Carleen Mathews is sweating – in her workout clothes. In a new post on social media, the CrossFit athlete shows off her strong body in a two-piece while working out ‘Street Parking’. “That new home gym is ,” one of her followers commented. How does she view diet, fitness and self-care? Here’s everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

Carleen is very open about her struggle with an eating disorder.” “For me as a person in continued recovery from an eating disorder, I would love to say, CrossFit has ‘healed me’ and now I just love my body all the time, but that’s bull sh*t… anyone who tells you that or portrays it on social media is fake, PERIOD! The truth is I struggle, just like everyone else, no day is perfect for me, there are highs and lows for me, she said Boxrox. “Currently I’m struggling and trying desperately to turn a valley into a peak, but sometimes when we try so hard to be ‘normal or OK’ it’s so much harder. So for today my goal is to start small, something in I will to celebrate and acknowledge one thing about my body that I LOVE, because as much as I want to pick my body apart, there ARE things I like Today I’m going to celebrate and focus on that.

It also requires “eating for performance,” she says. “And so that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re eating the best. I mean, you can only get 500 carbs a day in, you know, as much as rice and chicken and vegetables, right? Like you have to be, like you don’t eat to perform. And, you know, I think we overstress our bodies to a place that’s not necessarily healthy. We look really healthy, but that doesn’t mean the inside of us is. and the best shape in my life, but my body was not, as my insides were not so not having a period for three years is not normal, is not good health-wise.

CrossFit also helped Carleen get sober. “I’ve been a competitive CrossFit athlete for the past 8 years. I’ve come to a place where I don’t have the deep desire to compete. But what do I do now? Who am I without it?” she said in the same interview. “Maybe it’s fear of failure because I don’t think I’m as good as the other girls out there. But that’s OK. The reality is I’m not as good as some of these 21-year-olds. I’ve reached the top. I’m not peaking anymore I love this sport and it’s helped me stay sober in a transition phase in my life now where competitive CrossFit isn’t as important to me, raising a family and focusing on my health is what I tell myself myself for the past five years is to train hard every day to be the best you can be in the competition.So long I have been praised and looked up to for podiums, medals and achievements.

“CrossFit was absolutely, you know, became like that new addiction for me. And you know, for me it was a healthier addiction. It allowed me to find something that I’m passionate about. It allowed me to find a new outlet . So I didn’t, you know, I didn’t spend all my time going out to the bars. when the addiction — trading one addiction for another, but for me it was a good healthy transition,” she continued. Two Brains Business.

Carleen admits she overdid it. “I think the CrossFit Games is the 1%, and to be able to compete in the CrossFit Games, like you’re going to sacrifice some of your health for it. And at this point, I don’t necessarily think everyone, but I think there are , if you look at it as, you know, illness, wellness, fitness continuum like when you get to that fit stage, like there’s potential to go back to illness from exercise you’re beat, you’re overtrained, you’re overexerted,” she says .