Before Coaching

Margaretna had been overweight since she was a kid, and somewhere along the way it stopped feeling like something she could change and started feeling like part of who she was. She was the fat kid. That was just who she was.

She'd tried diets and adding more cardio, and some of it worked for a while, but nothing ever lasted. Then there was her job. She's a pastry chef who loves food and spends her days around it, so after everything she'd tried, she'd pretty much come to the conclusion that someone with her life just couldn't be healthy.

During Coaching

Her job was one of the first things we worked around because it was the main reason she thought this wouldn't work. She still had to taste food at work, and we weren't going to ask her to stop, so we built her nutrition around it. We kept the rest of her meals simple so those tastings had somewhere to fit.

We did the same thing with her training. We set it up in her apartment gym so getting there was easy, even on the days she didn't feel like training. And because she was eating out with friends once or twice a week, we worked that into things too. She learned how to manage those meals without avoiding them or feeling like she'd ruined her progress.

After Coaching

Margaretna has lost 17kg, but the biggest change is that she doesn't think of herself as the fat kid anymore.

She understands food now, which for someone who works around it every day matters more than following a meal plan. Tastings at work, dinners out with friends, meals at home. She knows how to manage all of it without feeling like any one of those things is going to throw her off.

She trains, she's more active, and none of it feels like something she has to constantly force herself to keep doing. Her job hasn't changed. Her love of food hasn't changed. Her social life hasn't changed.

She just knows now that none of those things were ever stopping her from being healthy.

Before Coaching

Damian had spent years in a job that kept him sitting at a desk most of the day. He knew it wasn't good for him, and he'd been telling himself for a long time that he was going to do something about it.

It was always going to start on Monday. Some Mondays it actually did. He'd eat better for a week or two, get himself to the gym a few times, and then something would come up and it would slowly stop. Then it was next Monday again.

After enough of those attempts, it stopped feeling like something he was doing wrong and started feeling like something was wrong with him. He knew what he wanted to change. He just couldn't seem to stick with it long enough to actually get there.

During Coaching

The first thing we did was make everything simpler. We gave him a basic nutrition structure and a handful of meals he could prep through the week, so he wasn't constantly having to decide what to eat or how much of it.

We set up his strength training in his apartment gym too. It was close, convenient, and made it easier for training to become something he just did as part of his week.

The last piece was getting him moving more outside of the gym. His job still meant sitting for most of the day, so we built in walks in the morning and evening and got him taking regular breaks instead of spending eight straight hours in a chair.

None of it was complicated. The goal was to make everything simple enough that he could actually keep doing it.

After Coaching

Damian has lost 22kg, and the biggest difference is that he's not constantly trying to start anymore.

The meal prep, the training and the walking are just normal parts of his week now. He doesn't have to wait for Monday or rely on a burst of motivation to get himself going.

He's also a lot more confident, and not just because of how he looks. Sticking with something for this long showed him something about himself that he hadn't really seen before.

Since then, he's resigned from banking to stream full time. It's a much bigger decision than anything to do with losing weight, but he had the confidence to make it because he'd finally seen what he was capable of when he actually committed to something.

Before Coaching

Rohini had already been training for about a year before she found us. She was showing up and putting in the work, but she wasn't really seeing the results from it.

Part of the problem was that every answer she found online seemed to contradict the last one. One person would tell her to eat one way, someone else would say the opposite, and she had no idea who was actually right. So even though she was putting in the effort, she was constantly questioning whether she was doing the right things.

She also had a husband and two kids, and dinner was something they ate together every night. She couldn't see how eating for her own goals was going to work without having to cook a completely separate meal for herself.

During Coaching

We started with her food because that was the part she was most confused about. Instead of taking her away from family dinners, we taught her how to eat the same meals as everyone else and manage them through her portions. Then we added some more structure to the meals she ate on her own during the day.

Once she understood her nutrition and stopped second-guessing everything she was eating, we worked on her training. She was already putting in the effort, so we refined her technique and gave more structure to what she was doing so that effort was actually going somewhere.

