Diet tips behind personal trainer’s incredible physique – including SIX meals and dessert every day
WITH her chiselled six pack and toned pins - personal trainer Lauren Simpson has garnered nearly two million followers on social media.
And many of her fans, desperate to follow in her footsteps, have been left asking exactly how the bikini competitor, 29, managed to get such an incredible physique?
But now in a tell-all YouTube video, Lauren has unveiled her diet tips - and some of them are more surprising than you may think.
In particular, Lauren, who is based in Sydney, revealed that she eats six separate meals and dessert every single day.
And she says she refuses to count calories, like many other PTs often recommend.
Lauren captioned her video: "I'm not currently tracking my calories but still being mindful of what I'm eating. I estimate this to be around 1800-1900 calories."
She added: "You can get results without necessarily tracking your food intake."
Lauren kicks off her day at 6.30am and the first thing she does when she gets up is have a cup of Before You Speak's Glow collagen coffee.
An hour later she has breakfast which is usually egg white omelette on sandwich thins with feta cheese and butter or creamy protein oats which contains 350 calories.
Lauren recommends people have a lower calorie breakfast so they can eat more of the food they like later in the day.
Having a lower calorie breakfast is always a good idea
Lauren Simpson
She says: "It's about reducing calories when I want to, making smart food swaps but obviously then I will have other food throughout the day if I want to save up my calories a bit.
"Having a lower calorie breakfast is always a good idea."
Then, before heading to her workout, Lauren enjoys a passionfruit-flavoured pre workout drink called Oxyshred, a punnet of blueberries and a Quest protein bar.
She said: "I usually have a protein bar every day just for convenience and getting my protein in and I do like to have it pre-workout."
These prepare her to work hard during her session, which is a combination of weights and resistance work.
Following her gym session, Lauren has a lunch of three rice paper rolls - one with a tuna filling and two with chicken teriyaki - before heading home and enjoying a decaf coffee and an apple.
While working on her laptop the social media star turns to a packet of Cobs Pop'd Chips for reprieve or snacks on cooked beef mince.
Lauren's rice paper role recipe
Lauren has shared her chicken satay rice paper roll recipe on her Instagram page...
INGREDIENTS 🥑🥬🧀🍗🥗
- Mint
- Chicken breast (could use tuna, beef, tofu etc!)
- Cucumber
- Carrots
- Shredded lettuce
- Beetroot
- Avocado
- Rice paper
- Hoisin
- Sugar Free Sweet Chili
- Natural Peanut Butter
- Sauce
INSTRUCTIONS
⚡️Rice paper roles
- Chop up your chosen rice paper roll ingredients into fine slices.
- Soak your rice paper in warm / hot water as per instructions on packet (around 15 seconds) rotating with your hands in water.
- Place softened paper on plate and then top with ingredients.
- Fold rice paper roll up.
- Serve with sauce!
- Enjoy!
⚡️Sauce
- Add natural peanut butter + hoisin + sweet chilli sauce in saucepan for a couple of minutes on low heat, stir until the mixture is runny.
- Leave to cool and then serve with rice paper rolls!
Lauren admits that she does eat out regularly - and urges her followers not to deprive themselves.
"Food is food. All food has calories. Some higher some lower. Some more nutrient dense than others," she said.
"You don’t have to completely deprive yourself to get results.
"Your progress isn’t dictated by that one meal you have....it’s how you approach the 90 per cent of your other meals during the week."
Ordinarily, if Lauren isn't eating out for dinner, she would opt for a stir fry complete with protein and plenty of vegetables.
After heading home she reached for a Twisted Mini frozen yoghurt pot or Halo Top ice-cream to satisfy her sweet tooth as dessert.
Despite Lauren's diet tips, she emphasises on her Instagram page that getting in shape has taken her years of hard work.
She said: "This has taken me years of hard work.
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"My body today is a result of years of efforts in the gym lifting weights, eating to fuel my body and most of all consistency.
"I’ve trialled many different methods when it comes to training and nutrition and learned so much since I first started out.
"Now I’m grateful to be in a position to share my knowledge with thousands and thousands of my girls all around the world to get the best results for themselves too."