I spent years believing the answer to getting lean was always the same: cut carbs again.👇🏻 Progress slowed? Carbs down. Weight stalled? Carbs down. Not lean enough yet? Definitely carbs down. On paper it looked disciplined. In reality it was panic disguised as control. Every cut made training worse. Pumps disappeared. Strength dropped. Sleep got lighter. Hunger got louder. Stress climbed. My body didn’t get leaner, it just got more resistant. I was chasing a look while quietly wrecking the sys