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Shayla Lawson | Online Trainer & Nutrition Coach

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✨ I help busy women prioritize their health and fitness goals without feeling guilty.
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Hey, I’m Shayla 🙋🏾‍♀️

Coach. Wife. Mom. Jesus lover. The woman behind Body Like Yours.

I help busy women and moms build strength, simplify nutrition, and stay consistent — without feeling like their whole life has to revolve around it.

Because I know what it feels like to try to do everything “right” and still feel stuck. Starting over every Monday. Feeling like you have to be all-in or you’ve already failed. Following plans that just don’t fit your real life.

And here’s the truth 👇🏾

It’s not that you’re inconsistent. It’s that what you’ve been trying isn’t sustainable.

So inside Body Like Yours, we do things differently 💜
✨ Strength training with real structure
✨ Nutrition that actually makes sense for your life
✨ Habits you can stick to — even on your busiest days

No extremes. No all-or-nothing. No starting over.
Just a better way to do this. If you’re here, you’re in the right place 🙏🏾

#bodylikeyours #consistencymatters #strengthcoach #womenwholiftheavy #busywomen by @bodylikeyours

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6 months ago

If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent, it’s probably not because you’re lazy or unmotivated.

It’s because your plan doesn’t match your life. Here’s what actually works 👇🏾

Inside Body Like Yours, we focus on 3 things:

✨ Structure (your workouts)
No more guessing what to do in the gym. You follow a progressive strength plan that builds over time so you actually see results.

✨ Simplicity (your nutrition)
No extremes. No cutting out everything you love. Just a clear, realistic way to eat that supports your goals and fits your lifestyle.

✨ Consistency (your habits)
Not perfection. Not all-or-nothing. Learning how to show up on busy days, low-energy days, and everything in between. Because results don’t come from doing everything perfectly…They come from doing the basics consistently.

This is how my clients:
✔️ Get stronger
✔️ Build muscle and lose body fat
✔️ Stop starting over every single week

And actually keep their results, FOR GOOD.

If you’ve tried everything and still feel stuck, we just need to simplify your approach 💜
✨ Follow along for fitness + nutrition tips for your real life
✨ Or if you’re ready to level up, apply for coaching through the link in my bio

#consistencymatters #strengthcoaching #womenwholiftheavy #bodylikeyours #nutritioncoach by @bodylikeyours

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Believe it or not, there's less than 8 weeks in between these two photos. This was in 2021....How did I do it? Well it wasn't cutting carbs, doing an hour of cardio or any kind of detox. It was simply being consistent with the basics.

What are the basics of fat loss?
✨Well balanced nutrition 🥗🥙🥯🥩🧁
✨Heavy Weightlifting 🏋️🏾‍♀️
✨Drinking plenty of water 🚰
✨Getting enough sleep 🛌
✨ Moving my body daily 👣💃🏾

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#duespaid by @bodylikeyours

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4 years ago

It was never about finishing. Never a 12 week thing or a summer thing. It’s how I show up for myself, my family, my life, long term. So I actually have the strength and energy for everything else I actually care about.

If you’ve ever gotten this question, you know exactly what I mean.

Tell me the version of this question you’ve gotten bc I know I’m not alone here. 😅

#strengthcoach #consistencymatters #busywomen #womenwholiftweights #progressnotperfection by @bodylikeyours

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2 months ago

A program that doesn’t include your real life is just a pretty pdf. As a coach, I build my program around yours. I don’t build a program until I know these five things. And we revisit these things often to make sure your program continues to fit into your life, not the other way around.

A training program that looks perfect on paper but you’re never able to stick to is never going to work long-term. I’d rather get to the nitty gritty in the beginning than watch you fall off by week three.

If you’re tired of workout programs that don’t account for the life you live, this is exactly why I do it differently.

Tell me in the comments, which one of these questions would’ve been a game changer for you in a previous program? 😃

#strengthandconditioningcoach #consistencymatters #womenstrengthtraining #blackwomenwholift #trainingforlife by @bodylikeyours

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2 months ago

I see you lady. 👀 It’s easier said than done, but taking care of yourself can’t keep getting pushed to the back burner. The way you talk to yourself matters. Fueling your body well matters. Lifting heavy weights matters. Thanking God for a body that moves matters. Not being so restrictive matters. Living the life you dream of doesn’t start with perfect nutrition or a brutal workout. It starts with the little things. The simple things. The basics, that you do one time. And then repeat. 🔁

Try one thing today and see what shifts.

