Marielle Styles - Keto and Metabolic Health Coach

07/03/2026

A fresh spin on keto egg muffins… and honestly, I don’t think I’m going back. 😄
Instead of the usual “mix-and-pour” muffin vibe, these are a little more show-stopping — without being complicated.

Here’s the magic:
• The centre is finely sliced zucchini, shaved into ribbons using a mandolin slicer (this gives you those gorgeous thin strips that roll easily).
• Each muffin gets a little zucchini “rose” rolled up with bacon (because… obviously).
• Then you simply pour your egg mix around it and bake until golden and set.

What you end up with is a protein-packed, savoury muffin with a little hit of veg without it feeling “veg-forward” and a centre that looks like you tried really hard (when you really didn’t😁)

Perfect for:
• meal prep breakfasts
• lunchboxes
• grab-and-go snacks (or “no-snack” snacks… you know what I mean 😉)
• brunch plates when you want something a bit fancy

If you try these, send me a photo — I want to see your zucchini spirals!

05/03/2026

One of the small habits that helps me stay consistently keto might surprise you.

I take my lunchbox to work.

Now that might not sound unusual… except that I work in a commercial kitchen surrounded by food all day. Fresh baking, sandwiches, pastries, cakes — all the things people love to enjoy when they visit a café. And yet, sitting quietly on a shelf in the fridge is my lunchbox.

Inside is the food that works for my body. I only work there every second weekend, but even that is enough to matter. I know from experience that if I go off track, it can make the rest of my week more difficult — cravings start creeping in again and I find myself needing to reset my blood sugar and ketones.

So bringing my own food is simply one of the ways I make things easier for myself.

For me, it’s not about restriction or willpower. It’s about understanding what supports my body and making that decision ahead of time.

When we rely on whatever happens to be available in the moment, we often end up negotiating with ourselves. But when the decision has already been made, there’s a quiet sense of ease. The path forward is simple.

This is something I often talk about with my clients. Success with a ketogenic lifestyle rarely comes from heroic willpower in the moment. More often it comes from small acts of preparation that remove the decision entirely.

A lunchbox.
A prepared meal.
A plan before hunger arrives.

Simple things that make the path forward much easier. And after a while, it stops feeling like effort. It simply becomes the way you live.

05/03/2026

Lately I may have become a little obsessed with building miniature houses. What started as a simple hobby has quietly turned into something far more meaningful for me — a form of stress relief, self-care, and finding a state of flow.

Sometimes self-care isn’t about doing less.Sometimes it’s about finding something that absorbs you so completely that the noise fades away.

I’ve always been creative, but like many of us, I found myself slipping into the usual “switch off” habits when life felt busy or overwhelming… social media, TV, mindless scrolling. The kind of zoning out that doesn’t actually restore you.

So I decided to try something different.

These tiny houses are intricate little puzzles. Piece by piece, you cut, glue, connect and build something beautiful from hundreds of delicate parts. What I didn’t expect was how completely it pulls me away from the chatter of my mind. I’ll put on some music or an audiobook and slowly drift into the process. Hours can pass without me noticing.

It’s also been an unexpected lesson in patience. You simply can’t rush something like this. If you try, the pieces don’t fit, the glue smudges, and everything goes crooked. I’ve had to slow right down, breathe, and work carefully with each tiny piece. And perhaps the biggest benefit of all — it has replaced my old late-night habits.

Instead of staying up too late watching TV or scrolling, I spend a little time creating something with my hands. No blue light keeping my brain wide awake. Just quiet focus and a sense of calm before bed.

What helps you disappear and rest? For me right now… it’s tiny houses. And I’m absolutely loving the journey.

02/03/2026

I nearly stayed in bed on Saturday.
It had been a hard week and hiding under the duvet felt much easier than facing the day.

But I’d already committed to meeting a friend at the local Farmers’ Market, so I went – tired eyes and all.