The other big thing was teaching her how to adjust when life changed. Work trips, school holidays, weekends away. Instead of feeling like she couldn't follow the plan that week, she learned how to change it around what was happening and keep going.

After Coaching

Rohini has lost 10kg, and she's doing things physically that she never thought she'd be doing. She's done her first pull-up, her first push-up and a handstand, and she's now training towards her first bodybuilding show.

But she also doesn't second-guess everything anymore. She understands what to eat, she knows what she's doing in the gym, and when something changes in her week, she knows how to adjust without feeling like she's fallen off.

She still eats dinner with her husband and kids. She still travels for work and has weekends away. None of those things had to disappear for her to get results.

Training and eating well have stopped feeling like things she's constantly trying to fit into her life. They're just part of how she lives now.

Before Coaching

David had a social life that revolved around food and drinks. Weekends out, nights with his mates, and a fair bit of drinking around all of it. He enjoyed that part of his life, which was also why nothing had really changed for a long time.

Eventually, though, he got to a point where he wanted to be in better shape. Not just for himself, but for his family too. He had a wife and kids, and he wanted to be a healthier and fitter version of himself for them.

The problem was that he didn't know how to get there without giving up the life he actually enjoyed. He didn't want getting into shape to mean saying no to dinners, drinks, weekends out or time with his family.

During Coaching

We started by giving his weekdays some structure. He had a nutrition plan that worked around his workdays, so he knew what he was eating and how much without having to constantly think about it.

Family dinners stayed exactly as they were. We just taught him how to manage his portions. The same went for his weekends. Taking the kids out, getting ice cream on the way home, going out with friends. We worked those things into his week rather than asking him to stop doing them.

For training, he already had a barbell and dumbbells at home, so that's where he trained. And when it came to drinking and eating socially, we taught him how to manage those nights without feeling like one weekend had undone everything he'd done during the week.

After Coaching

David came in wanting to lose 10kg. He's lost 15kg.

He knows how to manage his food, he knows how to train properly, and both are just normal parts of his week now. He can go out with his mates, have dinner with his family and enjoy weekends with his kids without feeling like those things are getting in the way of his goals.

He's more confident in himself, but the part that matters most to him is what it's changed at home. He feels like he's a better husband and a better father, and he's become the healthier and fitter version of himself that he wanted his family to have.

The weekends with his kids haven't gone anywhere. He's just fitter for them now.

Before Coaching

Natalie had pretty much come to the conclusion that menopause made weight loss impossible. Her clothes weren't fitting, the weight around her stomach and arms wouldn't move, and she felt like nothing she did was working.

And she was doing plenty. She was doing multiple HIIT classes a week because she thought more exercise had to be the answer. At the same time, she was eating less and less because she thought that would help too.

She'd even stopped drinking wine because she was convinced one glass would undo everything. She'd started turning down nights out with her girlfriends, partly because of the food and partly because she didn't feel comfortable being seen.

After trying so much without getting anywhere, she'd started to believe that this was just what happened with age and menopause, and there wasn't much she could do about it.

During Coaching

The first thing we worked on was her food. She'd spent so long thinking she needed to eat less, so we actually got her eating more consistently with three proper meals a day.

Then we changed the way she was training. We took out the multiple HIIT classes and moved her towards strength training so she could build muscle, get stronger and look after her joints as she got older.

We also wanted her to stop feeling like getting results meant having to avoid the things she enjoyed. So the wine came back. Meals out came back. Nights with her friends came back. We taught her how to fit those things into her week without feeling guilty or worrying that she'd undone all her progress.

After Coaching

Natalie has lost 10kg, and she no longer feels like her age or menopause decides what she's capable of.

She understands how to eat now and she knows how to train in a way that actually supports what she wants from her body. She's not doing hours of cardio or constantly trying to eat less because she thinks that's what it takes to stay in shape.

She travels, she eats well, she goes out with her friends and family, and she can have a glass of wine without spending the next day worrying that she's ruined something.

