Beautiful + Balanced Bodies

+ WOMEN NEED TO EAT MORE +
After a weekend off my phone, being surrounded by the dream team in the fitness industry, I forgot until I logged back on to socials how much utter BS is still out there and how most fitness influencers with very little nutrition education - other than the diet that worked for them or how to use a macro calculator - are still blaming the women for “failing” the diet.

🔈They say you didn’t “count your calories properly”.
🔈They say “the only way to lose weight is to be in a calorie deficit”
🔈They say “you can go against thermodynamics”

And then I would argue after studying a Bachelor of Health Science in Nutritional Medicine that revolved mostly around biology and how the body works holistically…

And after working with women in this industry for 14 years…

That not eating enough, punishing yourself with exercise, eating lowest calories possible, stressing about what to eat / not eat, the stress of being the primary caregiver, the ups and downs of hormonal changes, the hidden sugar in our heavily processed diets, not sleeping enough thanks to babies or hormones…

ALL play a big fu***ng part on why a woman didn’t lose weight doing your restrictive program that set her up for failure.

So if you are a 40 something old woman reading this:
🫶 you don’t need another restrictive diet
🫶 you didn’t fail the diet, the diet most likely failed you
🫶there is more to life than counting calories
🫶 you CAN feel confident, stronger, nourished and empowered while also trying to lose weight

That’s why I made my 12 Week Metabolism Maximiser program to show women that working WITH your body not against it works.

That understanding your biology will give you the secret power to adapt your movement and diet to optimise your metabolism - not slow it down!

Because if depriving your body by eating less and moving more - wouldn’t work by now?! 💁‍♀️

If you want to join my next intake, we kick off Sunday 20th of September 👉 comment “METABOLISM” to jump on the waitlist to have the best chance of grabbing 1 of the 5 spots

+ WAITLIST OPEN +
You’ve done everything “right.”
Eaten less.
Moved more.
Followed the plan to the letter.
Pushed through.

And still - the weight won’t budge, your energy tanks by 3pm and your clothes feel tighter than they did last year.

If you’ve quietly started to wonder “what is wrong with me?”

Nothing is wrong with you 🩷

You’ve just been following rules that were never written for a woman in her 30s, 40s or 50s. Your body isn’t broken or working against you - it’s protecting itself.

And that changes everything about how we fix it.

That’s exactly why I built Metabolism Maximiser!

A 12-week program for women 35–55 who are done with diets that don’t work and ready to actually work with their body instead of fighting it.

🗓️ Next intake starts September 20th - just 3 weeks away 🙋‍♀️

Only 5 spots, so it’s genuinely personalised to you ✅

Waitlist is open now 👇

If you’re ready to stop starting over, comment “MAXIMISER” below (or send me a DM) and I’ll pop you on the waitlist with all the details.

For more details 👉 www.beautifulandbalancedbodies.com/metabolism-maximiser

+ MUMSAFE RETREAT 2026 +
What a weekend filled with so much connection, inspiration & innovation 🤩

This is my 3rd year attending the Safe Pre & Postnatal Exercise for Mums retreat and there’s nothing like it being in a room filled with like-minded women who are their ready to support your business, lift you up and be there as a listening ear.

Big thank you to Pre & Postnatal Educator | Fitness Business Coach for providing us the space, support, education and experts to help us be our best - both this weekend at the retreat and every week in the MumSafe space.

To all the MumSafe trainers - some familiar faces, some new - I miss you all already and thank you for being absolute superstars. The fitness space is a better place because of all these magnificent humans 😍❤️

Now to spend the next day or so reflecting and spending time with my Dad in Hervey Bay before coming back home and putting everything into action 💪

+ FUN WEEK +
Our August monthly challenge has been all about putting the “FUN” into functional fitness and to really ramp up the fun, this week everyday had some extra fun added to it…

Whether it was a:
🤩 Fun warm up such as the Hokey Pokey or core + pelvic floor activations with a whistling device
🤩 A fun finisher that will give you PTSD anytime you hear “Roxanne” by The Police
🤩 Fun games like Bingo Bootcamp or Boxing Shuttle Runs

Or our FUN THEME DAYS like:
🌟 Wear anything but activewear
🌟 Crazy Hair Day
🌟 Bring Anything But A Water Bottle
🌟 Your LOUDEST Tshirt or outfit

Thank you to all my members for joining in! You absolutely brightened my day and I’ve never laughed so much in the studio. It was so much fun and something I definitely want to do more often.

I hope you all had as much fun as I did (except maybe the type of classes I chose weren’t your idea of fun 😝) and enjoyed mixing it up!

Don’t forget - you have one more week to try a type of movement or exercise you used to enjoy back in the day - pre kids or when you were a kid - to bring more fun back into movement 💪

And for those at home, I challenge you to think of how you can move your body this week with a bit more fun 😉

80’s AEROBICS DANCE FITNESS THIS SATURDAY 8:30AM 🤸‍♀️

This Saturday 8:30am at Dulap Wilim Hub, a part of our monthly “FUN” challenge we will be mixing it up and flashing back to the 80’s with an Aerobic Dance Fitness Party 🤩

We will be getting our heart rates up, working up a sweat and dancing to all the classic 80’s track. There will be grapevines, lots of fluro and “Jane Fonda” arm pumps!

To join in the fun 👉 BOOK HERE: https://momence.com/l/nmhDRoAP

Our Saturday Sessions are:
🌟 Female Only
🌟 Child Friendly
🌟 Suitable for all fitness levels - exercises will be modified for any injuries or pelvic floor symptoms

No co-ordination needed - just your ability to have some fun and remember the good ol days 😉

DETAILS:
⏰ This Saturday 22/8 8:30am
📍 Dulap Wilim Hub (13 Leichardt St, Sunbury)
👩‍🎤 80’s dress up recommended but not required

+ SELF DEFENCE 101 +
Our next FUN event for our August Monthly Challenge - which is all about putting fun in functional fitness - we attended a women’s self defense class ran by the wonderful Wellbeing Martial Arts team💪

We had fun yelling and trying to run away from one another as well as throwing some punches + elbows but we also learned a valuable life skill on how to defend ourselves.

This was the biggest turn out we have had for a B+BB event and it was amazing to see so many of my members in the same room but it also was alarming and frustrating that we live in a world where we believe self defense is a necessity skill to learn.

As Geoff & Bree said… we hope we never have to use what we learned last night but at least now we have the basic knowledge, skills and techniques to help defend ourselves in dangerous situations.

Thank you to Geoff & Bree for their time, effort and knowledge 👏 We all walked away feeling more confident & more prepared for whatever comes our way and the way you taught us how to create a big impact with simple, basic moves is such a valuable lesson.

If you are local to Sunbury - highly recommend getting a group of your girlfriends and reach out to Wellbeing Martial Arts to run a self defense class because knowing just using your voice & simple hand movements could save your life is something all women need to learn 👊

Second photo is our “back offff” faces 😉