Lee Desoiza Coaching

Hey - it’s Lee.

Six weeks out from my first show.

And something is missing from my kitchen.

Chocolate.

Biscuits.

Sweets.

All the food I'm planning to eat when prep finishes.

That might sound completely normal.

For me, it isn't.

On previous preps I'd start hoarding food.

I'd go into the supermarket and see something I wanted.

“Can't eat that now.”

Into the trolley.

I'd convince myself I was saving it for after the show.

Before long, I'd have enough food stored away to cater a children's birthday party.

I even went through phases of putting chocolate in my mouth, chewing it...

Then spitting it out.

Looking back, it's ridiculous.

But that's what extreme hunger can do to your relationship with food.

This prep has been different.

Hunger is high.

Very high some days.

But I'm not obsessing about everything I'm going to eat afterwards.

I'm not filling cupboards.

I'm not watching food videos.

I'm not torturing myself.

And I'm genuinely proud of that.

Because sometimes progress isn't visible in a photograph.

It's noticing that a behaviour you once thought was normal has disappeared.

That's something I talk about with clients.

Yes, we want the weight loss.

Yes, we want the smaller waist.

Yes, we want you looking better.

But I also want you thinking differently around food.

Because if we change your body without changing any of the behaviours that created the problem...

Eventually you'll end up back where you started.

Six weeks to go.

The kitchen remains safe.

For now.

Hey - it’s Lee.

My clients aren't the only ones ready for summer to wind down.

I am too.

It's been a good summer.

Business is growing.

New clients are joining.

Prep is where it needs to be.

But there's something about the end of August.

You can feel the change coming.

Here in Gibraltar we've still got the Fair.

Then National Day on September 10th.

And after that...

Normality.

Schools.

Work.

Routine.

Structure.

My Fat Loss Challenge starts on September 14th too, so it feels like there's a natural line in the sand approaching.

But I'm trying not to rush towards it.

Because I've realised I'm guilty of doing that sometimes.

Looking towards the next thing.

The next show.

The next business goal.

The next challenge.

The next trip.

And when you constantly look ahead, you can forget you're currently living something you once looked forward to.

So that's my reset this weekend.

Keep moving forward.

But don't wish the current season away just because you're excited about the next one.

There's still some summer left.

Might as well enjoy it.

A bad back doesn’t mean every exercise is now off limits.

For a lot of men over 40, the mistake is going to one of two extremes.

They either keep training exactly as they were and constantly flare it up, or they stop doing anything that involves their back because they’re worried about making it worse.

There’s usually a lot of room between those two.

Change the movements that aggravate it. Use more support where you need it. Control the load. Build strength back gradually.

You might have to train differently for a while.

That’s very different from not training at all.

Save this if your back has been dictating what you can and can’t do in the gym.

If you’ve stopped training because of your back and don’t know how to get started again, DM me ‘BACK’.