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The Emma Guns Show

I Can't Go On Like This

The Emma Guns Show

Emma Gunavardhana

Inspiration, Feel-good, Society & Culture, Health, Inspiring, Life Lessons, Empowering, Health & Fitness, Fun, Honest Conversations, Arts, Mental Health, Self Improvement, Deep And Meaningful

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It's not that I've been going wrong, as such, but after eight months of effort towards body recomposition, I've had to acknowledge that something wasn't working. I'm not mad or upset because, ultimately, I've maintained my 50lb weight loss. However, if you've set your sights on a goal and after months of effort, you are no closer, it's only sensible to take a look at your output and see what you could be doing differently.


The plot twist here is that my new approach actually feels like doing less.


But, if you don't try you'll never know and as much as this is a huge trust exercise, I am also hopeful that this does work. To be more specific, I really want this to work because if it does then it means there's more than one way to skin a cat (horrible expression, but it's universal) and I can finally let go of the idea that the only way to get to where you want to be is to go at it full pelt until you eventually fall over.


As it turns out, this whole new approach has come at a time when I think I need it most, and not just when it comes to my training, but let me know what you think and if you have any examples where doing less actually got you more...


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0:00.0

Hello, hi and welcome to another episode of the Emmer Gunn Show and the first podcast of

0:14.3

of 2026 from me. Hello, I hope that you're well. At Christmas and New new year felt quite long. So let's just pretend like we are all as energetic as we wish that we were on our first day back. And let's get down to business. So I have talked about on the last episode and also over on my Instagram where I'm at Emma Guns.

0:38.4

I was talking about how I wasn't making New Year's resolutions, but that I was going to be

0:46.2

exploring new strategies, techniques and tactics in order to continue to pursue the goals that I have across many other, many things,

0:58.7

not just fitness and nutrition, which is what I have spoken about on Instagram. And I wanted to

1:04.0

just delve into a little bit more detail into that, because as I have sort of slowly implemented this in various areas of my life,

1:13.6

very, very slowly. And actually, when I thought about it, I have, this has been creeping in

1:19.1

for a few months now, this kind, this idea essentially that I'm in certain areas doing too much. And that makes me sound like some sort of martyr. I'm in certain areas doing too much.

1:29.4

And that makes me sound like some sort of martyr.

1:31.5

I'm not suggesting that.

1:32.4

What I mean is that from the outside,

1:36.0

I've suddenly realized that it looked what it was in actual fact,

1:40.8

which was a little bit ridiculous,

1:42.0

a little bit like driving down a motorway in second gear.

1:46.7

It was just, it was too much for what I was trying to do.

1:51.0

And the effect was much like a car that was being driven at 70 miles an hour and second gear.

1:56.2

I can't even say second gear.

1:57.4

Third gear at least makes me feel a little bit less sick.

2:00.5

But you can smell the

2:01.7

burning, the engine is crying under the strain. And just generally, it is not optimal for the vehicle.

2:09.2

And if I am the vehicle, I think the way that I have approached things over the last few years

2:16.4

has not been optimal to me as a human being and so let's try

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