I’m someone who has always struggled with my weight for one simple reason – I. Love. Food. Apparently I’ve always been like that (my family like to joke that I used to cry because the milk wouldn’t come out the bottle fast enough).
I. LOVE. FOOD.
I’ve also always been a big gamer and spent the best part of 2018 working in a call centre, so an unhealthy lifestyle over a number of years is of course going to lead to putting on some extra pounds.
Over the years I’ve tried to do things myself to counteract this – and I’ve bought so much fitness equipment that I could open my own gym – but with no knowledge of how to actually do anything properly these spurts have always just lasted a couple of weeks before fizzling out.
HAVEN’T LOOKED BACK
In November 2018 I decided it was time to make a change. I knew that I would need a personal trainer to start off with to give me the knowledge to succeed, and so after joining PureGym I emailed a couple of personal trainers to see which one I thought I’d fit best with – I met Scott for a consultation a couple of days later and haven’t looked back. I’m so much stronger than I’ve ever been and have consistently lost weight every week (even over Christmas!).
The big thing for me though was the diet and how Scott managed to completely change the way I see food. I was never going to be the ‘chicken, rice and broccoli’ type, and since I didn’t have any defined timescale in order to lose weight that meant we could be a bit more flexible with things – I could still have a slice of cake every so often, but that I just had to make sure to balance it out with healthier choices for other meals. While it’s something that seems relatively simple, in practice it’s so much easier knowing Scott is there holding me accountable.
CONFIDENT IN MYSELF
If, like me a year ago, you’re making excuses, or perhaps you want to start and just don’t know where to start, take the plunge. He definitely knows what he’s talking about and has always been able to answer my questions (and trust me, there are a lot). I’m so much more confident in myself and that can only continue to grow as I keep losing weight and toning up.
Overall, I couldn’t recommend Scott enough, I mean if he can get me of all people to start looking forward to my workouts then he can help anyone
