Becky Lynch
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And then he put me onto this other guy who gave me this other diet, which then I just became a messiah. And I was trying to wrestle around Japan and all this stuff.
body was just hurting but like I was loving how I looked in the mirror because I had these abs and I was like disciplined and my focus was what I was going to eat and how I was going to train and like I had this then sense of ego like like look at how disciplined I can be I am so much better than everybody because I have this discipline but ultimately I was like dying on the inside because I had no energy hmm
body was just hurting but like I was loving how I looked in the mirror because I had these abs and I was like disciplined and my focus was what I was going to eat and how I was going to train and like I had this then sense of ego like like look at how disciplined I can be I am so much better than everybody because I have this discipline but ultimately I was like dying on the inside because I had no energy hmm
My moods were all over the place. I was like leering at cookbooks of what I was going to eat when this diet finished. And ultimately I ended up not being able to make it past 10 weeks of this diet. There was two more weeks to the competition. I just... The guy who was trying to me suggested a cheat meal, and that was it. Then I just went completely off the rails and couldn't get back on. Wow.
My moods were all over the place. I was like leering at cookbooks of what I was going to eat when this diet finished. And ultimately I ended up not being able to make it past 10 weeks of this diet. There was two more weeks to the competition. I just... The guy who was trying to me suggested a cheat meal, and that was it. Then I just went completely off the rails and couldn't get back on. Wow.
And then that then became an unhealthy relationship with food for years.
And then that then became an unhealthy relationship with food for years.
Really?
Really?
Years and years and years, completely destroyed how I looked at myself and everything like that and how I valued myself.
Years and years and years, completely destroyed how I looked at myself and everything like that and how I valued myself.
on how I looked. From somebody who had gone from valuing myself on my substance and what I brought to the table in terms of wrestling and my craft, I was then just now, I was just conforming to what I thought thought they wanted and what society wanted. But by then, then I was like, I don't even know if I want to wrestle anymore. Maybe that dream is over.
on how I looked. From somebody who had gone from valuing myself on my substance and what I brought to the table in terms of wrestling and my craft, I was then just now, I was just conforming to what I thought thought they wanted and what society wanted. But by then, then I was like, I don't even know if I want to wrestle anymore. Maybe that dream is over.
It's time to be realistic and get a real job. Then I ended up being a flight attendant.
It's time to be realistic and get a real job. Then I ended up being a flight attendant.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, then I was like, well, then I started thinking like, oh, well, maybe I'll be a fitness model because that'll be easy on my body. But I couldn't maintain it because I was so hungry. I just loved eating. I loved eating so much. And so then I became bulimic and all of these things. And it was really just going from being somebody who cared about
Well, then I was like, well, then I started thinking like, oh, well, maybe I'll be a fitness model because that'll be easy on my body. But I couldn't maintain it because I was so hungry. I just loved eating. I loved eating so much. And so then I became bulimic and all of these things. And it was really just going from being somebody who cared about
About their mind, who thought their mind was powerful to just thinking that I was a set of abs and a pair of arms, you know, and that was where I put my focus. It took a long time to shake that.