5 Fitness Habits That Are Secretly Sabotaging Your Results
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5.0 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Hey hey beautiful human!
When results stall, the first instinct is always to do more. More cardio. Less food. Harder workouts. But what if the thing getting in the way has nothing to do with any of that?
Most women who feel stuck are already showing up. They are consistent. They are trying. And the habits that are quietly working against them are the ones they would never think to look at because they do not look like fitness habits at all.
In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I walk you through those five things that are secretly sabotaging your results and what to do about each one tonight.
What's Discussed:
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Why dehydration is tanking your performance and sending false hunger signals without you realizing it
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Why working out every day does not cancel out sitting for the other twelve hours
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Why doing cardio you dread is keeping cortisol elevated and actively working against your goals
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What body checking is, why most women do it constantly, and why it is draining the joy out of the process
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Why self-criticism is not keeping you accountable and what the research says actually works instead
Ready to find a program that fits into a real full life without requiring perfection? Head to movementwithjulie.com and get started inside the Movement With Julie app.
If you loved this episode, you'll also love: Episode 413: The Importance of a Rest Day. It will help you take everything you learned here and apply it in a way that protects your results instead of quietly undermining them.
If you want more from me, be sure to check out…
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Follow me on Instagram: @juliealedbetter | @embraceyourreal | @movementwithjulie
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Movement With Julie | App: https://sale.movementwithjulie.com/
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Macro Counting Made Simple Online Academy: https://www.macrocountingmadesimple.com/
Website: www.juliealedbetter.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Labbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned. If you're ready to embrace a real, let's get it. |
| 0:22.5 | Let's go. |
| 0:31.4 | Hello and welcome back to the Embrace Real podcast. |
| 0:34.4 | Today's bonus episode is a good one. |
| 0:36.2 | And I think it might make you look at your |
| 0:38.1 | routine a little bit differently because here's a thing. Most women who aren't seeing the results that they |
| 0:42.7 | want are doing obvious things, right? They're showing up to their workouts. They're trying to eat well. |
| 0:47.9 | They're being consistent and yet they still feel stuck. And when that happens, the instinct is to |
| 0:52.9 | usually train harder, eat less, but that's almost |
| 0:55.4 | never the answer. More often than not, it's the stuff that is happening outside the gym or |
| 1:01.1 | your workouts that are quietly getting in the way. The habits that don't feel like a big deal, |
| 1:05.6 | but they're actually adding up in the background and working against everything that you're |
| 1:08.9 | working towards. So in today's bonus episode, I'm going to be going through five fitness habits that are |
| 1:13.6 | secretly sabotaging your results and none of them have anything to do with your workout plan |
| 1:18.1 | or what you're eating nutrition-wise. |
| 1:21.1 | Before I dive in to today's episode, though, I want to share this review. |
| 1:24.5 | I don't have a name, but she gave a five-star review and said uplifting. I have recently come across your podcast and I've seen a complete mindset shift. |
| 1:32.2 | I love your upy personality that makes me want to also be positive and talk positively about my |
| 1:37.7 | body. I have also shared this podcast with a dear friend and she told me that she's loving it. |
| 1:42.1 | Thank you so much for my mindset. Shift. Thank you for |
| 1:44.8 | giving me the motivation to honor the body that God gave me. I love this so much. A few things in here. |
| 1:50.5 | Number one, giving you the motivation to honor the body that God gave you. That is where honor your |
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