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The goal is not to lose weight as fast as possible. The goal is to lose body fat in a way that supports your muscle mass...
09/17/2026

The goal is not to lose weight as fast as possible. The goal is to lose body fat in a way that supports your muscle mass, metabolism, health, and ability to maintain your results long term.

If you are currently in a fat loss phase, or thinking about starting one, be sure to SAVE and SHARE this post as a reminder that if you keep keeping on, it will HAPPEN. And if you are smart about the strategy, the success that will follow will ACTUALLY STICK AROUND this time.

If you need support or have questions, shoot me a DM to talk story!

09/15/2026

My athlete Helen Bailey wrote in this week’s check-in that she had started weighing herself daily.

And that those daily weigh-ins were making her mad.

So I asked her:

"Why did you decide to self-coach and start daily weigh-ins when our work together includes one weekly weigh-in?”

Because THIS is the part of fat loss we don’t talk about enough.

Helen’s clothes are fitting looser.

Her waist measurement is coming down.

Her photos are changing.

She is following the plan.

But one higher number on the scale can somehow make all of that evidence disappear in two seconds.

Sound familiar?

You can wake up feeling leaner.

Put on jeans that suddenly fit better.

See definition you didn’t see a month ago.

Feel incredible about your progress…

…and then step on the scale.

Up 2 or 3 pounds.

Suddenly:

“What am I doing wrong?”

“Do I need to eat less?”

“Should I add cardio?”

“Why isn’t this working?”

Nothing changed between the moment you felt amazing in your clothes and the moment you saw that number.

**Except the story you told yourself about it.** 🤙🏾💪🏾

That’s why I don’t coach from one weigh-in.

And I definitely don’t want my athletes changing the plan because of one.

Your body weight can move because of water, digestion, sodium, carbohydrates, training inflammation, stress, sleep and a dozen other things that have absolutely nothing to do with gaining 3 pounds of body fat overnight.

The scale is one piece of data.

It is NOT the final judge of whether your body is changing.

And sometimes having a coach isn’t about knowing what macros to eat or what exercises to do.

It’s having someone stop you from blowing up a plan that is already working because Tuesday morning made you mad. 😂

Collect the data.

Look at the trend.

Follow the plan.

Stop letting one number erase all the other evidence.

And if you hired a coach?

Let them coach.

❤️

**CHECK-IN: 9 WEEKS + 6 DAYS OUT. 🔥**The countdown to the **Shawn Ray Classic — November 21 at Hilton Hawaiian Village**...
09/13/2026

**CHECK-IN: 9 WEEKS + 6 DAYS OUT. 🔥**

The countdown to the **Shawn Ray Classic — November 21 at Hilton Hawaiian Village** is officially getting real.

These are today’s check-in photos.

No perfect lighting.
No stage tan.
No filters.
Just the physique I’m bringing into another week of work.

And here’s the part I want the woman looking at these photos to understand:

This body wasn’t built during prep.

Prep is revealing what I spent YEARS building.

The shoulders.
The glutes.
The shape.
The muscle.

That’s why I will keep saying it:

If the body you want has more shape, dieting harder isn’t always the answer.

Sometimes you have to stop trying to become smaller long enough to BUILD something underneath.

Right now my job is simple:
Keep the muscle.
Keep executing.
Keep posing.
Keep showing up.
Let the weeks do their job.

📍 **Shawn Ray Classic**
📅 **November 21**
🏝️ **Hilton Hawaiian Village**

One check-in at a time. 🔥

And to my women 40+ watching this thinking, *“I want that kind of shape…”*

Start building now.

Not 30 days before vacation.
Not when you finally lose the weight.
**Now.**

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