L3VEL UP - Coach - Andy Galloway

8 years since I arrived in Australia...

Celebrated with a home cooked fillet steak and chips, and a sugar free ginger beer. 🤣👌

I swear I could write a book about all the stuff that's happened since I landed.

And even though I've achieved so many of the goals I set for myself before I left the UK...

Strangely, I still feel like a fraud. All the fu***ng time.

Like someone could take it all away from me at any moment.

Like I don't deserve the stuff I've spent ten years working my arse off for — eight of them here.

That's a scary thought. A reality check.
Because it reminds me that no matter who I've tried to become, no matter how much proof I've stacked up...

The old version of me will always be chatting s**t in my ear. Trying to pull me back to the most comfortable option, every time there is a choice.

But at this point, the reality is...
The deposits I've made to be here prove that it can't be taken away. It's undeniable.

I've lost touch with a lot of friends (and family) along the way, but honestly....

Leaving the UK has been the single biggest and best thing I could have done to change my life for the better.

Those who know me well will know how much I needed to stand on my own two feet.

To prove something important to myself.
That I can do anything I want to do.

And that I won't let the fear of making change control me.

I love talking about the wins I've had, but I actually enjoy the stories behind the struggles a lot more.

They remind me that whatever happens, things will usually work out when you try to do the right thing — and chase the stuff that actually means something to you, not what everyone else reckons it should be.

You end up somewhere better. Somewhere you feel more proud of, and more like yourself.

I love the 'gym and fitness' lifestyle because my body and health are just another version of the same thing.
Proof that hard work pays off.

What are you currently proving to be true?

Your willpower ISN'T broken. You're just eating like a 3 year old.

So you're into fitness, yeh? 🫠

Not trying to go viral. Just trying to find my people.

Proud Dad moment finally getting to play football with my little man watching on from the sidelines. 🥰

Little does he know, this means more to his Daddy than he will ever remember.

We lost 5-4 today in what was a very close game, but it was a decent match and I'm pleased to report I didn't get kicked this week, so my knees are (mostly) intact.

I should have put at least a couple in the net but it wasn't to be...

I promise there's still a few more goals in this old boy yet!

One day it could just be me watching him from the side lines, but for now there's no stopping. 😂

Thanks for the support .edmonds ❤️

As a time poor Mum or Dad your nutrition will get complicated if you're making a million different things.

That's exactly we we always try to minimise that situation by prepping meals, planning menu's ahead of time together and often eating more or less the same things when we eat together.

Adults and kids don't need 50 million choices every day.

That's not to say this isn't open to change. For example, sometimes a little extra peanut butter or some full fat yoghurt, or dark crushed chocolate might make it into one or all of these meals. 😍

But the beauty of this type of brekkie is the simplicity.

It get weighed, portioned, thrown in the fridge and then it just requires a quick stir in the morning.

It's overwhelming if you're constantly changing things up too much, and it doesn't help anyone to manage anything properly.

Whether that be calories and body weight or food shops, meal preps and food wastage.

Keep it simple, stupid. 😘

If you want the rest of your family to benefit from being healthier, it starts from the top.

Don't forget that. 🫡

"Hey ChatGPT, create a caricature of me and my job, based on everything you know about me."

..well, it's fairly accurate 🤣

Only problem is that I don't like the look of my resting heart rate.

Heres to 7 more years of kicking goals and living life to the max with you bebe 🙏

Love you. ❤️

Andy x