10/04/2024
Here I am 📸💃
A couple of weeks ago i did a photo shoot 😱
My first in over 7 years and the difference in this one to any other ive done in the past is i did ZERO prep for this. No dieting, no extra training, no fat burners or PED's,no cutting water...nothing!! Just added make up, fake tan and a few items of clothing 😉🤩
My aim was to showcase my everyday physique and give a more 'realistic' idea of how i look all year round 👀
For me this photo shoot was very much out of my comfort zone. Any time before ive always been shredded and a week or two out from stepping on stage. Stage lean physique is completely different from a fit, fully functional and healthy physique that allows us to train, work and live and that we can maintain longterm without going to any extremes.
The physique i have now has been earned from almost 30 years of consistent training and good, proper nutrition. Not by being genetically blessed or having a fast metabolism etc, just hard constant graft, day in day out, year after year. Obviously over the years my nutrition has got better through knowledge and experience and ive discovered what works for me. Training for me, along with being fit and healthy has always been about aesthetics, ive always admired fit, sculpted bodies and have always strived towards looking a certain way. Building muscle and creating a sculpted physique is a very long, slow process but once you get to where you want to be, maintaining is alot easier. It takes alot of hard work, discipline, patience (which doesn't come easy to me) and most of all CONSISTENCY!!
At 45 years old, almost 7 years of being perimenopausal, running two businesses, caring for my large 4 legged family of 5 and having a very busy active life, i always manage to prioritise my health and wellbeing. I can honestly say im happier in my own skin than ive ever been,not forgetting to mention being stronger and fitter than ever 💪❤️
I am grateful every day for my health and what my body allows me to do and this is what keeps me pushing on. No quick fixes, extreme transformations or fad training/nutrition protocols. Long-term, lasting results, educating clients and finding what works for them is what i am about 😊
