Balance

Does more sweat = more fat burned? 👇🏼

Hands up, and be honest with me... if you think that by doing high intensity workouts such as running, HYROX etc. is going to burn more fat than building muscle would?

I used to think the exact same thing, more sweat surely means more burn right... turns out the workout that leaves you the most wrecked isn’t always the one doing the most for your body, and muscle keeps working for you long after you’ve left the gym!!!

So tell me honestly, which camp are you in... team sweat it out, or team lift heavy? Drop it in the comments, I read every single one and I’d love to know.

Want the full breakdown of why muscle wins long term? Go and have a swipe through my last post, it explains it all.
Lizzie 💜

Meet Ceri Dobson ….Ceri came to me in January wanting one thing, to be fitter and healthier for her son. She wanted to feel like the best version of herself, and if we’re honest, she was feeling like she had a bit of a mum bod.

Project Ceri was underway, and honestly, this girl is such a vibe. Confident inside and out, singing on stage, living her life loud, but underneath that she really wanted a change.

Since last year Ceri has lost 20lbs and 3.5 inches off her waist, and she’s done it without giving up her actual life to do it.

Ceri is sociable, works long hours, and has her youngest to think about too, so everything had to fit around her, not the other way round. Grab and go options worked far better for her than hours of meal prep ever would. We built short, sharp home workouts she could fit in whenever she had a window, and nutrition that flexed around takeaways on the weekend and drinks with the girls when needed!

That’s the beauty of balance. You don’t have to say no to everything, you just have to keep chipping away, stay mindful, get your steps in, drink your water, and the results follow.

So proud of this beauty. Not only is she gorgeous inside and out, she’s an absolute inspiration, a single mum smashing it. Please show her some love 💜
Lizzie 💜

Hands up if you’ve lost yourself as a mum 🙋‍♀️

The same was true for my client. She joined earlier this year feeling, in her own words, like a frump. She wanted to feel better in her own skin, and over the last couple of years she’d been prioritising everybody else, and the weight had slowly been creeping back on.

We worked primarily on daily habits first, picking up her steps where they’d dropped off, and making sure she was actually hydrated. From there we spent a lot of time on her nutrition, making it flexible enough to fit her real day to day life, not some rigid plan she’d have to abandon the second life got busy.

She was already an active lady, swimming regularly, but we wanted to bring strength back into the picture too. So we added three sessions a week she could do in the gym, and she just kept chipping away.

That’s the beauty of it. Holidays, weekends away, impromptu drinks out, she’s done it all, but she has stayed consistent. With the beauty of knowing that you can still eat everything and still drink alcohol, you just have to know how to work it. She’s remained consistent, and these are the results.

Massive shout out to her. She’s done amazingly and is such a beautiful client, inside and out 💜

Some coaches will shout at you to push harder. I’d rather sit with you through the mess, the mum guilt, the bad weeks, the good ones, and remind you that balance isn’t a straight line.

That includes food too, I’ll never tell you to cut out the things you love, just how to make them fit. Just remember, even the most confident person has the ability to go weak at the knees sometimes.

There are weeks where you’ll absolutely boss life, and there are weeks where things fall apart. As a coach, I’m here to help you understand that and come up with strategies to overcome whatever life throws at you and still make amazing results.

If this sounds like a coach that you need, DM Balance today, or drop me a follow.

Lizzie 💜

High protein, high volume, low calorie food ideas 👇

📌Make sure you save this for your food shop this week.

😩If you’re struggling to know what to eat, this is 3 days of food, including snacks, wine and chocolate, that’s kept me in my calorie deficit. All around 500 calories, with a couple popping just over once dessert’s included.

👌🏻You’ll notice I repeat foods. I make it easy for myself. If you’re a busy woman and you want to keep things simple, food does not need to be boring in order to hit your goals. You shouldn’t be restricting yourself and feeling hungry.

📲If you’re not following me by now, welcome. I help women lose fat without restricting or cutting out the foods they love, working around the social and still enjoying a glass of wine or two.

Welcome to my page 💜

I saw this the other day and it stopped me scrolling.

Old keys don’t unlock new doors!

So many of us keep doing the exact same thing, eating the same way, training the same way (or not training at all), and then wondering why nothing’s changing. Someone once told me the first sign of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Turns out that applies to fat loss too.

If you’ve been trying to force the old key into the same lock for months, maybe even years, this is your sign. You don’t need another restrictive plan. You need a different approach altogether.

If this resonates and you’re ready to actually change something, not just talk about it, DM me “BALANCE” and let’s chat.

Lizzie 💜