Okay, real talk — I had to ask myself the question I'd been obsessed with the Reddit forum: Am I the A🤬 hole? And when it came to my fitness journey… yeah, I was. In this Fit Girl Magic episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on how I spent years bullying my body, pushing harder, eating less, stressing more, and wondering why nothing was working. A🤬hole alert: my body wasn't broken. It was burned out. So, I got curious. I stopped chasing quick fixes and started asking better questions. I hired a coach, committed to a maintenance phase, and watched the scale go up seven pounds… before it finally started working for me instead of against me. Here's what I'm sharing inside this episode: ✅ Why gaining weight was actually the best thing I could've done ✅ How maintenance became the secret to fat loss (and sanity) after 40 ✅ The truth about protein shakes, bars, and why knife and fork food matter ✅ Why curiosity beats control every single time ✅ How I finally made peace with the process If you've ever felt like you're doing everything right and your body still isn't cooperating, this one's for you. Take a breath, listen in, and maybe ask yourself the same question I did: Am I the a**hole to my body? Because once I owned it, everything changed. Tune in now and let's talk about what it really means to stop fighting your body and start working with it. ✨ Take my free quiz: Find out what phase your metabolism is really in https://www.fitgirlmagic.com/metabolism-makeover-_podcast 📲 Tag me on Instagram: @kimjeffersoncoach and tell me your biggest aha moment