Food for thought🤭

Great workout with the turn up Queen Chasity. I have to keep practicing the knees method to make the booty move 😂

Queens, let’s talk about something most of us overlook when trying to lose fat, balance hormones, or boost energy……sleep.

Because when your sleep suffers… your cortisol (your stress hormone) stays high and that single shift can throw everything off.

Here’s what happens 👇

✨ When you don’t sleep enough, your body stays in “fight or flight.”

✨ Cortisol stays elevated all night, blocking melatonin (the hormone that helps you rest and recover).

✨ The next day, you wake up tired, crave sugar, and your body holds on to fat especially around your midsection.

But when you start protecting your rest… everything changes:

🌙 Cortisol drops naturally at night.

🌙 Your body repairs, digests, and restores hormones.

🌙 You wake up calmer, lighter, more in tune with your energy.

Sleep isn’t just rest it’s hormonal alignment.

Your body doesn’t need punishment; it needs peace.

Tonight, make a promise to yourself:

✨ Turn off your phone 1 hour before bed.

✨ Breathe. Stretch. Pray. Journal.

✨ Give your body the safety it’s been asking for.

Because when a woman starts sleeping like a Queen…

Her energy, body, and confidence rise like one too!!

Breakfast!

Quinoa porridge- it’s similar to Jamaican cornmeal porridge.

Recipe

1 cup cooked plain quinoa

1 cup almond milk

Heat and stir

Then out into a blender with vanilla extract, almond extract if you have it, 1 tbsp of peanut butter, Ceylon cinnamon and a small banana Blend till smooth.

Top with fruit of your preference- I chose 2. strawberries and a 1/4 blueberries.

You could add egg whites or turkey sausage for more protein.

I didn’t take a selfie of myself today because I was at the gym but I did my workout and it was sooo hard.

I’m following the Strength Unleashed program with Sammi and I did day one yesterday but my legs were too sore for day 2 today which was lower body so I did a 30 minute session on an elliptical.

Yall. This elliptical was from hell! I noticed immediately that the pedals felt really heavy - it was level 1! Each movement took so much effort- this was NOT my usual experience with the elliptical. I had been planning to do a short leisure walk in the park this morning but I could barely get up the three flights of stairs it took to get to my car! The calorie burn count listed also feels too low - it was like lifting weights on my legs with each move.

Anyway I decided to take before photos this morning because of two things- 1 I’m finally feeling ready to lose this weight especially my FUPA. And two - in gong to conquer that machine. Period. Between that machine and Queen Warrior workouts I am going to achieve my goals.

I can’t believe I’m sharing these pics - I see how far I really let myself go but I am doing this for accountability. I don’t ever want to look like this again.

Stats: 154lbs goal weight 130-135lbs height 5’3”

Tuesday Replay with Jamila. Three minute core work was vicious but needed. Thanks Coach Jamila 💪

Mondays work with Aimee. Thank you so much Coach Aimee for tge plank hold instructions. It worked. I was able to hold the plank for 40 seconds for three rounds. Hands was easier than forearm plank for me.

My workout for the day is done! It was deceptively difficult but I pushed through. I started with a 30 minute session on the elliptical and then I did this workout with Coach Sammi, I plan to do the full 4 weeks!

Now it’s time to break my fast and have a healthy breakfast. What did yall eat today?

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