Coach Marina Hardiman

Coach Marina Hardiman I coach people on how to create sustainable habits and better their relationship with food/movement.

I do this by teaching how to link your life with habits and behaviours you would like to create with food/movement with accountability & support.

21/01/2026

Most women don’t fail because they’re inconsistent.
They stop because they’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and trying to do this on top of everything else.

The scale hasn’t moved yet.
Life hasn’t slowed down.
Motivation is gone.

So they assume it’s not working.

It is.

Fat loss doesn’t fail loudly.
It fails quietly when you expect results before your body has had time to adapt.

This is the part no one prepares you for.
And it’s the exact part I coach women through.

DM “START” if this feels familiar.

When I say I remember EXACTLY how I felt that day, it is like I am still sitting there! I felt so low in myself but I al...
20/01/2026

When I say I remember EXACTLY how I felt that day, it is like I am still sitting there! I felt so low in myself but I also knew I was doing it to myself!

I wanted to stop doing what I was doing, I had gained 30kg but I just couldn’t help myself! I was exhausted from mentally trying and every day I thought I’d be “better”!

But the strict rules I had set myself, eat less, move way more, starve myself! I thought then I don’t deserve to lose weight and something was wrong with me.

It was April 2020 and we had been in lockdown in Qatar for over a month. I looked out the window that day crying as I had eaten loads of gluten and dairy, both at which I am intolerant and allergic to and I asked myself when was enough?

I felt so sad for what I was doing to my body, hating it every day and I knew that if I didn’t get help, I was going to continue on this path and it scared me what my health would look like 1 year down the line, 5 years down the line being the unthinkable.

Words will never describe how much I hated myself at that point in my life.

I ran for punishment, pushing myself past times every week and would gorge on food if I didn’t because I felt so worthless.

Going to the gym because I compared myself to EVERYONE around me who appeared to be wayyyy smaller no matter who they were.

I envied everyone and again hated on myself for not being disciplined enough!

Oh how I soon learned that all of this was why!

Investing in a coach and a number of coaches in the past 6 years will always be the best money spent and also the best sacrifice of things I have and will ever do!

I couldn’t hate myself int loving myself! Paul Dermody saved me that day and now as I am coaching again, I am now able to put that learned experience into practice with clients.

I now vow to help women come out of feeling like this and if I can help 1 person then I am so grateful.

To know now I have coached 100s of women and helped educate women on their relationship with themselves, with food and with movement, literally fills my soul!

A post and thoughts I have never shared, but thoughts I hope someone reading can KNOW it can change 💜💜

Real women. Real work.Real support.This is exactly why my clients no longer “keep starting over.”
20/01/2026

Real women.

Real work.

Real support.

This is exactly why my clients no longer “keep starting over.”

Chapter 2/52 2026 💜🙏🏼The reality of my week going in ways I didn’t plan 🤣🤣1. Yes, my Sunday was spent stopping my nose r...
20/01/2026

Chapter 2/52 2026 💜🙏🏼

The reality of my week going in ways I didn’t plan 🤣🤣

1. Yes, my Sunday was spent stopping my nose running by sticking a tissue up every few minutes 😭
2. Half Marathon plan feeling sooooo good!
3. Sunsets make my life!
4. Crèche runs with my nephew 💙
5. The sound of rain, being grateful for all weathers ☔️
6. Work morning and decaf coffee
7. Why are tomatoes so small?
8. I would be lost without my walking pad!
9. Slept in through my alarm to a slow morning!
10. Runs through parks with random things to make you smile!
11. Living my cycling suit/bib? lol what is it?!
12. Whyyyyyy is cycling so hard?!
13. Of course I fell!
14. Sunrise fills my soul as much as a sunset!
15. fuelling when sick is so important!
16. Sick selfie…this flu/cold has taken over 😭😭

I’m never glamorous, but this week was exceptionally not glamorous! 🤣🤣

Can only go up from here 🤣🙏🏼🙌🏼

We don’t talk enough about not wanting to be the smallest version of ourselves.Especially online.And especially as a coa...
18/01/2026

We don’t talk enough about not wanting to be the smallest version of ourselves.

Especially online.
And especially as a coach.

Because there’s this unspoken pressure that the most “credible” coach is the one who is lean, defined, and small all year round.

These photos are 3 different seasons of my life.

Photo 1: before the weight loss.
Photo 2: my smallest and I was praised for it. Probably the most “accepted” version of me online.
Photo 3: me now.

And yes, right now I’m not in my sweet spot.
I’m currently around 8kg above it and I’m working hard on that.

But I’m sharing this because my goal has changed.

I’m in my late 30s and I’m not building a body just to look smaller.
I’m building a body that’s strong for the future.

And honestly in 2026, I don’t want to feel as soft.
I want to build strong, robust muscle.
I want to feel powerful in my body.
And I’m ready for whatever physique changes come with that.

Because this current body?
It brought me across the line of an ultramarathon.
It helped me hit multiple running PBs last year.
And in 2026 I hit a bench press PB after struggling for years to break through it.

So no, I’m not chasing “small.”
I’m chasing strength.

And THIS is what my coaching is about too: women who want fat loss, strength and confidence but also want it to fit real life.

If this hit home, hit the follow button for my 2026 journey and how I coach women to do the same 🤍

No appetite. No taste. Still eating.When you’re sick, it’s so easy to go:“I don’t feel like food” → and end up skipping ...
18/01/2026

No appetite. No taste. Still eating.

When you’re sick, it’s so easy to go:
“I don’t feel like food” → and end up skipping meals all day.

I get it! That is me right now! I cat be arsed eating food that tastes like cardboard and have zero appetite.

But your body still needs fuel.
Your immune system doesn’t run on soup and tea.

So the last 3 days I still ate meals, not to be “good” but to support recovery.

If you’re sick right now:
✅ keep meals simple
✅ get protein in where you can
✅ rest without guilt

This is exactly the moment you really need to take care of yourself. 🤍

Save this for sick days.

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