Save this as your reminder. Tag someone who needs to hear it. ✨

#consistencywins #strengthandgrace #womenscoach #blackwomenwholift #bodylikeyours by @bodylikeyours

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2 months ago

If I wanted to learn how to build consistency with my fitness, here’s what I’d do:

💜 Start where you are with your time. If you jump out trying to do 5 days a week when you can only realistically fit 3 days in, you’re going to set yourself up for frustration and to feel like you’re failing. Hitting 2 days/week consistently for a four months will get you further than trying to hit 4 days and only lasting 3 weeks. ✅

💜 Start where you are with your ability. If you’re still expecting to be able to run 3 miles in under 30 minutes and you haven’t run in 6 years, you gotta put that pride down and be willing to build again. 💪🏾 It’s ok to grab the 10lb weights instead of the 25s. It’s ok if the bar feels heavy when you used to squat 225. You’ll get your strength and endurance back but it may require re-establishing your foundation again.

💜 Start with the basics. I can’t stress enough how you don’t need a fancy program with tons of variations and a million and one different exercises. Repeating a progressive hinge, squat, push, pull, & carry focused workout, 2-3x/week to failure, will take you so much further than thinking you need to feel like you’re going puke or collapse everyone you exercise, ever will. 🤢🫠

If you read all of that and still feel like you have no idea where to start, comment or DM me “BASICS” and let’s chat about how I can help! 🙋🏾‍♀️💪🏾

#bodylikeyours #smallstepsbigresults #consistencymatters #busywomenfitness #busywomen by @bodylikeyours

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5 months ago

Every time you say “I’ll start Monday,” it feels harmless.

But what you’re actually doing is reinforcing a pattern:
👉🏾 today doesn’t count
👉🏾 so I’ll try again later
👉🏾 and later keeps getting pushed back

That’s how the start/stop cycle keeps repeating.

Here’s what actually breaks it:

✨ Start small
Do less… but do it more often.
That’s how things actually stick.

✨ Don’t catastrophize
If you messed up a meal, don’t throw away the whole day.
Just get back on track the next time you eat.

If you messed up a day, don’t throw away the whole week.
Just get back on track the next day.

✨ Make it measurable
You’re not “off track.”
You just need proof that you’re getting 1% better.

Because consistency isn’t about perfect weeks…
It’s about continuing, even when it’s not perfect.

👇🏾 What’s ONE small, measurable thing you can do TODAY? by @bodylikeyours

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6 months ago

Same weight. Completely different body. 💪

8 weeks apart. Less than 1 lb difference on the scale.

This is what happens when you stop chasing a number and start chasing strength.

She did ballet for years. Pilates. Yoga. Beach Body. Checked every box — but something was missing.

Then she picked up something heavy and never looked back. 🏋🏾‍♀️🔥

This is only 8 weeks of showing up, lifting hard, and trusting the process and her focus coming in has never been weightloss. The results come much easier when we’re not hyper-fixating on our relation to the earth’s gravitational pull on us.

Can’t wait to show you what’s next. 🤩

#bodyrecomposition #consistencymatters #womenwholiftheavy #strengthjourney #bodylikeyours by @bodylikeyours

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6 months ago

You’re not inconsistent.

You’ve just been trying to follow routines that fall apart the second real life shows up.

And every time that happens…
you blame yourself instead of the system.

So you restart.

But what if the goal wasn’t to start over…
but to build something you could actually stay in?

I’m working on something for this exact problem.

If you want to know more as I build it…
drop a 👀 below or stay close.

#consistencyoverperfection #consistencymatters
#fitmoms #bodylikeyours by @bodylikeyours

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7 months ago

✨ She didn’t just change her body.
She changed the way she sees herself.

When Karina first joined Body Like Yours, she told me she was ready to break a cycle she had been stuck in for years.

She was eating whatever she wanted whenever she wanted.
Barely moving her body.
Constantly exhausted.

Even walking up the stairs left her out of breath.

And like many women, she thought the goal was simple:

“I just want to be skinny.”

But inside Body Like Yours, something shifted.

Instead of chasing quick fixes, we focused on small daily habits.

Learning how to fuel her body.
Building strength.
Creating consistency she could sustain.

Over time, her goal changed.

Not “I want to be skinny.”

But…

✨ “I want to be strong.”
✨ “I want to feel healthy.”
✨ “I want to trust my body.”

Today she has:

💜 more stamina
💜 more mobility
💜 more strength
💜 more confidence in her body

She can now walk up multiple flights of stairs without breaking a sweat.

But the biggest transformation?

She told me:

“My body doesn’t feel so foreign anymore.”

And that right there is what happens when you stop chasing quick fixes and start building habits that actually last.

Because consistency isn’t perfect.

It’s simply showing up again and again.

And those small steps?
They change everything.

✨ If this story resonated with you, send me a message that says THRIVE and let’s talk about what your next season could look like.

#smallstepsbigresults #consistencymatters #womenarestrong #trusttheprocess #bodylikeyours by @bodylikeyours

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7 months ago

And it’s always the things that if I made her a plate full of her own… 🙅🏾‍♀️absolutely not, nope, not eating it 🫠🙃😂

#fitmomlife #toddlermommy #momoflittles #womenscoach #bodylikeyours by @bodylikeyours

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