More than anything, she feels in control of her health again. Her age hasn't changed. Menopause hasn't changed. What changed was understanding what actually works for her.

Before Coaching

Emmanuel had always been pretty active growing up. He played a lot of tennis, and for most of his life staying in decent shape was something that happened without him having to think too much about it.

Then study got busier, part-time work came on top of that, and his health slowly started getting pushed to the side. He ate whatever was quick, stopped training, and over a few years found himself further and further away from where he used to be.

None of it happened overnight. But by the time he realised how far things had gone, getting back into shape felt like a much bigger task than it used to. With everything else already going on in his life, he kept putting it off because he didn't feel like he had the time to properly start.

During Coaching

We kept things simple from the beginning because whatever we gave him had to work around medical school and his job.

We started with a handful of meals he could actually prep between classes and shifts without spending hours in the kitchen. Once he got comfortable with that, we gave him more options and worked out how his weekends could fit too.

He was still going to the pub with his mates, having a schnitzel and a few drinks, and there was no reason for that to stop. We just taught him how to manage those meals around the rest of his week.

Training was three strength sessions a week. Enough for him to make progress without taking over the little free time he had. We also gave him a daily step target so he was staying active outside of those sessions rather than spending the rest of his day sitting.

After Coaching

Emmanuel has lost 20kg and, in a lot of ways, he feels like he's got the active side of himself back.

The difference now is that staying in shape doesn't depend on having the free time he had when he was younger. He knows how to eat and train around medical school, work, weekends with his mates and everything else going on in his life.

He eats more mindfully, he's active again, and looking after himself doesn't feel like another huge thing he has to somehow fit into his schedule.

Most importantly, he understands why the things he's doing work. He doesn't need someone telling him exactly what to do next. He has the knowledge to keep doing it himself, even as his life and schedule change.

Before Coaching

Shalee had spent years trying to find something that worked for her. She was managing PCOS, endometriosis and PMDD, and a lot of the usual diet and training advice never really accounted for any of it.

She'd tried generic diets and training programs before, but they would often ask more of her body than she could give, especially during the harder weeks. That made staying consistent really difficult.

She'd been to nutritionists, dietitians, specialists and doctors, but still felt like she hadn't found something that was actually built around her and her life.

She wasn't looking for anything extreme. She just wanted something slow and steady that she could actually keep doing.

During Coaching

We started with what Shalee was already doing instead of trying to change everything at once.

Her food changed one meal at a time, and rather than having her weigh and track everything she ate, we taught her how to manage her portions. Eating out with her partner once a week stayed in from the beginning because we wanted her to be able to enjoy those meals without feeling guilty about them.

Her training started at home with bodyweight and functional strength work. We kept it manageable and adjusted things around how she was feeling rather than expecting every week to look the same. As she got stronger and her body was ready for more, we gradually moved her into the gym.

From there, a lot of the coaching was about helping her manage the weeks when life got busier. Work, travel, social events, and the weeks where she wasn't feeling her best. Instead of feeling like she had to stop completely, she learned how to adjust what she was doing and keep moving forward.

After Coaching

Shalee has lost 22kg, and she's much more comfortable and confident in her body.

She has more energy, and plenty of the things she used to struggle with day to day have improved. But she also understands herself and what works for her much better than she did before.

She knows that every week doesn't have to look the same. She can adjust her food and training around how she's feeling, her business, travel, social events and whatever else is happening in her life without feeling like she's gone off track.

For a long time, looking after herself felt like it had to come at the expense of everything else in her life. Now she knows how to make the two work together.

Before Coaching

Joey came to us at a pretty low point. He'd let his health slide for a while, his habits were all over the place, and he wasn't happy with what he saw in the mirror.

What made it harder was that he'd been in shape before. He'd trained for years and knew his way around a gym, so he felt like this was something he should have been able to fix himself.

He'd get a burst of motivation, go hard for a couple of weeks, and then eventually fall back into the same habits. After doing that enough times, he stopped blaming what was going on around him and started blaming himself.

He thought he was the problem. He thought he just didn't have the discipline anymore.

