M Deats Wellness

12/01/2026

Like bird watching as a new sport

And saying things like...oh my gosh they love the fresh banana!

Look how cute they are...

10/01/2026

Yes some days and even weeks training feels hard. Moving feels hard. Your mind wants to but your body is telling you to chill.

Sometimes I still train and test things a bit

One thing I know for sure is, perimenopause does not care about your plans! 😅 No matter how hard you try. Your body will let you know what it needs or doesn't need!

Its a drag i know..but this is the new normal. Learning to listen and take things a little slower.

08/01/2026

Easy electrolyte recipe for hot days!

Use a professional sports supplement like tailwind or precision hydration if you sweat excessively and are training in the heat

06/01/2026

I've been meaning to write this for a while and ive wrestled with it A LOT! I thought id share it both as a way to get it out there and also affirm to myself in many ways that its actually OK.

Being in the health industry is like any other. We choose to study these topics to understand ourselves and then to help others understand and accept themselves too ❤️

I'm a curvy nutritionist in NZ with optimal labs. Here's why my genetics mean I need to track macros - and why healthy doesn't mean thin.

02/01/2026

If you have been eating less for some time or even been on a metabolic balance plan (and have not increased your intake of food with your coach)...

Chances are you might actually need to reverse diet...

So what is that exactly?

Have a read to find out if thats what you might need...

I had to do it too!

Not losing weight despite eating less? Learn why calorie deficits don't always work, how metabolic adaptation and stress affect fat loss, and why reverse dieting might be the solution you need.

01/01/2026

First ride of 2026!

New personal record 🎉🫶

Supremely underfueled and muscles burned all the way back as I had well and truly depleted all my glycogen and was lacking in sodium. All part of learning of course.

Its fascinating, these bodies of ours and how they respond to different training and layer that with perimenopause and erratic hormones and its a wild ride (pun intended)

But im super happy with my stats and overall performance and steady pace in tempo. The aim of today was to make sure I could get to the first cut off point (of the 92km Muster race in April) in the allocated time. I managed to achieve this even underfueled so I am happy enough with that.

It was good! Wouldn't have minded less goose p**p on the track but hey...

Next is 55km!

31/12/2025

Im training tomorrow so I'll be in lala land before the clock strikes

I love that I am training tomorrow. I'd much rather start the new year with a long ride and the privilege of being able to move my body and embrace my health than a shriveled prune of a liver and a 4 day recovery 😅

I am more of a quiet intention setter and each year I am grateful for what is past and I am looking forward to the future as there are so many amazing moments ahead if only we open our eyes and let them in

I hope that this year you find a way to level up to where you want to be and never forget that anything in this life is possible. It just takes little longer than we would like most times ♡

#2026

30/12/2025

I can say I have ALL of these! 😅

Unapologetically embracing them too!

28/12/2025

New blog - dome hope for those who have suffered trauma and how it has affected your metabolic health and healing ❤️

Discover 5 science-backed truths about trauma recovery, including how stress impacts metabolism and why self-compassion is key to healing your nervous system.

26/12/2025

Some days the only therapy that works is forward motion.

When big emotions need processing, I don't sit with them too long - I move through them. Gravel beneath my tires, wind in my face, horizon stretching endlessly ahead.

My nervous system regulates through rhythm. My body metabolizes what my mind can't yet hold all at once. Out here, there's space for everything I've been carrying.

This isn't running away. It's running toward myself. Giving my body and mind the space it needs to process.

Movement doesn't bury emotion, it metabolizes it. 🚴‍♀️

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23/12/2025

Thought id get in before everyone else!

In NZ we see Christmas before anywhere else in the world 🎄✨️

Its not winter here but I am winter girl. So matches the vibes.

I really want to say thank you for all the support, whether through investing in my program or commenting or liking my posts. I appreciate your efforts and ways you connect.

2025 has been a huge year for the world.

I hope you will take the time to rest and reset and remember what is truly important in this life.

Sensing lots of love

Mik ♡

Owner of M Deats Wellness Limited

13/12/2025

Well I did it! First Ultra and ill go back next year!

I trusted my body and fueling it correctly and it paid off. You never stop learning about yourself and everytime I push it I am in awe about how incredible these bodies are and what they can do for us when we treat them with respect and look after our health.

This was a big challnge but I loved it and made a new friend from Manitoba and her sis ❤️

What an excellent day. Heart is so so full!

Always believe that wonderful things can happen for your life and health and never stop pursuing it.

Xx Mik

Your curvey amazon nutritional scientist 😜😘