07/12/2025
Listening to your body when it’s screaming at you.
Last Friday I should have been competing in the Hyrox competition with my bestie.
We bought our tickets around Easter, deciding it would be something amazing to train for together.
But then a silly move in the gym followed by a run that sealed the deal left me with a knee injury.
A visit to the doctor confirmed I might have something called fat pad knee. Possibly more, but in his eyes nothing too serious that couldn’t be solved with committed physio, unless I kept ignoring the signs.
Then came the aftermath of an 11-day holiday in the sun where breakfast was espresso martinis, lunch was pizza and wine, and dinner was tequila and more pizza. Even though I have a wheat intolerance, the pizza in Italy never seems to upset me but I carried those habits home.
My body wasn’t happy. I noticed aches, clicks, pains after eating certain foods. And a visit to my energy healer/massage therapist confirmed what I already suspected: my body was acidic, inflamed and basically in bits.
That’s when I knew I needed to pull out of Hyrox and give myself permission to heal properly.
As a nutritionist, I know how dangerous chronic inflammation can be, but sometimes we need the wake-up call ourselves.
So I made some changes:
1. I’d already stopped drinking the day I landed from Sardinia, so I decided to stay alcohol-free until Christmas to give my liver a proper reset.
2. Cooking whole, nutrient-dense food to support healing.
3. Completely changing my training: no running, strengthening my glutes and core, one 45-min stepper session and gentle full-body workouts.
4. Swapping HIIT for Pilates, yoga and strength training with static, knee-friendly movements. No more deep squats.
5. A whole month off raving in November — tough for my soul, but necessary for my leg.
6. Reducing sugar (minus the week before my period… we don’t talk about that 😂). Swapping refined sugar for dates and fruit instead.
7. Doing the 7-Day Shred with this week to support my gut health which impacts everything.
8. Allowing myself rest, without guilt.
9. Lots of meditation to ground myself and calm my nervous system.
10. And simply being gentler with myself. I still struggle to say no because I don’t want to let people down, but health *has* to come first. You can’t be everywhere and do everything.
The good news?
My knee is already feeling so much better. I can feel the inflammation settling, and I feel more grounded than I have in months.
This is your reminder: listen to your body. Give it the time it needs but also support it with the tools you have. Healing isn’t passive. It’s intentional. 💛
