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🍝🌿 HEALTHY SPRING GREENS CARBONARA

I LOVE all food 😍 and I’m definitely not about cutting out the foods we enjoy!

Instead, I try my best to find recipes that still taste amazing but are loaded with goodness.. plenty of protein, veggies and nutrients while still feeling like proper comfort food. 💗

And this one looks DELISH! 🤤

Serves 2 | Approx. 460 kcal & 22g protein per serving

🛒 INGREDIENTS
🍝 140g spaghetti
🥒 1 large courgette (or 2 small), peeled into ribbons or julienned
🫛 100g frozen peas
🥬 1 large leek, finely sliced
🧄 1 tsp minced garlic
🥚 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
🧀 25g grated Parmesan
🥓 2–3 slices Parma ham, diced
🌶️ Lots of black pepper
Optional protein boost:
🍗 120g cooked chicken breast
🍤 Prawns
🐟 Flaked hot-smoked salmon

👩🏼‍🍳 METHOD
Whisk together the egg, egg yolk, Parmesan and plenty of black pepper in a small bowl and set aside.

Heat a non-stick pan over a medium heat with a little oil. Add the diced Parma ham and sauté until it starts to crisp. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.

Add the sliced leek and cook until soft, adding a splash of water if needed.

Add the frozen peas and cook for 2–3 minutes, then stir through the courgette ribbons and turn off the heat.

Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in salted boiling water until al dente.

Transfer the cooked pasta straight into the pan with the vegetables and Parma ham, taking a little pasta water with it.

Turn the heat to LOW and quickly stir through the egg and Parmesan mixture. The residual heat will gently cook the egg and create that lovely silky carbonara sauce. Add a splash of pasta water if needed.

Keep the heat low so the egg doesn't scramble!

If you’re adding chicken, prawns or salmon, stir through at the end to warm.

Serve immediately with a little extra Parmesan and black pepper. 😍

Healthy eating doesn’t have to mean boring food or living on salads! 🙌🏼

It’s about finding meals you genuinely LOVE and adding that extra bit of goodness where you can. 💗

💗 IMAGINE IF WE’D LEARNED THIS AT 14…

Exercise isn’t punishment for what you ate.

You don’t have to exercise just to lose weight or make your body smaller.

💪🏼 Muscles aren’t just for boys.
🍽️ Food is FUEL.. not something you have to earn.
🏋🏼‍♀️ Lifting weights won’t suddenly make you “bulky”.
❤️ Fitness is about looking after your health, not just changing how you look.

And most importantly…

Your body is capable of becoming STRONG. 🔥

So many of us grew up in the era of diets, trying to be as small as possible, trying to eat less and exercising to burn calories.

I LOVE that the conversation is starting to change.

I want the next generation of girls to grow up seeing women lifting weights, eating to fuel their bodies and celebrating what their bodies can DO.. not just what they look like. 🩷

And maybe we need to remind ourselves of that sometimes too.

👇🏼 What do YOU wish you'd been taught about exercise and your body when you were a teenager?

I’d love to hear this one. 💗

TIME FOR CHANGE! 💪🏼

⌚ DOES YOUR WATCH EVER MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY? 😂

I’ll admit… I’m guilty of this too sometimes..especially the sleep score! 🙋🏼‍♀️

You look at your watch and suddenly…

🚶🏼‍♀️ “I’ve only done 4,774 steps…”
😴 “My sleep score was rubbish…”
🔋 “My Body Battery is low…”
🔥 “I haven't burned enough calories…”

And before you know it, a wee number on your wrist is deciding whether you've had a “good” day or not.

I LOVE my watch and the data can be really useful… but it’s just DATA.

It doesn't know that you’ve had a stressful day.
It doesn't know that your body needed a rest.
It can't measure how much stronger you're getting.
It can't measure your confidence, your mood or how good that workout made you feel.

I catch myself doing it sometimes and that's when I’ll actually take my watch OFF for a while.

Because we should be using our watches to support our health… not letting them control it.

So here's your reminder today…

Use the data. Don't let the data use YOU. 🩷

Have you ever found yourself walking around the house at night trying to hit your steps?

I KNOW I’m not the only one 🤣🤣👇🏼

💗 NEW BLOCK STARTS MONDAY! 💗

I don’t know about you… but I am SO ready to get back into a good routine after the holidays! 🙌🏼😂

Back to regular workouts, moving more, feeling stronger and getting that structure back into the week 💪🏼🔥

Our NEW LBFitness Bootcamp block starts Monday and I cannot wait to get going!

If you’ve been saying “I’ll get back to it after the summer…” this is your sign 👀💗

Ready to join us?

Drop me a message! 📩

TIME FOR CHANGE! 💪🏼🩷

💗 WEEKEND REMINDER — ENJOY IT WITHOUT COMPLETELY DERAILING! 💗

The weekend doesn’t need to mean “diet starts again Monday” 🙈

You can enjoy meals out, a few drinks and treats AND still keep some good habits ticking over 👇🏼

💧 Keep your water up, especially if you’re having alcohol
🥚 Get protein into your meals, it’ll help keep you fuller
🚶‍♀️ Keep moving, a walk, your steps, anything counts
🥗 Don’t skip meals to “save calories” fortr later it often backfires
🍷 Choose your treats, enjoy what you actually WANT rather than eating/drinking everything because “it’s the weekend”
😴 Get some decent sleep where you can

➡️ And if one meal goes completely off plan… MOVE ON! Your next meal is a fresh choice.

Remember… one takeaway won’t ruin your progress, just like one salad won’t create it.

The goal isn’t to have a PERFECT weekend.
It’s to get to Monday feeling like you enjoyed yourself without having to start all over again! 💪🏼💗

Enjoy your weekend, just keep a few basics in place! 🩷