I was already
training hard.
I thought another hard session would get me closer to the body I wanted. Instead, I was gaining fat and couldn’t see the muscle I was working for. My knee and shoulder hurt. My energy was low, and I was worried about my testosterone. I kept pushing because I didn’t know what else to change.
In March 2024, with my 40th birthday coming up in June, I tried something different. I stopped adding workouts and started paying attention to when and what I ate.
I’m 42 now, nearly 43. I have more energy, I feel stronger than ever, and the clothes I wore at 18 fit me again. I don’t take supplements anymore. I’m not looking back.
How Big Leap Theory began ↓
The hours
outside the gym.
I used to think I could train my way out of the way I ate. It took a sore knee, a sore shoulder and a good look at my evenings to change my mind.
I could push myself through a hard session. Then I’d get home, open a packet of biscuits and lie down. Some nights I’d wake up at eight and order dinner.
The next morning, I’d pick up a doughnut and a large flat white on my way to work. I barely thought about those few minutes, but I thought a lot about what I’d do at the gym. I had that backwards.
- 2024
I gave it a month.
In March 2024, approaching my 40th birthday in June, I committed to a month of changing when I ate. Fewer decisions about food helped me get started. I still had to learn what to put on my plate and what to do on evenings when the old routine felt easier.
- 2025
An iPhone on a tripod.
When my job ended in February, I went home, put my phone on a tripod and talked about what I’d been doing. I kept making videos for YouTube. Later that year I was coaching people one to one, learning how differently the same idea could fit into someone else’s day.
- ONGOING
Coming home from a break.
On a trip to see family, I rested, ate with them and gained some weight. When I came home, I started planning meals again. That experience matters to my coaching as much as losing the weight did. I know what it feels like to come back.
Tell me about
the late shift.
Say lunch worked on your days off, but twice this week you left for a late shift without it. I’d want to know when you packed your bag, what was in the fridge and when you got a break. Those details give us a decision we can actually change.
Maybe the next step is packing lunch the night before and leaving a reminder by your keys. Try it on the next shift and tell me how it went. That’s the kind of accountability I mean.
Perth, Australia
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