Jaclyn Phillips

A lot of people come to me to “lose that last 10 lbs” or have already made some progress but want to get even shredded…

Why IS it so hard to push past plateaus and achieve that next level look that seems to elude you?

Well, straight up… most people are not being specific enough with their training and nutrition approaches…

…even people who are fitness instructors and coaches themselves.

In fact, often it’s fitness pros, medical professionals, experienced lifters and people crushing fitness classes 6x/week who struggle with getting their bodies to respond…

Because it’s hard to focus on only your own training when you’re teaching classes and coaching a bunch of other people and being a mom and doing a bunch of stuff —

Which is exactly where was when she reached out…

She was doing all the right things for her personal health on top of teaching fitness classes and coaching her clients - she knows what to do, as a fitness pro herself.

But she wasn’t focused enough with her training and nutrition for the definition and tightness she was looking for (I.e. fitness model conditioning).

Handing her goals over to me, I took in all her data and lifestyle, history, hurdles, etc and developed an EXACT game plan for her to execute.

And execute she did…

Down about 10 lbs and 5 inches around her waist since early September, we’re NOT focusing on getting smaller..

In fact, we had been adding calories to our original meal plan, which was a modest deficit, up until a couple weeks ago when we started her cut for her photoshoot next week!

A shoot for STRONG Fitness mag 👀

I’m SO excited for her to have this opportunity and I can’t wait to share with you her shots and eventually - the publication!! 🙊

For Mel, losing that last 10 lbs came down to stepping back from trying to control everything and executing a nutrition and training plan designed to build muscle.

Stay tuned for her shoot next week 👀🙊🥳

This isn’t a “how to work it off” post 🤢

It’s a “how we would enjoy to make sure we don’t feel restricted and enjoy all parts of life” post! 🍫🍬🐣

We know there are going to be extra treats around this weekend and if you feel tempted or restricted..

We have this thing called a post-workout (or PWO) which can help with energy and recovery after a workout!

There used to be a ton of literature about consuming carbs to replenish glycogen stores and improve hypertrophy within a 20-60 min anabolic window after training but new data suggests this window MIGHT not be as important as we thought.

‼️BUT‼️this doesn’t mean we throw the strategy out the window‼️

Like I said, eating carbs and protein after training CAN still help with energy and recovery.

PLUS when you’re having that fight in your head with yourself whether to workout or not, having a sweet treat waiting for you on the other side is a HUGE motivator.

Traditionally, we’d suggest fast-digesting carbs like fruit/juice, oatmeal, rice/potatoes.

But most of us aren’t professional athletes or bodybuilders - and having having the *cleanest/fastest-digesting* carbs isn’t always the best choice for lifestyle or longterm adherence…

Something sweet/delicious after a workout can be JUST the thing to not only get you to do the workout, but will keep you going forever..

NOT because of one little treat, but because every time you eat something that you may have considered “bad” before, you reinforce your food freedom and create a lifestyle you can do FOREVER…

WHILE working out and making progress👌

So you can try to eliminate all these treats and only eat *clean* and organic and try to be perfect.. but if this hasn’t worked for you in the past, and you’re tired of trying to cut everything out and need to find balance:

🌷Enjoy 1-2 servings on Easter (if you can get a workout in, awesome, if not, hopefully you can enjoy some nice spring weather ☀️)!

🌷THEN, plan to have any extras for PWOs for the week - package them up, and put them away with the rest of your meal prep for the week.

HAVE AN AMAZING LONG WEEKEND FAM 💐🌷🥳☀️

Here are the top 5️⃣ MYTHICAL reasons you might not be losing weight 🥲

Most of these are proliferated by creators, coaches and influencers who use part-truths and exaggerated claims to get your attention.

The basics work…

✅ strength training / building muscle
✅ eating in a calorie deficit with sufficient protein
✅ rest/recovery/water

Have you heard these myths before??

Any other crazy weight loss myths to add??? 👀😅