To her 1.5 million social media followers, Steph Claire Smith is a beacon of well being and health – and her method is refreshingly easy.

Steph Claire Smith has all the time cherished being lively.

“I deal with health targets, not bodily targets, and when I problem myself and beat a private finest, there’s nothing extra empowering,” says the creator, enterprise proprietor and influencer.

The 26-year-old co-founder of on-line well being and health program Maintain It Cleaner varies her exercises, most just lately taking over meditation and yoga.

“I transfer my physique in any means I can, day by day,” says Steph.

“That’s to not say each single day is an intense exercise, typically it’s merely a stroll to the park with my canine Ari or a brief yoga circulate, however I like mixing my routine up.

“Usually talking, I do one to 3 yoga flows per week, one to 2 runs per week, one energy exercise and one HIIT exercise per week.”

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Steph Claire Smith on wholesome consuming

Steph additionally stresses the significance of creating a wholesome relationship with meals.

“It’s necessary to bear in mind you don’t should deprive your self to be wholesome,” she says.

“Eat as many entire meals as you’ll be able to. I feel if you’re going to observe any form of weight-reduction plan, essentially the most sustainable one is the 80:20 weight-reduction plan.”

Steph adopted an identical balanced method forward of her marriage ceremony to long-time associate Josh Miller in November.

“I like staying lively and consuming nicely, however I additionally love cheese, wine and candies,” she says.

“Josh loves me for me, so I didn’t really feel the necessity to change in any means for the marriage.”

“My confidence has by no means been higher than it’s proper now as a result of I don’t base my self- love, appreciation and worth on the way in which I look.”

Steph Claire Smith’s day on a plate

Breakfast 

“Vegemite and avocado on gluten-free toast with a protein smoothie.”

Lunch 

“Gluten-free toast with poached eggs, if I hadn’t already had that for brekkie, or a rooster salad.”

Dinner

“Meat and vegies. To be trustworthy, dinner adjustments on a regular basis. I like cooking dinner, throwing issues collectively and creating new recipes for this system.”

Dessert

“Darkish chocolate and popcorn nearly each night time or frozen fruit and yoghurt.”

Steph Claire Smith on being a job mannequin within the digital age

The Melburnian likes to be clear on social media, reminding her largely younger and impressionable followers that she too has her unhealthy days.

“I get pleasure from sharing the uncooked moments as a result of it’s relatable,” she says. “If one submit about feeling unmotivated, bloated or simply feeling down makes another person on the market really feel much less alone and higher about themselves, then that’s superior.”

Social media is flooded with polished and unrealistic content material, she says: “Let’s encourage ladies to understand their our bodies for what they’ll do, and never what they appear to be.”

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Steph Claire Smith on enterprise success

That trustworthy and actual method has seen Maintain It Cleaner, the net well being and health program Steph co-founded with fellow mannequin and pal Laura Henshaw, flourish.

There are even plans this yr for additional abroad growth.

“Laura and I began the enterprise about 5 years in the past, however again then we didn’t see it as a enterprise, it was only a ardour venture of ours,” Steph says. “We by no means, ever dreamed of it going this nicely.”

And Steph is displaying no indicators of slowing down.

She already has two different companies underneath her belt – sun shades label Soda Shades and swimwear enterprise Midnight Co – and is an envoy for Australian self-tanning model Bondi Sands.

“My self-tanning ideas could be to ensure you have exfoliated and shaved the day previous to making use of your tan,” she says.

“And moisturise so much to maintain your tan going as soon as it has developed.”

Written by Charlotte Brundrett. Pictures by Tina Smigielski.