Jordan Smith weight loss coach

27/08/2025

Why is sleep so important?

1️⃣ It helps our body recover from training sessions.

2️⃣ Improved mental health. Going to bed earlier and waking up earlier can show some signs of improved mental health. Which can lead to the point directly next

3️⃣ We tend to look after ourselves so much better. We care about what we eat, what we look like, we want to move more and take more care in trying to create better habits going forward.

4️⃣ Without consistent sleep we just don’t care to much. More likely to order take out as we can’t be arsed to cook, move less, skip the gym and motivation will start drop.

Here are a few do's and don'ts of how to improve your sleep.

10/06/2025

10/06/2025

CLIENT SPOTLIGHT

A massive well done to Kelly, who, in the space of a couple of of months has done 2 competitions and smashed them both, coming 1st.

Every competition Kelly chooses to do gets harder and harder and these two were no exception, giving her a big challenge with her overhead in both competitions. Despite not having the best overhead and going into the competition with the idea of just being able to do it, she got a joint 3rd and 1st place in this event.

She never shies away from a challenge and never lets anything get in her way. Despite having a hectic lifestyle, owning a b&b, she hits her nutrition the majority of days 😂 and nails every workout she does. Despite getting injured a week before every competition she does, she never lets this get to her and goes in with no hesitation.

I couldn't be more proud of how far you have come and what you’ve achieved in this short amount of time. Onto the next one here we become queen of the North and, again, well done for everything you have achieved.

29/05/2025

Another client spot light today

Todays turn is Shelley

Training Shelley hasent been all easy work as she says having an operation right at the time she gained the confidence to start the gym and could have been so easy for her to quit without properly starting and using the operation as an excuse.

After a few bumpy months Shelley has done nothing but smash every week losing a total of 3 stone and has continued to challenge herself by setting new goals which are completely different to the original she started with.

28/05/2025

Since it’s coming to the end of mental health month I thought I’d dedicate each day to give my clients a chance to let you guys know what it’s like working with a coach and how exercising has affected both there physical and mental health over the long term.

Today is Chris and I’ll let his message do the talking.

21/05/2025

When summer comes around theres no denying that our alcohol levels creep up and our sweet treat consumption (ice cream) goes up. We tend to relax more and enjoy the weather.

When you’re also trying to lose weight it can be easy to feel guitly or avoid situations that involve these things.

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I’m here to tell you that you don’t need to and here’s why.

Damage control..... not perfection.

Success comes from being consistent over a period of time not perfection over a period of time.

if you decide that you want a couple of drinks enjoy them but look at then taking your steps higher each day for that week or look at maybe adding a extra day in the gym if possible, lower your calories on another day through the week. All these little things will help keep you on track while enjoying what you want

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Minimise the bad days that you have over trying to make your good days perfection to counter act.

Everyone enjoys balance so if you want a day to enjoy a drink and some ice cream enjoy it. Look at little things through out the week to help minimise the damage.

01/05/2025

Transformation and this time it's my own

This isn't about the physical changes, this is about the psychological struggles you may face.

Have you ever been in a position where you've started dieting and got exactly what you wanted? Got down to the weight you wanted, fitted into that piece of clothing or felt amazing on a beach sipping a cocktail?

Then life happens and over time you start noticing that clothes are getting tighter, you're not going to the gym as frequently and you're weighing heavier.

You decide to start again, doing exactly what you did last time, and you set your goal to get back down to where you were. This is where the problem starts.

Although this a good gaol, this may not be the best choice. Here's why. Your life may be different to where it once was. There's so many variables that can affect the outcome. Trying the same approach may not work for you now like it once did.

BUT the most important factor being you will always feel like you're failing, and you'll never see how much you've actually achieved if you're constantly comparing now to then. This is where I personally struggled the most. The picture on the left is where I was at my heaviest, my strongest and also performing the best I ever have in competitions.

1.5 years and constantly complaining that I wasn't as strong or as good as I was and training took a hit because of it on and off. I was failing to see what I had actually achieved over that time because, in my head, I'm not as good as I was and putting myself under a lot of unnecessary pressure to get back to where I was.

One quote that really stood out during this time was ‘Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.’

I think this is something we all forget while working towards a goal. We get so fixated about the number on the scale, how we look or even just how feel we forget to see how far we've actually come.

21/04/2025

Do this before weighing yourself

Ask yourself these questions

- How do you feel in your body this week?

- How do you think this week has gone?

- Have some days gone better than others?

It’s easy to lose sight of the progress you’ve made because of the number that shows up on the scale.

Focus on how you feel in everyday life. If you’re feeling happier then what you're doing is working and the results will come.

Some of the most important goals are the ones we overlook. Changes like waking up with more energy, clothing feeling looser, feeling happier when you see yourself in the mirror are way more impactful than a number on the scale.

Don’t lose sight

10/10/2024

Are you struggling with getting started?

Here are 3 tips to help.

- Don’t try and be perfect

Break down your goal into little steps. Don’t try changing EVERYTHING at once and nailing every aspect of your journey.

You don’t sign up to a marathon and run it straight away. You get that first timed mile in and work up.

You don’t start your fat loss journey and have the perfect diet. It starts with nailing that next gym workout or next meal.

- Don’t be scared to fail

The chances are the first time you try anything you’re not going to be best at it.

The first diet that you ever try may not be the one for you. Life is all about adapting and learning from our mistakes and making changes so next time you try it feels better.

- You can never fail if you don’t give up

Be stubborn with what your end goal and what you want to achieve but be flexible with how you want to get there.

If that diet you did try was to hard and the approach wasn't for you. Let ‘s find a way that does work for you.

Don’t give up. The moment you give up is the moment your progress stops.

09/10/2024

This is something that crops up a lot with beginners. You start by setting yourselves some goals, and when you start to not hit them goals you start to feel like you're failing and the process is too hard.

What may happen overtime is that you start to doubt the targets you give yourself or be reluctant to start over as the last time you tried you couldn't hit the targets.

- set realistic targets.

Although being ambitious with your targets and giving yourself a challenge is good, life has its way of chucking challenges our way that we didn’t plan for.

When you don’t hit these targets, you can tend to doubt yourself, and motivation can drop

- Don't expect quick results.

The mistake everyone tends to make. You lose a big chunk of weight the first week, and you think you’re going to hit your goal in a matter of weeks, and when that doesn't happen, you start to doubt you're doing something wrong because you haven't had that same weight drop.

- Take notes

Self doubt is a feeling everyone gets at some point, especially if results aren’t going the way you expect them.

04/09/2024

🌟 CLIENT ACHIEVEMENT🌟

On the 24th august Kelly entered her first ever strongwoman competition.

When Kelly first started the first thing she said to me was don’t make me run…….. how the times have changed. Like many women Kelly just wanted to get fitter and lose some weight (in her words fat old woman training)

But as time went on she started getting bored of the usual training and wanted to change things up a little along with the goal of still losing weight.

A meltdown, lots of overhead pressing and a few stone lifts later she ended up winning her comp with 3 out of 5 event wins and finishing 2nd in the other 2.

It’s been such a honour seeing you progress and watching you get everything you deserve with the amount of effort you put in week in week out.

Until the next one carry on smashing it. Now for that holiday enjoy it.

Massive thankyou to Mondo_ghecko-photography for the videos and pictures