I'm Ex-forces with a back ground of running. I do love cardio but this doesn't transform my body in the way I want. After having 4 kids and various lifestyle changes I ended up weighing 232lb. I made a decision one new years that I wanted to feel good again, healthy...it took me 6 months to loose 85lb. I recently went to a family wedding and shed another 7lb. However because I'm quite tall with lean limbs I only got negative comments about the slenderness of my physique. I helped a male friend move home and every time I went for another box I was warned it would be heavy, don't touch that one, like I was incapable? I am one of those people who doesn't like being told I can't and one of my favourite saying's is 'because I can'

I can only truly feel that spark called 'life' once I've pushed my limits..weather it's running that extra minuet or level on the treadmill, bringing it to a circuits class with all the Die-hards or pushing out those extra reps. Even the physical discomfort from a session in the gym gives me a buzz, as I know I'm earning all those changes to my body one day at a time.