The 6th Week Wall

So I am into Phase Two of Three with this fitness test group I was invited to participate in. The energy, excitement, commitment and participation has been HIGH. Challenging, functional workouts 6 days a week with timed nutrition. EVERYONE is seeing results and its pretty incredible. This week we I increased my calories and the first day truly felt like Christmas. And then....a slump. Initially I thought it was due to the fact I hadn't gone outside in 24 hours. That isn't good for me. 20 minutes of natural light a day is part of my treatment for depression/anxiety/PTSD. I was blue and feeling very anxious about whether or not I would be able to complete this test group. But I woke this morning determined to turn it around...find my enthusiasm...get in the sunshine and get out of this funk. As I stood in front of the coffee maker waiting for that first cup the "6 week wall" came to mind. I have been training people for 16 years. As different as every one of those clients were, I could set my calendar to that invisible barrier that could break a program. For whatever reason, at the 6 week mark things change for those following a consistent training and nutrition program faithfully. They would suddenly be dealing with emotional hunger, anxiety over progress, difficulty focusing on their form in workouts and boredom, even in programs like mine where things are changing every single day. This event became so predictable among my clients that I began looking for signs and often warning them when I saw the first signs of it. I can safely say approximately 98% of everyone I have worked with experienced this. This excited me and I was so thankful that it came to mind...I looked at my calendar and sure enough, I am ending week 5 tomorrow....there is my 6th week wall! I am not sure why this happens, but seeing it SO often and now knowing that this is probably what I am dealing with I am very relieved. I still got out n the sun a few times today, but I am motivated to push OVER this wall and continue. Can you avoid the 6th week wall? Well 2% of my clients have avoided it, but I don't recommend their method the 2% of my clients that avoided the 6th Week Wall did so by quitting long before it was on the horizon. So hang tough. MAke it to week 6. You got this. It's just a wall. Go over it, go through it, go under it or go around it. It's just part of your journey.