Clairemace_nutrition

Clairemace_nutrition I am a qualified Nutritionist BSc, MSc & founder of Claire Mace Nutrition.

honestly, this work isn’t about being perfect.i don’t even think perfection exists.It’s about things finally feeling a b...
01/02/2026

honestly, this work isn’t about being perfect.

i don’t even think perfection exists.

It’s about things finally feeling a bit easier… and staying that way.

Like...

having more energy and not crashing halfway through the day

food not being so loud in your head all the time

weight changing without having to be miserable or restrictive

eating a meal and not immediately feeling guilty about it

trusting your body a bit more instead of fighting it constantly

Less rules. Less “I’ve messed it up.”

more relief. more steadiness.
more this actually feels doable!!!!

+ that’s usually the moment people realise...

oh… this is different 💜

Still not sure if this is right for you? Drop me a message and we can have a chat.

31/01/2026

Riiiight… so we’re coming for fruit now??

Because apparently the pattern is always the same.
Something normal gets picked apart.

Labelled problematic

Suddenly it needs managing, monitoring, fixing…

Usually with a product waiting in the wings.

And before you know it, eating stops being automatic.

It starts needing supervision.

When everyday food becomes something you have to earn, correct, or be wary of…

we’re not really talking about health anymore.
(was she ever lol)

We’re tiptoeing into disordered eating.

Whether that’s the intention or not.

But

When fear = profit… it doesn’t feel accidental, does it??

Fruit is food.
It’s meant to be eaten.
It hasn’t magically changed.
Please don’t stop eating fruit.

What has changed is the story around it.

So ill just leave this here…

If an “eating framework” only works by shrinking your food world…

By turning normal choices into rules…
That you are so anxious of breaking

By making control feel better the more restricted you become…

What exactly is that training us for?

There’s a difference between sharing information
and creating pressure.

Sometimes that line is obvious.
Sometimes it’s blurry.

Especially when they have ALL THE ANSWERS
to the fears THEY GAVE YOU.

Yep.
That part.

28/01/2026

It hasn’t.

Years of cutting foods out, ignoring hunger, “being good” starting again on Monday
and cravings didn’t disappear.

They got louder.

That tells us something important.

Cravings aren’t random urges or proof of weakness.

They’re predictable responses to what you’ve been doing to your body…

skipping meals, cutting carbs too low, under eating, sleep being rubbish, staying stressed.

And the more you fight them, the more convincing they become.

Not because you’re failing

but because signals tend to escalate when they’re ignored.

If something has survived years of discipline, it’s probably not the enemy.

It’s feedback.

The real question is

How can I do things a little different this time?

Honestly just so proud of her.She came into this juggling a million hats, trying to hold everything together, while feel...
27/01/2026

Honestly just so proud of her.
She came into this juggling a million hats, trying to hold everything together, while feeling fed up of shrinking herself and putting her needs last.

When she first signed up, one of the things she said she loved most about the protocol was that we don’t just talk about food…

We talk about everything in between.
The life stuff.
The messy stuff.
The things most people avoid or feel awkward bringing up.
Nothing is TMI over here.

Anyway watching her go from overwhelmed and stuck → calmer, more confident, and trusting herself more has been such a privilege.

This is why I do what I do 💜

Please don’t fall off your chair when I say this…There is a new podcast episode up :)For all of this and more.Hit the li...
22/01/2026

Please don’t fall off your chair when I say this…
There is a new podcast episode up :)

For all of this and more.

Hit the link in my bio.podcast

Find me on Spotify at you’re not broken by Claire mace nutrition

Toxic positivity sounds like a buzzword, until you’re on the receiving end of it.When you’re navigating something like P...
20/01/2026

Toxic positivity sounds like a buzzword, until you’re on the receiving end of it.

When you’re navigating something like PCOS hair changes, being told to “just stay positive” 🤢🤢 doesn’t feel empowering.

It feels like being shushed.

Like your very real grief, anger, or discomfort is too much to hold space for!!!!

So I’m not anti positivity.

But I am anti bypassing.

You don’t need to slap a silver lining on something painful to be strong

You don’t have to gaslight yourself into gratitude when you’re grieving something that mattered to you

That’s why the post above isn’t a pep talk.

It’s a permission slip.

If you want to join the PCOS relief waitlist join in my bio. We will be launching some extra spaces at the end of the mo...
19/01/2026

If you want to join the PCOS relief waitlist join in my bio. We will be launching some extra spaces at the end of the month so if you want first dibs, please make sure that you are there.