While I was waiting to collect our breakfast, she disappeared for a moment and came back holding these sunflowers, grinning. “These are for you.” That simple surprise just about undid me. 🌻

We wandered the stalls, ate in the sunshine, talked honestly about the hard stuff, and laughed until my shoulders finally dropped. One unhurried morning together has sustained me for days – my heart lighter, my outlook softer.

Connection really is nature’s mental health booster.
It takes time and effort to stay close to the people we love, especially when life feels heavy, but the return is pure soul-and-bucket-filling goodness.

If you’re tempted to withdraw and stay under the covers, consider this a gentle nudge to say yes to the walk, the coffee, the market trip, the phone call.

26/02/2026

Thank you Justine Laidlaw for sharing this post:

They convinced you that sun, salt and fat will kill you. Then they got rich selling you the cure! Between 1976 and 2026, obesity rates tripled while you followed the rules.

Here are 7 lies that created an epidemic:

1. Fat makes you fat! Every cell in your body is wrapped in fat. Your brain is mostly fat. Your hormones are built from fat. Yet they told you that fat is making you sick and convinced you to swap it for low-fat foods loaded with sugar. When fat intake fell, obesity and diabetes exploded. The real danger was never fat; it was a goldmine. They stripped away natures fuel, replaced it with cheap carbs from corn and soy and created ADDICTION.

2. Red meat causes cancer! They lumped grass-fed steak in with hot dogs and deli slices, then told you it would shave years off your life. Humans thrived on meat for THOUSANDS of years. Long before obesity, diabetes and heart disease, we ate meat DAILY. The real danger was never meat; it was the processed junk that replaced it. Demonizing meat wasn’t about protecting your health; it was about creating a population hooked on cheap grains.

3. Sunlight causes cancer! Sunlight boosts immunity, balances hormones and lifts mood, strengthens bones, and extends life. Zero cost. Zero side effects. You would take it every day. No pill exists for it. They told you to fear it and lather on sunscreen. Sunscreen is packed with hormone disruptors, and toxic chemicals that block Vitamin D production. It is not about your health; it is about profit.

4. Breakfast is the most important meal! For most of human history, breakfast did not exist. People rose with the sun, worked, hunted, and ate when food was available, often not until midday or evening. Then you were convinced that skipped cereal would wreck your health. The real danger is not skipping breakfast; it was nonstop eating. Cereal companies needed to turn cheap grains into gold, so they told you to start every day with sugar in a box!!

5. The war on cholesterol! Half the people who die of heart attacks have normal cholesterol. Those with higher cholesterol often live longer, especially as they age. Yet you were told this vital molecule is a ticking time bomb. The real danger was never cholesterol, it was INFLAMMATION. Cholesterol is the raw material for your hormones, brain function, and cell repair. Instead of addressing diet and lifestyle, they put millions on drugs that deplete it!! Created a billion-dollar market for lifelong customers

6. Fluoride protects your teeth! This is a marketing spin! A way to dump industrial waste without paying to filter it out. Linked to thyroid disruption, lowering IQ, and bone damage at high doses!

7. Salt raises Blood pressure! They told you that salt will destroy your heart and convinced you to eliminate it from your diet. Meanwhile, populations eating high-salt diets for centuries had low hypertension rates. Then processed food and sugar entered the picture! Everything changed. The real danger was NEVER SALT; it was mineral deficiency. While you feared salt, they pushed sugar, seed oils, and processed junk, the actual drivers of heart disease. The salt scare was not protection, it was misdirection.

You are not sick; you are nutrient deficient! Yet chronic fatigue, brain fog, and depression are almost never treated with nutrition, the deficiency gets labeled as disease and symptoms become a life sentence. There is no profit in magnesium, sunlight, or clean food, they misdiagnose symptoms your body is trying to solve with what it never received, you are not broke, you are depleted.

