Shred - break free from FAD diets
- thisfitmum
- Dec 19, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 27
The Science-Backed Way to Break Free from Fad Diets and Yo-Yo Weight Loss

Are you ready to ditch the yo-yo diets and take back control of your health — for good?
If you're tired of jumping from one fad diet to the next, only to find yourself back at square one, my Shred Plan is exactly what you’ve been looking for. Backed by science and built on real, sustainable methods - this isn’t a crash diet. It’s a full-body, full-life transformation that helps you lose fat, get stronger, and feel confident in your body again, all while building habits that last beyond the 12 weeks.
And guess what? My next Shred kicks off on 14th April, so now’s the time to join!
What kind of results can I expect?
The Shred Plan gets results – but only if you’re ready to put in the work. This isn’t a magic fix, it’s a proven plan that requires consistency, effort, and commitment. I’ll be with you every step of the way to guide, support, and push you towards your goals. Scroll down to check out some of the amazing transformations and testimonials from real women who’ve completed the Shred – your journey could be next!
Check out more Fit Mum Testimonials & Transformations HERE
So, what is the Shred Plan?
It’s a structured 3-phase, 12-week journey designed to help you shred fat, improve fitness, and build healthy routines that become second nature. Each phase is 4 weeks long, and you’ll progress through the plan with personalised guidance, tailored targets, and evolving strategies that support fat loss while fuelling your body correctly.
What’s included?
✅ Personalised Nutrition Targets: Forget generic diet plans — your macro targets are fully personalised based on your goals, weight, activity level, and lifestyle. These evolve with you throughout the plan, so you’re always making progress, not plateauing.
✅ Lifestyle Goals & Habit Building: We focus on sustainable change. Each week, you'll be guided with lifestyle goals designed to create long-lasting habits around movement, nutrition, mindset, and self-care.
✅ Structured Training Plan: You’ll get access to a progressive training programme through the ThisFitMum Pocket PT app — complete with:
Gym or home-based workouts
Exercise video demos
Form critique and technique feedback (I check your videos and coach you directly)
Warm-up & mobility routines to help you train safely and effectively
✅ Supplement Recommendations: You’ll receive guidance on which supplements actually help with performance, recovery, and hormonal health
✅ Daily Accountability: Your plan is delivered via my app, where you can check in, track your progress, tick off habits, and stay connected. You'll receive daily structure and weekly check-ins to keep you accountable and supported.
✅ Reverse Dieting Phase: Unlike fad diets that leave you starving and rebounding, we finish strong. After the 12 weeks, I’ll guide you through a reverse diet so your metabolism stays healthy and your results are maintained. No more weight regain — just long-term wins.

Why it works (when other diets don’t)
Because this isn’t a quick fix. It’s built on:
Progressive overload (your workouts evolve)
Nutrition periodisation (your calories/macros shift through phases)
Support & accountability (I coach you every step)
Mindset work & education (so you don’t just follow a plan, you understand it)
This is how real transformation happens — from the inside out.
Why Reverse Dieting Works:
After a fat loss phase, your metabolism slows down to conserve energy. Reverse dieting gently increases your calories step by step, helping your metabolism recover, preventing rebound weight gain, and setting you up for long-term success — without the yo-yo effect of crash diets.
Real Results: Chloe’s Journey
Let me tell you about Chloe, who followed her SHRED and reverse diet to the letter. She’s a perfect example of how this process works. She started the SHRED plan with me for our Fit Mum Photoshoot. Then we completed the reverse diet and her metabolism responded brilliantly, so much so that she often said, “How can I eat all this food and still lose weight some weeks?”

The goal was to bring her back to her maintenance calories, and from there, she transitioned into a surplus to start building muscle. Yes, a surplus means eating more calories than you burn, but it’s intentional. Those extra calories fuel muscle growth, which will continue to boost her metabolism and support her long-term health goals.
She is now eating more calories than she ever has. We even had to increase her calories at maintenance as she was still loosing weight and are continuously increasing calories to help her achieve a small surplus to encourage muscle growth. She has more energy than ever before, is achieving PBs in every work out and is enjoying a weekly cheat meal as part of the plan, making her diet not only sustainable, but enjoyable!

Why Fads Fail and Science Wins
If you’ve ever been tempted by a diet that promises extreme results in no time, you’re not alone, it’s how the diet industry thrives. But the science is clear, fad diets and the yo-yo approach to weight loss do more harm than good. They create a cycle of rapid weight loss and gain, weaken your metabolism, and often lead to more weight being gained in the long run.
This is why my approach is different. My shred plan focuses on sustainable fat loss through a controlled calorie deficit, followed by reverse dieting to maintain your results and boost your metabolism. It’s not about quick fixes, it’s about long-term health.
Join the NEXT Shred Plan
If you’re ready to break free from the cycle of unsustainable diets and work towards lasting results, join me on 14th April for my next shred plan. You’ll get my full support, a science-backed approach to fat loss, and personalised guidance every step of the way.
This isn’t a quick fix, it’s a lifestyle change. Reverse dieting is just one of the tools we’ll use to make sure you achieve your goals and maintain them while improving your overall health. Together, we’ll build a stronger, healthier you.
Ready to start? Let’s crush 2025 together!
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Still not sure?
Why not book in a consultation first - Come and have a chat and see if the Shred plan is right for you:
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