Laura Hayward - Women's Metabolic Fitness Coach

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Laura Hayward - Women's Metabolic Fitness Coach

Helping women 30+ stabilise blood sugar, rebuild metabolism & lose fat sustainably | Empower By LJ

16/03/2026

Oh my gosh!!!!!!! 6 weeks into her training programme and my client is getting jaw dropping results and deserves a massive shout out!! 🤩 she’s KILLING it and I couldn’t be prouder of her hard work and dedication!!

These photos are just 1 MONTH apart!!!

What we’ve done:
1) Entered a calorie deficit while ensuring BALANCE! No foods are off limits, she’s celebrated her birthday during this time, eaten out with family and friends and still eating carbs & chocolate.

2) Focusing on high PROTEIN - to ensure she feels fuller for longer, and importantly this is helping her recover from her workouts and helping her to build muscle at the same time as dropping body fat.

3) 3 strength training workouts per week. Not endless cardio sessions leading to exhaustion, but sustainable progressive overload to ensure that she builds muscle while dropping body fat - this is what is giving her body shape and more ‘tone.’

You can’t achieve long term results with extreme restriction and dieting alone. This is where rebound fat gain happens and often loss of muscle mass, which is damaging to metabolic health.

I have two online 1:1 coaching spots available this month - let’s get you achieving your goals sustainably by summer, just like my client here is doing 🙌🏻

Comment ‘coach’ below or DM me and I’ll send you some details 🫶🏻

15/03/2026

This week in pics! Had a bit of a rollercoaster week with worries and emotions - the side insta doesn’t see. But, we survived and these pics remind me that overall it’s been a great week and I am very grateful for my wonderful family, my health and a business I absolutely love with clients I absolutely adore working with! 🥰

14/03/2026

I visited my 91-year-old grandma today.

And honestly, reaching 91 is incredible.

But watching her struggle with small everyday things like putting clothes on a hanger reminded me how important muscle mass is as we age.

Muscle isn’t about aesthetics.
It’s about independence.

Being able to stand up easily.
Carry your shopping.
Walk confidently.
Live in your own home.

The sad truth is many women were told for decades to avoid lifting weights.

But the real risk isn’t getting bulky.

The real risk is becoming fragile.

Strength training is one of the most powerful things you can do for your future health — physically and cognitively.

Your future self will thank you for starting now.

If you’d like some tips on how to get started, comment ‘START.’ 💪🏻

12/03/2026

A little more about the person behind the coach…

Mum, wife, gym girl, glam girl, food lover, super anxious mind…just figuring it all out like everyone else! ❤️

11/03/2026

Feel like your health doesn’t matter and that you should always put our kids and everyone else first?? That you’d be selfish to exercise/take time to eat well?

It couldn’t be further from the truth. Your kids are watching. Show them their health matters by making your health matter 🫶🏻 Healthy mum = healthy kids 💕

09/03/2026

Cardio for fat loss sucks!!

Cardio is amazing for endurance and cardio vascular health. But if you’re using as your fat loss tool and not getting results….let me explain why…!

02/03/2026

So excited for this!!! Where are all my local ladies looking to get in shape for summer?? Come and join my 12 week bootcamp (supportive outdoor bodyweight strength training class) starting Saturday 4th April (see details below) ⬇️

No matter your fitness level, this will be designed to progress you each week and go at your pace 💪🏻 Only 15 spaces so I can really spend time with each of you and 5 spaces are gone already so be quick!

£120 for the whole 12 weeks - £30 despot to secure your spot, with the remaining £90 due by 25th March.

Comment below or private message me to secure your place 💕☺️

23/02/2026

Don’t chase fat loss, before developing self respect.

If you do, you’ll never achieve the confidence you’re looking for, no matter what the number says on the scale. Trust me, I’ve been there. At my smallest, I still wasn’t confident in my body, because that’s all I fixated on at the time.

Set some immediate goals - commit to them, and by Friday you’ll be feeling the self confidence and self respect you’ve been longing for. Because true self respect comes from showing up for yourself, and fulfilling the promises you make to yourself. Not from a number on the scales.

In fact, what you’ll actually find is that self confidence will flourish long before you reach your goal weight - it’ll happen on the journey. Love yourself at every stage - when you commit to making changes from a place of self love, rather than punishment, the game changes. Your mindset changes. And you’re much more likely to stick with it week after week 💕🫶🏻

20/02/2026

My client thought she needed more discipline.
What she actually needed was more food.

18lbs down in 12 weeks.
No food groups cut.
No starving.
No misery.

When women stop skipping meals and start prioritising protein + fibre, everything changes.

Fat loss doesn’t require suffering.
It requires structure.

Ready to feel confident in photos again?

DM me “INFO” ❤️

17/02/2026

I used to think I was just obsessed with food, my cravings were constant. Constantly hungry, shaky between meals and exhausted no matter how much sleep I got.

It got so bad I ended up hospital for glucose testing because my symptoms were affecting daily life.

I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycaemia where blood sugar crashes too low. These energy crashes felt scary.

And do you know what no one told me at the time?? That muscle is one of the biggest regulators of blood sugar in the body.

Muscle tissue stores glucose. The more muscle you have, the better your body handles carbs. The less dramatic your crashes become.

As I stopped chasing skinny and stopped overdoing cardio (which actually paired my muscle down!) and stopped under-eating - and instead focused more on strength training and building muscle - my symptoms improved more than I ever expected them to.

Metabolic health isn’t about eating less. It’s about having the tissue that can handle fuel properly.

If you’re constantly tired, crashing, and blaming yourself…it might not actually be your willpower - but lack of muscle.

Follow for real metabolic education, fitness and nutritional advice 💕

16/02/2026

You’ve been taught fat loss starts with eating less.
It doesn’t (and it’s why your previous diets have failed you over and over long term).

It’s not because you failed - it’s because the approach was never going to lead to you keeping it off long term!

Long term fat loss starts with building muscle first.
Because when you build muscle: your metabolism improves, you burn more calories at rest, your shape changes (no more skinny fat), and fat loss becomes so much easier.

The reason crash diets ‘work’ short term: you lose weight fast - but a chunk of it is muscle! Your metabolism adapts and slows, and fat comes back easier.

That’s why I focus on strength training first.

The photos in this carousel are just 3 weeks apart, and I’m already 2.5lbs down - with only a very small manageable deficit (no starving or restricting around here - I’ve still had a holiday where I ate off plan, I still had pizza once a week, and chocolate every single day. No extremes. No cutting out food groups. No hours of cardio.

If you’re 35+ and tired of starting over every spring…this is your sign to do it differently with me this year!

My 8 week Beginner Home Programme is designed to help you build muscle properly - so fat loss become the by-product.

Comment ‘STRONG’ and I’ll send you the details.

Let’s build the body that keeps the result long term 💪🏻

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