Women 40+ Strength Coach

Have you ever thought to yourself

I'll wait till I take a sabbatical or i'll wait till I finish working and take a month off so I can focus on my health and fitness

Here's the problem with waiting and why you should start focussing on your health goals today

After working 1 on 1 with people for many years, and seeing this for myself

There are 2 things that happen when people take time off

Because they have been deprived of pleasurable activities for an extended period of time, they binge on easily accessible pleasurable activities such as sleeping in and netflix

And that makes sense to want to deactivate for a bit but also important to have realistic expectations of how you will want to spend your time

The other thing happens is that when you break your routine, you can find yourself in a state of boredom

What's a popular pass time if you're bored?

Snacking

So according to my observations, people mostly spend their time during a sabattical, snacking and relaxing, not "working on their health goals"

And that's cool if that's what you want and need, but set yourself realistic expectations

So what to do instead?

Firstly, don't wait for the perfect time to work on your health goals, there is no perfect time, especially a sabbatical

Secondly adding pleasurable activities to your current situation will mean you are less likely to binge on pleasure when you are on holiday

Thirdly routine is important. Humans deteriorate when there's no routine

🏆 64 year old woman loses 9kg and completely transforms her body and life!

Dawn signed up in November last year, feeling a little bleh, and frustrated that she wasn't getting any results with her current regimen

Her goal was to get to 65kg, to feel more energetic and to fit into her clothes better

The first thing we changed was the exercise - changing from a mostly cardio based program to a personalised weight training program

The changes we made to her diet allowed her to feel satisfied, reduce cravings, and maintain a hormonal balance, without giving up foods that she enjoyed

🎉 6 months later, and she exceeded her weight loss goal, and is 300 grams from her final weight loss goal (you know, the extravagant goal that you never tell anyone😂) of 60kg

As you can see, she looks a million bucks now, and is enjoying every part of her new, healthy lifestyle

It has been a pleasure to work with Dawn and be a part of such an amazing transformation :-)

It's also heartening that I'm allowed to share this result with you all, to demonstrate that YOU CAN get results at any age!

DM if you would like to achieve a similar result!

7️⃣ things to help if you don’t like exercise

Whether you’ve never loved exercise or just lost the joy in it, I want to quickly jot down some ideas to get you started:

1️⃣ Not all exercise is like cross-country in high school (that sucked for 90% of us).

2️⃣ Going back to exercise/sports you did when you were 20 usually doesn’t feel so good, stop trying to get back to the old you and focus on building the NEW 50yr old you, which involves finding exercise that makes you feel energised, not old and slow.

3️⃣ Not all exercise is equal - if you hate one, you don’t hate all. You simply haven’t found your thing YET. Approach it with childlike curiosity and without surface-level judgement, you’ll ruin it before you even start.

4️⃣ Do it FOR you, not TO you. Exercise and this health pursuit, in general, should be about building you up to feel your best, not punishing yourself for eating a damn burger.

5️⃣ You ARE the most important part of your day, your calendar just doesn’t show it. We get so caught up in the urgent & important stuff that we continue to push the non-urgent, important stuff to the side until it BECOMES urgent. If you don’t make time for your wellness, you’ll be forced to make time for your illness.

6️⃣ Movement is an integral part of being human. Exercise is the most under-utilized anti-depressant out there, our bodies feel 10X better when we exercise. If you don’t “feel like it” this is even more of a reason to look after yourself because this is not natural, this is stress, undernourishment and lack of sleep.

7️⃣ Do it for how it makes you feel in other areas of life. Adding in resistance training will make clothes fit better, will help to get out of the couch or car, will help with keeping up with the young ones. If showing up as a better version of you doesn’t help, I’m not sure what will.

Hopefully, you find a couple of those valuable or a nice reminder. Exercise is not “easy”, and it’s not supposed to be, but telling yourself stories about why you can’t or why don’t like it, makes it much, much harder.

Do you bring your ALL OR NOTHING approach to your weight loss programs?

It doesn't work the same with your health 😞

Especially after 40

I spend time with many successful people with this attitude.

Yet when it comes to their health, they feel like they are constantly failing.

It's not about perfection, it's about your non-negotiables

Its not about 10/10, its about a mimimum of 3/10 every day.

That's how you win in health while maintaining a family and career

What 3 things are you focussing on? Are they they right 3?

3 PREDICTIONS FOR YOUR FUTURE. My crystal ball is a little dusty right now, but the good news is - I don’t need it!

Because I can still predict your future. I see this with my clients time and time again.

Here are 3 ways I believe your life will change when you use me as your coach:

1️⃣ You know that nice dress you kept, for when you finally lost weight? You’ll be trying it on in 4 weeks 👗

2️⃣ You’ll never have to follow a structured diet again. I teach practices that lead to effortless weight loss 🥗

3️⃣ You’ll finally have the energy and confidence to go out and play in the sun this summer ☀️

But the catch is… you’ll want to join soon. I have 2 spots available for the next month.

Send me a DM and let’s chat privately to see if we’re a fit for each other

THE ONE ON JEALOUSY.

I remember early on as a coach, I felt super jealous when I saw very successful coaches and PTs who seemed to have it all together, had great physiques, had a lot of clients, and we're sharing amazing and valuable content with the world.

I thought something was wrong with me! As we all do when we see someone that seems to effortlessly achieve everything we want. And with social media today is very easy to be bombarded by this success others seem to have and feel inadequate.

But maybe we can use this jealousy for something positive? To me, it was a very powerful emotion. It meant that I was seeing an example of what I wanted. What a realization! Because it also helped me understand that it is possible, that it is achievable, it even helped me study these characters and see what they were doing and how to achieve it, truly learn from them, and take me closer to your goal.

How about you? have you dealt with feelings of jealousy in the past? Don’t worry if at some point you feel it. It is quite normal, it just means you really want something and that it is important to you. But don’t beat yourself up with it. Try using it as fuel to move you closer to your goals.

Now, whenever I'm feeling a little jelly, I thank that person for showing me what's possible and inspiring me to achieve greater things.