Nobody Warns You. So I Will.

Okay so I want to talk about something people don't like talking about, which is that most of you have no idea what's actually happening inside your own body right now, and you're making decisions off a number that's lying to you.

The number is the scale. And here's the thing about the scale, it can sit there completely still, week after week, month after month, and you look at it and think okay I'm fine, nothing's changing, and meanwhile you're losing muscle and gaining fat at almost the exact same rate, so the number doesn't move, but you are not the same person you were a year ago, not even close, and the scale just never told you.

That's the part that gets me. People aren't lying to themselves on purpose. They're lying to themselves because their only tool for measuring is broken, and nobody told them it was broken.

So get a better scale.

I mean that literally. Go get a DexaFit scan or come do the Styku in our studio, and actually find out what's going on. Muscle mass. Bone density. Where your fat is sitting, not just how much of it there is. Get an actual marker. See where you actually are instead of where you assume you are based on a number that was never built to tell you the truth in the first place.

And I know that sounds harsh, going and finding out, because right now you get to not know, and not knowing feels safer. It's not. It's just quieter. The muscle loss doesn't stop because you didn't check. It just keeps happening in the dark instead of somewhere you can actually see it and do something about it.

Here's what I think about.

You spend your whole life building things. A career, a house, savings, whatever it is you're working toward. And at the end of it, when you ask senior what they wish they had more of, it is first health, then probably money.  I have heard people say I wish I could still get down on the floor with my grandkids. I wish I could still carry my own groceries in. I wish I didn't need help getting up the stairs.

You cannot buy ability. That's the part people don't really think about. Ability is the one thing money doesn't directly purchase. You can pay someone to help you once you've lost it, sure, but you can't buy the muscle back the way you can buy a new car. You have to have built it already.

So here's what that means depending on where you are.

If you're in your 30s right now, honestly, enjoy it, because your body is doing you a lot of favors you don't notice. Strength comes relatively easy. Don't waste that. Whatever you build now is the account you're drawing from later, and thirty is a very good time to be making deposits instead of just coasting.

If you're around 50, this is the part where things get honest whether you're ready or not. This is "the change." Hormones shift, muscle loss speeds up, recovery takes longer, and none of that is you doing something wrong, it's just biology, and pretending it's not happening doesn't slow it down. What actually helps is training through it on purpose, lifting heavier not lighter, because this is exactly when your body needs.

And if while you are aiming for 70s and beyond, what you're actually shooting for is being able and everyday strong.  Able to do your own laundry. Able to get in and out of a car without thinking about it. Able to travel if you want to. That's not luck at 70. That's a direct result of decisions made in your 30s and 50s.

Stop lying to yourself.

Go find out where you actually stand. Not because I'm trying to scare you, I'm really not, I just think you deserve to know the truth about your own body instead of guessing at it. Then do something with that information. Doesn't have to be dramatic. Just has to be action toward your goal.

You're building her right now. The 70 year old version of you. Every single day is a vote for who she gets to be. Might as well start voting on purpose.