💭 I was not looking for a transformation, but for a quick exit

When I started this body recomposition journey in mid-July 2024, I did it driven by sheer force and sacrifice.

I desperately wanted to get rid of the extra kilos that were draining my energy and that, without realizing it at the time, were also affecting my mood.

I only truly understood this later, after listening to doctors explain how poor habits and excess weight don’t just affect the body, but also our mental health.

🔥 The first months: constant pushing

Those first months were all about constant pushing.
A lot of sacrifice.
Very little reflection.

By early 2025, I started seeing results. My body was changing, yes, but something felt off.
That initial drive — that motivation built on sacrifice — slowly began to fade.

And the same questions started showing up every day:

How do I stay consistent in this process?
When will I be able to eat the things I really enjoy again?

Those thoughts became recurring.

💡 The moment that changed everything

Until one day I heard a doctor say on social media a very simple, almost obvious sentence:

“You shouldn’t eat what you want, but what your body needs.”

And even though it sounds self-evident, it wasn’t for me.
In fact, it completely changed my perspective.

That’s when I understood something essential:
I wasn’t looking for a real transformation, but for a temporary solution.

I was “on a diet” with the conscious or unconscious intention of eventually going back to the same bad habits.

🧠 The change of approach

That was the moment I decided to change my approach.
To start doing things differently.

I stopped chasing quick results and began consuming educational content — information that didn’t just tell me what to do, but why.

Content that helped me understand that if I wanted lasting change, I had to change the way I thought about food, my body, and my habits.

🚀 The birth of Visual Journal

And it was precisely through that process of learning and reflection that Visual Journal was born.

Not as just another app, but as a technological response to a very common problem:
people who try to change, over and over again, but fail along the way.

And I include myself in that group.

Because many times we don’t fail due to a lack of willpower or discipline,
but because we are desperate for a change we are not prepared for.

🎯 The uncomfortable truth

We want results, but not understanding.
We want transformation, without truly facing our habits.

And it’s hard to improve what we don’t understand,
and even harder to change what we can’t make visible.

Visual Journal exists for exactly that reason:
to help you see your habits, understand them, and from there, start improving them.

💫 The real change

Because in the end, this process isn’t about sacrifice.
It’s about awareness.