Abi Skardon Fitness and Wellbeing

Abi Skardon Fitness and Wellbeing Clubbercise instructor and health/wellbeing coach.

❤️ WHAT HAVE I ACTUALLY BEEN DOING THIS WEEK? 🤣Apart from coming back from holiday, tackling the washing mountain and go...
25/09/2026

❤️ WHAT HAVE I ACTUALLY BEEN DOING THIS WEEK? 🤣

Apart from coming back from holiday, tackling the washing mountain and going straight back to work… my coaching inbox has been BUSY 😂

This week with my Fat Loss Foundations ladies we’ve been tackling REAL life — not perfect meal plans and chicken & broccoli 7 days a week.

❤️ Coming in UNDER calorie targets and learning that less isn’t always better.

❤️ Evening hunger and sweet cravings — looking at what’s happening earlier in the day rather than just relying on “willpower”.

❤️ Night shifts and late shifts, when normal mealtimes basically don’t exist 🤣

❤️ Weekends and socialising — because unfortunately a deficit Monday–Friday doesn’t automatically cancel out a big surplus all weekend.

❤️ The “I can’t be trusted around biscuits/crisps/w**e” mindset and learning that removing everything forever isn’t the answer.

❤️ Planning ahead, protein, movement, honest tracking and finding meals that actually fit around FAMILY life.

And amongst all that?

I’ve got women losing weight, feeling more in control around food, noticing better energy, planning ahead and starting to understand WHY they’ve struggled in the past. ❤️

THIS is why Fat Loss Foundations isn’t just me handing someone a calorie target and sending them on their merry way 🤣

The numbers are the easy bit.

It’s everything around them — work, family, weekends, hormones, hunger, habits, socialising and that bloody “sod it” button 😂 — that we work through together.

Because anyone can “be good” for a couple of weeks.

I want them to learn how to do this when life is just… life. ❤️

Enjoy your food.
Build habits that last.
No more starting over. 🖤

I HAVEN’T DONE A POST-HOLIDAY WEIGH-IN… and here’s why 👇🏼We got home from holiday on Tuesday and I could’ve jumped strai...
24/09/2026

I HAVEN’T DONE A POST-HOLIDAY WEIGH-IN… and here’s why 👇🏼

We got home from holiday on Tuesday and I could’ve jumped straight on the scales Wednesday morning to “see the damage”…

But what would that number actually tell me? 🤷🏻‍♀️

After a week of eating out, more carbs than usual, salty restaurant food, w**e, travelling, flying and being completely out of my normal routine, my weight could quite easily be up.

But that DOESN’T automatically mean I’ve gained that amount in body fat.

Your body can temporarily hold extra water after a holiday because of:

💧 More carbohydrates — stored carbohydrate (glycogen) holds water
🧂 More salty food — hello restaurant meals!
🍷 More alcohol
✈️ Flying and travelling
💩 Changes to digestion and your normal routine

So if I jumped on the scales immediately, saw I was 3 or 4lb heavier and panicked… what would I achieve?

Absolutely nothing. 😂

I’d just be reacting emotionally to a number that’s likely being heavily influenced by water, food still being digested and a week outside my normal routine.

So instead, I’ve come home and simply gone back to normal.

No detox.
No starving myself.
No punishment workouts.
No “I’ll start again Monday.”

I’m eating my normal meals, getting my protein and fibre back up, drinking plenty of water, moving my body and getting back into my usual routine.

Then I’ll weigh myself when my body has had a few days to settle down.

And if I HAVE gained a little actual body fat?

That’s okay too. I had a bloody lovely holiday. 🤣🍷☀️

A week away doesn’t undo months of consistency.

The biggest mistake you can make after a holiday isn’t gaining a couple of pounds.

It’s seeing a scary number on the scales, thinking you’ve “ruined everything” and turning a week away into another three weeks of eating like you’re still on holiday.

Just go back to your normal habits.

No punishment. No starting over. Just carry on. 🖤

First full day back home and I’ve been suspiciously productive 🤣👏☀️ ALL the holiday washing washed AND dried — frankly a...
23/09/2026

First full day back home and I’ve been suspiciously productive 🤣👏

☀️ ALL the holiday washing washed AND dried — frankly a miracle considering the British weather 😂
🐶 Dogs walked
🏃‍♀️ Short run done
🏋️‍♀️ Lower body dumbbell circuit smashed
💉 Flu jab done for the year
🥣 Two pots of my protein overnight Weetabix prepped ready for the return to work tomorrow

And dinner was chicken & mushroom pasta — which tasted approximately 400% better than it photographed 🤣🤦‍♀️ Note to self: mix it together BEFORE taking the picture next time!

Around 700 cals | 74g protein | 8g fibre 💪

Holiday mode officially OFF… back to normal life, normal food and normal routines. And actually, it feels pretty good! ❤️

No dramatic “getting back on track”. No trying to undo the holiday. Just straight back into the habits I normally do. 🙌

Final holiday workout done ✅💪Arms & abs smashed… followed by a not-so-nutritional post-workout breakfast 🤣🍩And yes, that...
21/09/2026

Final holiday workout done ✅💪

Arms & abs smashed… followed by a not-so-nutritional post-workout breakfast 🤣🍩

And yes, that doughnut was every bit as ridiculous as it looks 😂

Because you can train on holiday AND eat the giant chocolate doughnut.