If you want chat things through or throw me a question my DM’s are open 💜

do more of what aligns with how you want to feel cause people are going to talk and project their shame whatever you do....
16/01/2026

do more of what aligns with how you want to feel cause people are going to talk and project their shame whatever you do.

That doesn’t mean it’s yours to carry x

15/01/2026

If you’ve had a dime for every bit of unsolicited PCOS advice you’ve had… how rich would you be?

I keep seeing these 2016 posts everywhere and I’m not usually one to jump on trends…
but I did get me reminiscingIt’s be...
15/01/2026

I keep seeing these 2016 posts everywhere and I’m not usually one to jump on trends…

but I did get me reminiscing

It’s been 10 years since I started my nutrition degree 😅

And honestly… oh jeez a lot of changed

I barely recognise the girl in these photos.

And I’ve spared you the full fitspo pics era… TRUST me, there’s plenty 😅

even though I don’t recognise her, I’m really grateful she existed.

And that she chose the path she did.

Because wow… I’ve learnt a lot

Back then, I didn’t realise how messy my relationship with food and my body actually was.

Ironically, that’s what pulled me into nutrition in the first place.

From the outside, it looked like I had it all

I was doing ALL things.
Eating the foods
Training HARD

Getting praised for being SO disciplined

But underneath?

Food felt loud.

My body felt like something to control or fix.

And rest felt like failure.

No one would’ve called it disordered.

I wouldn’t have either at the time

But I was exhausted, rigid, and constantly second guessing myself.

I was one person living two very separate lives in the week and then the weekend.

Keeping busy so I didn’t have to sit with any of it.
Numbing myself.

So many stories to tell from it tho 🤣

And that’s exactly why I care so deeply about the women I work with now.

The ones doing everything, but I was seriously struggling but doing anything different to what I knew felt so uncomfortable.

Who look like they’ve got it all together on the outside,

but feel at war with their body on the inside.

I’ve been there.
Through so many phases of living

Not just in theory.

So yes you could say this business was built from a lot of rage for diet culture and a very poorly built women’s health system lol.

But now it’s become so much more x

You’ve probably heard that cycle syncing is the body aware way to train.
But in real life? It often does the opposite.wh...
13/01/2026

You’ve probably heard that cycle syncing is the body aware way to train.

But in real life? It often does the opposite.

whether your someone with pcos or not.

There’s no solid evidence that syncing your type of workouts to your menstrual phases leads to better results than simply training consistently and adjusting based on how you feel.

Most large studies show menstrual phases have only small, inconsistent effects on performance… we’re talking 2–3% at most.

And it varies massively from person to person. Even month to month.

Basically, it’s not reliable enough to build strict rules around.

And for those with pcos, where cycles are often irregular or don’t happen at all

there’s zero research showing that cycle syncing helps.

So what is supported by research?

Moving regularly. Sticking with it long term. Flexibility over perfection.

And here’s something that matters just as much… the mental side.

Because yes it is fab we are highlighting we don’t have to just push through and things can be tweaked. We also want to be highlighting that exercise can actually support things like period cramps.

we don’t want to create new rules that say “you must train this way because it’s your follicular phase”

that’s not body awareness. Thats not empowering either.
That’s outsourcing your intuition to an app.

And its cutting out a big chuck of your calender too.

Especially with PCOS, where the standard four phase model doesn’t even apply most of the time…

Not every day needs to be a push yourself past your limits but not every down day needs to be a do nothing at all.

So no, I don’t teach strict cycle syncing...

But, can it help having some awareness of your cycle and having a plan b yes.

Consistency beats timing.
Flexibility beats rules.

If this challenges what you’ve been told, fab.

05/01/2026

If 2026 is the year you want to stop guessing what to do for your PCOS, I get it.

PCOS symptoms can be draining, especially when you feel like you’re constantly trying to do the right thing but still second guessing yourself.

There are everyday habits that can genuinely help with PCOS symptoms… it’s just hard to know where to start when you’re already tired.

Tired of all the rubbish you read on here.
Tired of starting and nothing happening.

That’s why I made the PCOS Foundations Test.

It takes a couple of minutes and gives you a personalised breakdown of…

✨how your current habits are supporting your PCOS

✨where there might be some gaps that could be affecting symptoms

✨and quite a few doable next steps that actually feel realistic to you

It’s free and waiting for you in the link in my bio 💜

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