About Me, Your Trainer
I’m 35, have 3 beautiful children, Chloe 9, Sharni 7, Tyler 3 and I love all things health and fitness, however…. It wasn’t always this way, only a few years ago I weighed 96kgs. I’m only 163cm tall so that was a lot of weight on my little frame. I was a smoker for 20 years and was extremely unhappy and unhealthy. I was diagnosed with Inappropriate Tachycardia (High heart rate).
I tried numerous times to “lose weight” but was unsuccessful, I would always seem to have something that got in the way of my efforts whether that be my health, my children demanding of all my time or purely just getting worn out and becoming “lazy” once again.
I tried a few different fat loss shakes and all the typical diets that I thought were working for other people so it had to work for me too right?! Wrong. I felt like I had made myself even fatter and more unhealthy, I kept going back for more checks on my heart as the numbers kept getting higher & higher, I would stand in front of the mirror, grab my belly fat, shake it around in disgust & then pull it out of the way so I could imagine myself without that giant mess that was once my stomach.
I hated it. I hated myself. I stopped wearing make up, stopped doing my hair and wore plain stretchy black leggings with a baggy shirt because what was the point? I was ugly and fat anyway, slapping on some make up wasn’t going to change it….
These were my thoughts every day.
There came a point, which I cant quite put my finger on, but I snapped, I had enough, I had to take control, I didn’t want to live like that anymore. “This cant be it, this cant be my life until I die” I thought to myself. So, I took control and I’m so glad I did because my gosh I’m soooooo darn happy now, I read somewhere on google (as you do haha) that we need to keep it simple and consistent, so I did, I looked at my whole life and thought I need to become completely different for this to work so I planned it all out from how I was going to manage my food, my exercise, sleep, mindset and other health plans (like quitting smoking) to get myself on track to be all round healthy!
Since then I have read thousands of articles and books and listened to a tonne of Podcasts all about health & fitness. I love it, I love how being fit & healthy makes you feel, not only your body but your mind as well. I feel so empowered, so in control, I get excited about exercising, I get excited when I lay out my exercise clothes the night before (legit my old self would have laughed her fat ass off at that comment). Most of all, I love how happy I feel when I think about my life and myself, I don’t hate what I see in the mirror anymore. I had further checks on my heart and have been cleared of my earlier diagnosis. I feel like I will live a long, happy and healthy life.
I went through some upsetting family events in 2018/2019 that made me look at what I was doing in life & if I felt like I had a purpose….. I wanted so badly to inspire people to get their health on track and thought, after being a Tax Accountant for 15 years, “Yep, I’m going to be crazy and jump career paths in my 30s” Haha! I became a Fully Qualified Personal Trainer in 2020. I haven’t looked back, I know I’m on the right path because it makes me happy.
We only have one life, so make sure you have a happy one and follow your dreams!