Definite last-day holiday vibes going on here! ☀️🍩🍹

Back to reality tomorrow… but we’re not thinking about that just yet 🤣

Got glammed up last night and headed out for the most beautiful meal in the most stunning little local restaurant ✨🍷I do...
20/09/2026

Got glammed up last night and headed out for the most beautiful meal in the most stunning little local restaurant ✨🍷

I don’t think I’ve ever been anywhere abroad where you genuinely HAVE to book a restaurant in advance — they were turning people away all evening! 😱 Safe to say we picked a good one 😂

Beautiful setting, gorgeous food and a lovely evening ❤️

And today… BEACH CLUB! ☀️🍹🏖️
Because we do love a beach club 🤣

Happy Sunday peeps! ❤️

I’m gonna start a diet Monday…I’m gonna join the gym after Christmas…I’m gonna buy some random bit of fitness equipment ...
19/09/2026

I’m gonna start a diet Monday…

I’m gonna join the gym after Christmas…

I’m gonna buy some random bit of fitness equipment that I saw on my socials on payday…

I’m going back to that fitness class I haven’t been to for 6 months when the kids go back to school…

Sound familiar? 😂

The truth is, you probably don’t need another fresh start.

You need consistency.

You don’t need a house full of fancy fitness equipment that’s eventually going to become a clothes horse 🤣

Grab a couple of decent sets of dumbbells — adjustable ones are even better — find workouts you actually enjoy and aim to do them 3–4 times a week.

🚶‍♀️ Get your steps in more often than not.
💧 Drink your water.
🍽️ Track your calories — YES, even at the weekends.
🏋️‍♀️ Do some resistance training.
🥂 And still have a life!

You might not need to track forever, but give yourself a good few months of actually being consistent with it. That’s how you start to see where things are going wrong and, more importantly, what actually works for YOU.

There are no miracles when it comes to fat loss.

Slimming World. Intermittent fasting. WW. SlimFast. GLP-1s.

They may all help people in different ways, but ultimately fat loss still requires a calorie deficit.

Where so many people go wrong is trying to change EVERYTHING overnight.

Suddenly it’s 1,000 calories a day, no carbs, no w**e, gym every day and 15,000 steps…

Then four days later you’re knackered, starving and thinking you’ve “failed” again.

You haven’t failed. You just chose a plan you were never going to be able to stick to.

Start smaller.

Do the boring basics.

Do them consistently.

And give them TIME.

If you’d like some help and support doing exactly that, my next Fat Loss Foundations intake starts 1st November — perfect timing to get some solid habits in place and head into Christmas feeling fantastic ❤️

Message me if you’d like the details.

Be consistent. No more starting over.

Abi ❤️

The sun is apparently promising to make an appearance later today and then STAY for the rest of our break… hoorah! ☀️🙏🤣S...
17/09/2026

The sun is apparently promising to make an appearance later today and then STAY for the rest of our break… hoorah! ☀️🙏🤣

So while it’s still deciding what it’s doing, I smashed out a leg workout this morning followed by a 20-minute walk on the treadmill 💪

Then fat-free Greek yoghurt and a banana for breakfast to set me up for the day 🍌

And by “set me up for the day” I mean reading my book and drinking w**e by the pool, obviously 🤣🍷📖

Because THAT is balance.

I’m on holiday. I’m going to eat out, drink w**e and enjoy myself. But I also genuinely enjoy moving my body and I feel so much better when I do.

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

Move because it makes you feel good. Eat well because it makes you feel good. And drink the bloody w**e because you’re on holiday 😂🍷

Everything in moderation ❤️

Not quite the blue skies we ordered for our first full day in Crete ☁️🤣… so we made the most of it!A solid hotel gym ses...
16/09/2026

Not quite the blue skies we ordered for our first full day in Crete ☁️🤣… so we made the most of it!

A solid hotel gym session to start the day 💪
Upper body ✔️
Abs ✔️
Les Mills Run on the treadmill ✔️

And I feel SO much better for it! After a few days of pretty much zero exercise over the last week, it felt amazing to get moving again. Not because I had to… but because I genuinely love how I feel afterwards ❤️

Now for the glamorous part of self-catering life 🤣 — sorting the apartment, getting a food shop in and making ourselves at home!

Hopefully the Crete sunshine got the memo that we’re here and will be making an appearance very soon… ☀️🇬🇷🤣

As expected, the last few days have been VERY low on the movement front thanks to double night shifts 😴🤣But this morning...
13/09/2026

As expected, the last few days have been VERY low on the movement front thanks to double night shifts 😴🤣

But this morning I made it to a fantastic Pilates class at Align Studio in Deal and absolutely loved it! Just what I needed after a busy few days 🙌

Suitcase is packed and we’re ready to head to the airport tomorrow ✈️☀️ BUT… before holiday mode is officially activated, I’ve got my weekly check-ins to do with my current Fat Loss Foundations group and my FLF Community ladies ❤️

I’ll still be checking in and supporting everyone while I’m away, but I am definitely ready for a week of rest, sunshine and switching off a little!

Although… I can’t lie… the gym gear has made it into the suitcase 🤣

Not because I’ll feel guilty if I don’t train.
Not because I need to “earn” my holiday food.
And definitely not because I need to burn anything off.

It’s packed because moving my body makes me feel GOOD. If I fancy a workout, I’ll do one. If I fancy lying by the pool instead… I’ll be doing that too! 🍹🤣

That’s the kind of relationship with exercise I want — something I choose because I enjoy how it makes me feel, not something I have to do because I’ve eaten or drunk too much.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday ❤️

Absolutely blowing out of my arse after that running interval session with Lilz! 🥵But another solid workout ticked off t...
10/09/2026

Absolutely blowing out of my arse after that running interval session with Lilz! 🥵

But another solid workout ticked off the list for this week! 🏃‍♂️

What’s everyone else getting done today? 🤔

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