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19/02/2026

18/02/2026

I’ve been using Continuous Glucose Monitors for years — both personally and with clients — because data changes everything. When you can see what your food is doing to your blood sugar, the guesswork disappears.

But let’s be honest…

Cost has always been a barrier.

The Freestyle Libre 2 sits at around $120 per sensor here in NZ.

That adds up quickly.

The Caresens Air?
Around $49 per unit when bought in bulk.

That’s a significant difference.

Why am I trialling this? To make glucose monitoring more accessible, help clients track patterns without financial stress and gather real-time data to guide food, fasting, sleep, and stress decisions

A CGM isn’t about obsession.
It’s about insight. When we understand our own metabolic responses, we can personalise our approach instead of copying someone else’s plan.

I’ll share my experience as I go — accuracy, app usability, trends, and how it compares to Libre 2.

If you’ve ever been curious about using a CGM, this could make it far more doable.

16/02/2026

I use Continuous Glucose Monitors to remove the guesswork from metabolic health. The big barrier? Cost.

Freestyle Libre 2 is around $120 per sensor. Caresens Air? About $49 each when bought in bulk.That’s a huge difference.I’m trialling this to make glucose tracking more accessible for my clients — without compromising on insight.

More affordable data = better personalised decisions.

07/02/2026

I’ve noticed lots of new faces here, so I wanted to reintroduce myself.

I’m Marielle, and I coach people through keto and metabolic health — especially those who feel overwhelmed by the internet, unsure what to eat, or discouraged after trying so many things.

This page is a space for:
• practical keto education
• mindset + habits that make it sustainable
• encouragement when motivation dips
• simple strategies for real life

If you’ve been silently watching and wondering “Could this work for me?” — you’re welcome to say hello below, or message me privately. I’m here.

11/12/2025

My heart is so full today I can hardly put it into words. My beautiful girl Courtney is officially a nurse 💕 Three long years of hard work, late nights, exams, placements, tears, laughter and so much growth… and today I get to watch her walk across that stage.
I’ve seen her pour her heart into this – caring for people with such gentleness and compassion, asking a million questions, showing up when it was hard, and honing all those beautiful qualities into a highly competent nurse and an absolutely delightful human.
Courtney, I am so incredibly proud of you and the woman you’ve become. I love you more than words can say, and I know you’re going to be a blessing to every patient and team you work with. This mamma’s heart is bursting. 🥹❤️
Here’s to you, my graduate.

07/12/2025

Turns out the universe has a very bold sense of humour… and a slightly extreme approach to behaviour change 😅📱. So about that doomscrolling till 11pm and asking for help to get off my phone? Well… the universe replied:
“NO PROBLEM, MARIELLE – LET ME JUST REMOVE THE PHONE.”
Yip. My phone got stolen.
Doomscrolling: cured ! I’m choosing to see it as a very loud, very clear reset button:
No phone = no late-night scrolling; No late-night scrolling = actual sleep; Actual sleep = one step closer to feeling like that bright, vibrant Raro butterfly again 🦋
It’s been inconvenient (understatement!), but there’s also been this strange sense of quiet in my brain without a little glowing rectangle glued to my hand.
So when the new phone arrives, I’m taking the hint and putting some serious boundaries in place:
1 No phone in the bedroom
2 Phone on Do Not Disturb mode by 9:00pm
3 Real rest > fake rest (aka “just one more reel”)
Clearly I ignored the gentle whispers… so the universe sent a megaphone. Message received. 📵🙋‍♀️

05/12/2025

Okay, so I need an intervention! For the last FOUR DAYS I have been doomscrolling on my phone. I NEVER do this, especially not until (insert embarrassed face here) 23:00!!?? What’s happened? What’s changed? For someone as pedantic as I used to be with my sleep, I have somehow fallen off the Sleep Priority wagon! Help! 😱 PS. The video is for attention. This was a butterfly I found in Rarotonga during our recent trip. I want to feel as bright and vibrant as this little guy!