbs, with no clue how to train or eat.

Fitness doesn’t have to punish you. Done right, it becomes proof you can trust yourself again.

Pick one baseline for the next 30 days — not your dream goal, your minimum promise. What’s small enough that even on a bad week, you can still keep it?

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