During Coaching

The first thing we realised was that Joey didn't need to try harder. He was already willing to put the effort in. He just needed a better understanding of where that effort should actually go.

With his nutrition, he'd been eating clean and cutting carbs because that's what he thought getting into shape required. So we taught him about calories and macros, brought foods like bread and pasta back in, and got him eating enough to properly fuel his training.

His training was similar. He was going into the gym and working hard, but there wasn't much structure behind what he was doing. We gave him a program where he understood what he was doing and why, and had him track his sessions so he could actually see himself progressing instead of guessing.

He didn't need more effort. He needed more direction.

After Coaching

Joey has lost 8kg and built a body he's genuinely happy to see in the mirror. He also got confident enough to propose to his partner.

But one of the biggest things that's changed is how he looks back at the years where he couldn't seem to get things right.

He knows how to eat now. He knows how to train properly. And he understands that constantly starting and stopping wasn't because he was lazy or didn't have enough discipline.

He was putting in the effort. He just didn't have the right information or structure behind it.

Now he does.

Before Coaching

Monique was working two jobs, most days from morning until night, going straight from one to the other. By the end of the day, there wasn't much time or energy left for herself.

Eating properly and training were things she wanted to do, but she couldn't really see where they were supposed to fit. So they stayed on the list of things she'd eventually get around to, and years went by like that.

She was tired all the time, felt lethargic and bloated, and was usually eating whatever was quickest and easiest. Her schedule had always felt like the reason she couldn't look after herself properly, and for a long time she'd pretty much accepted that.

Eventually, she got to a point where she just didn't want to keep feeling that way.

During Coaching

We started by looking at what her weeks actually looked like and finding where food and training could realistically fit.

We built simple meals around her workdays so she had something she could prepare and eat even when she was going straight from one job to the other. Training was three sessions a week, mostly on the days where she wasn't working both jobs.

The bigger challenge was that her roster was constantly changing. She couldn't follow the exact same routine every week, and in the past, as soon as a week didn't go to plan, she'd feel like there was no point trying at all.

So a lot of what we worked on was teaching her how to adjust. What to do when she had less time, what was worth prioritising, and how to have a lighter week without feeling like she'd fallen off completely.

After Coaching

Monique has lost 14kg, she's more confident in herself, and she's wearing clothes she'd stopped wearing.

She's also playing footy again, something she'd given up because she didn't feel fit enough for it. Now it's just something she does on the weekends again.

But her life hasn't suddenly become less busy. Her roster still changes and there are still weeks where work takes up most of her time. The difference is that she knows what to do when that happens.

She can move her training around, adjust her food and work with the week she has instead of feeling like everything has to go perfectly.

For years, being busy was the reason she felt like she couldn't look after herself. Now she knows how to do it even when life is busy.

Before Coaching

Steven would finish work, come home and play video games until it was time to sleep. That was what most days looked like for a long time.

He wasn't very active, he didn't push himself physically, and the word he used to describe himself was lazy.

He'd had a few attempts at changing things before. He'd eat better for a while, get himself to the gym for a few weeks, but eventually it would fade out and he'd go back to his old routine.

He wasn't looking for anything complicated. He just wanted some structure and to start living a healthier, more active life than the one he'd fallen into.

During Coaching

A lot of what Steven needed was structure, so that's what we focused on first.

We gave his nutrition some shape and taught him how to track his calories so he understood what he was eating and how much, rather than having to guess.

We did the same with his training. Instead of just going to the gym without much direction, he had a proper program built around getting stronger and building muscle, with a clear idea of what he needed to do each session.

Then it was about the daily habits around those things. Getting his steps in, staying active and building a routine he could actually keep following.

None of it was particularly complicated. The biggest change was getting him into the routine of doing it consistently, which was the part he'd always struggled with before.

After Coaching

Steven has lost 14kg and he's in the best shape of his life.

Training and being active are priorities for him now rather than things he keeps telling himself he's going to start. And somewhere along the way, he went from barely pushing himself physically to running marathons.

