09/01/2026
Two weeks out from a photoshoot and Iām⦠surprisingly calm⦠considering before this week I had spent 6 months in a surplus followed by 5 weeks on holiday⦠š
And now?
Wildly thereās no panic and no quick dash to a deficit to āstrip it all backā (who is she)
Post-holiday Iāve simply gone back to my personal MAINTANENCE intake!!
Enough food to feel good, enough structure to feel grounded and Iām focusing on quality food, not restriction.
Regular meals, protein locked in, nutrients doing their thing - and still plenty of carbs behind me because I want to push HARD in my training sessions, not limp through them feeling flat.
Training right now is about performance and confidence - lifting with intent, feeling strong and capable in my body, not depleted and hanging on āØ
Then the non-negotiables keeping me feeling my best:
* Steps: consistently around 10k - NEAT movement has way more impact on results than people realise
* Water: 3L daily
* Sleep: 8 hours, because nothing sabotages progress faster than feeling cooked
And honestly, each photoshoot I do, Ive noticed I feel better than the previous
Because the more shoots I have, the further I move away from the version of me that needed to shred for the camera or starve for a holiday
This will be my third photoshoot I havenāt prepped for - and damn, it feels good
When your lifestyle supports you year-round, thereās nothing to fix or work on before you āreveal yourselfā
I want no extremes, no chaos, no last-minute suffering
You donāt need to prep for a photoshoot or a holiday when your life already has you feeling good in your body all year round!