04/10/2026
3kg down on the scales but look at the difference in the physique!
She came to me five months ago with her training nailed and her steps nailed, but a cut that was going nowhere. Her old approach when progress stalled was to drop the calories lower, then lower again. Sound familiar?
So we did the opposite. One sensible deficit, the same one from start to finish, with no slashing food when things slowed down.
I asked what she actually enjoyed eating and built the whole plan around that. Which meant she could stick to it for five months without her sessions feeling like a slog.
The result is a nice recomp. She’s leaner, her shape has tightened up, and the scales barely moved. That’s why the scales on their own are a poor way to judge a cut.
We did this all the while balancing and enjoying socials and a handful of trips away as life is still there to be lived, body comp goals or not!
But the bit I’m most pleased with isn’t the photo. It’s that she now has a structure she can rinse and repeat, and she knows how to tweak her macros depending on the goal. She doesn’t need me for the next one, and that’s the job done properly.
If you’re training hard and your cut has stalled, eating less probably isn’t the answer.
Comment LEAN and I’ll message you about how we’d approach yours 💪🏻