Yes this was me... At the age of 20 after giving birth to my son I emotionally ate my way up to a staggering 19 stone and size 24. I wasn't happy I had a new born baby and an abusive, cheating boyfriend for support, food was a way of comfort but the weight gain only caused me more pain it was a constant battle.

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I remember looking in the mirror one day hating myself and thinking I hate looking like this, it was at that point a little voice in my head replied "Well if you are unhappy, DO something about it!" It was that moment there that I made a commitment to myself, I told myself when I wake up I'm going to change. I woke up the next day with that same strength and started becoming active, I read tons of articles on healthy food options and with the combination of exercise and nutrition I started seeing results. I started feeling amazing and with people commenting it just drove my determination further. 

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I finally managed to get to 15 stone when I hit a wall nothing I was doing was helping anymore the weight loss had stopped. It was at this point I became desperate I tried everything, drinking nothing but red bull (that lasted 3 days) had heart palpitations and of course couldn't sleep. I went on a fruit detox where I just ate fruit all day, I was hungry as ever so gave that up after 2 days, this lead on to raspberry ketones, fat burners, colon cleansers, aloe vera, metabolism boosters the list went on. Then I found something that worked, I cut my calories down to 1,000 and made sure I burnt out 1,000  calories everyday meaning I was training twice a day, I became addicted. At this point I was happy the weight was dropping like crazy I finally managed to get down to 12 stone. At 12 stone and my BMI average being 10 stone and a half I knew I still had more to go, so I kept going. It was at this point that my body couldn't take much more, I ran out to the shop on a hot summers day and skipped lunch. As I was walking I started to feel really dizzy, I knew I needed sugar so went into the nearest corner shop took to steps inside and at that point I collapsed. This was the build up of my desperation of an unrealistic BMI number and my body running on empty for so long, my body gave up. 

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After this happening to me I went to college and studied hard on the human body and nutrition, it then made sense to me why I stopped losing weight, why certain things I tried didn't work but most importantly I was able to educate myself on the right way and safe way to lose weight. All I was thinking at this point is that if I've gone through this desperation of wanting to lose weight, how many others are putting themselves at risk when actually they don't have to. 

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2013 I finally found my passion I had to help women not make the same mistakes I did, not obsess over BMI, hardly eat or take any type of pill, shake or food supplement that promotes weight loss I needed to educate, inspire and support as many women out there and show them that anything is achievable if they put there mind to it. Its at this point I dedicated my time to become a fully qualified Personal Trainer.

 

My job is not a job, it's a passion! To meet such amazing people and see them transform their body, confidence and whole life before my eyes is a bigger reward than any ££ can bring. My clients are my only priority because I know the mental struggles that are involved, the lack of self confidence to try certain workouts in front of people, because of being worried what they are thinking. My career is all about finding that hidden self inside people and bringing them out, when I see my clients smiling at the end of their journey, I know that I chose the right career!!