Walking between buildings at work today, I felt it again — that subtle sheen of sweat rising out of nowhere. No exertion. No stress. Just the unmistakable clammy grip of a metabolism switched back on.
If you’ve never experienced it, let me tell you: it’s a strange kind of joy. It’s the quiet confirmation that your body is burning, repairing, working for you instead of against you. The signal that your system is alive.
Before optimisation, it’s the opposite. You drag through the day, heavy, sluggish, foggy. Energy is rationed, recovery is slow, fat loss feels impossible. You don’t realise how muted you are until you flip the switch.
But when you do — when you feel the elevated metabolism humming under your skin — everything changes. Food turns to fuel. Recovery feels natural. Your body becomes efficient again.
That’s what I love about this process. Not just the mirror changes, not just the gym numbers, but these lived signals. The sweat appearing uninvited. The deeper sleep. The steady hunger that points to growth, not chaos.
The signals are the reward.
They tell you the machine is working.
They tell you you’re alive, burning clean, on the move.
DAVID