4 Hidden Stressors Sabotaging Your Progress…

May 07, 2025 2:10 am

Happy Tuesday, !

Especially if you have a busy lifestyle👇🏽

Not all stress shows up as full-blown burnout.

Some of the biggest things holding back your progress are the ones that don’t show up in your tracker, app, or scale.

Let’s talk about the hidden stressors most people miss 👇

🚨 Stressor #1: Sleep Debt

If you’re averaging less than 6–7 quality hours a night, your body is in survival mode.

Focus on building a consistent wind-down routine and cutting off caffeine by 2 pm to support recovery and fat loss.

🚨 Stressor #2: Emotional Load

From decision fatigue to people-pleasing, the mental weight you carry impacts your energy, cravings, and ability to stay consistent.

Try delegating, journaling, and setting micro-boundaries that protect your time.

🚨 Stressor #3: Gut Stress

Poor digestion = poor nutrient absorption = poor recovery.

If you're bloated, gassy, or irregular, your body’s under stress.

Start with chewing slowly, reducing ultra-processed foods, and eating in a calm environment.

🚨 Stressor #4: Constant Pressure to Be “On It”

Always having to be “on” is EXHAUSTING.

If every meal, workout, or choice feels like a test, it will probably just end in burnout.

Try giving yourself permission to be human and focusing on consistency, not perfection.

When you support your body outside the gym and kitchen, you start seeing different results.

📌 Save this email so you can check in the next time progress feels slow.

And if you’re ready to stop pushing through and start working with your body—

Email me “READY” and I’ll walk you through the first step I use with my clients to lower stress and jumpstart progress.

Too many busy individuals are carrying stress in ways they’re not even aware of…

😴 Running on 6 hours of broken sleep

🤯 Making 5,000 tiny decisions before 9 am

🥴 Ignoring the bloat because ‘your diet is clean

⚡ Feeling guilty anytime you’re not ‘on it, '

And all of it adds up.

It drains your energy. Disrupts your hormones.

Impacts your cravings, your consistency, and your progress.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, it’s not just about what you’re eating...

It’s about what your body’s holding.

📌 Remember to save this email so you can come back to it when things feel off.

Or email me “READY” and I’ll walk you through the first step I use with my clients to lower stress and jumpstart progress.

Keep up the good work,

Coach Lu

Ludwight Rigueur, SMTh, SMTr, LMT, Qigong Instructor

Rigueur Soma Performance

w: https://rsomaperformance.com

https://bookme.name/RSomaTransform

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