I lived both sides of this.
I did not grow up confident, athletic, or naturally lean. I spent years overweight, stuck in the binge-restrict cycle, chasing every quick fix I could find. I hated exercise. I only played sports to socialise. My body image shaped everything, my confidence, my choices, how I saw myself.
In my late teens, I found resistance training. Not because I was good at it. Because it gave me something to build. I slowly repaired my relationship with food and stopped chasing fast weight loss. I started building strength and structure instead.
I eventually got into the shape I had once only imagined. I did a photoshoot in 2022. Then life happened. Travel, an endometriosis diagnosis, and an undiagnosed hypothyroid condition knocked me backwards.
That period changed me more than the photoshoot ever did. I realised the real transformation was never about being lean once. It was about building habits, standards, and an identity that holds up when life is messy.
I saw the same patterns in every client I coached that I had once lived through myself. Misreading feedback. Reacting emotionally. Abandoning the right actions too soon. Over-efforting. Under-executing.
My coaching exists because I lived both sides of it. This system is built from that.
Laura, Inspire Coaching