But I think the biggest change is how differently he sees himself now.

For years, Steven thought he was lazy. Now he sees himself as someone who pushes himself and follows through on the things he sets out to do.

And after the last few years, he has plenty of evidence to prove it.

Before Coaching

Angela was already going to group fitness classes at her local gym before she started with us. She wasn't starting from nothing. She just wanted something that was more specific to her and where she was at in life.

She wanted to eat better and lose a few kilos so there was less weight going through her joints, but losing weight wasn't really the main goal.

What mattered more to her was staying strong and capable as she got older. She wanted stronger joints, more strength and the confidence that she could continue doing the things she enjoyed for as long as possible.

Most importantly, she wanted to stay independent. She didn't want to reach a point where she had to rely on her kids to look after her.

During Coaching

A lot of the work with Angela was clearing up things she'd picked up about food and training over the years.

Carbs went back on her plate, and we taught her how to manage her portions so she could eat the right amount without having to weigh or track everything.

Meals out with her husband stayed. Golf trips with her friends stayed too. Those were important parts of her life, so there was never any reason to take them away just to help her lose weight.

We also changed the way she trained. Instead of following the same group classes as everyone else, her training was built specifically around getting her stronger and keeping her joints strong as she got older.

And one of the first places she started noticing that extra strength was in her golf.

After Coaching

Angela has lost 5kg, but what she's gained physically matters much more to her.

She's stronger, she has more energy, and she can walk around without pain. She's fitter on the golf course, her golf has improved, and her clothes fit the way she wants them to.

More importantly, she feels confident in what she's doing for her health now. She knows how to eat, she knows how to train, and she feels like she's building a body that will continue to support the life she wants to live.

For Angela, that means playing golf, travelling, staying active and being able to look after herself for as long as possible.

That's what she wanted from the beginning. Not just to lose weight, but to stay strong enough to keep living life on her own terms.

Before Coaching

David had spent the last few years putting work ahead of his health.

He wasn't a beginner when it came to training. He'd been going to the gym for most of his life, so he thought getting into shape should have been pretty straightforward. Eat healthier, train more often and give it time.

The problem was that he'd been doing that for a while and wasn't really seeing the results from it.

And when you already know your way around a gym and feel like you're doing the right things, it's frustrating when nothing seems to change. After a while, he started to feel like he should have been able to figure it out himself.

During Coaching

David didn't need to put in more effort. He needed to get more specific with what he was already doing.

We started with his nutrition and taught him about calories and macros so he understood how much he was actually eating. From there, we taught him how to track his food flexibly, which meant he could still eat the foods he enjoyed rather than feeling like he had to cut them out.

His training didn't need more sessions either. We worked on his technique and gave more structure to what he was doing so his sessions were actually helping him build muscle rather than just leaving him tired.

The last piece was his daily movement. His job kept him sitting at a desk for most of the day, so we gave him a daily step target and made sure he was moving enough outside of the gym too.

After Coaching

David has lost 11kg and is in the best shape of his life.

After years of training without really seeing the results he wanted, he finally understands what was missing. He knows how much he needs to eat, how to train properly and what he needs to do outside of the gym to keep himself active.

He also doesn't feel like getting into shape means putting more and more time into it. He wasn't missing effort. He just needed to know where that effort was actually going to make a difference.

Work is still a big part of his life, but his health isn't something that gets pushed behind it anymore. Training, eating well and staying active are just normal parts of his week now.

And most importantly, he understands enough to keep it that way.

Before Coaching

Losing weight had been a struggle for most of Molly's life, but the bigger problem was how she felt around food.

Bread, rice, pasta, anything sweet, basically anything she really enjoyed came with some level of guilt. She'd been to nutritionists and dietitians before and had been given meal plans to follow, but they never really fit her life.

She'd follow one for a while, eventually go off it, and then feel like she'd failed again. After going through that cycle enough times, food started to feel like something she constantly had to be careful around.

It wasn't just about losing weight anymore. She wanted to be able to enjoy food without feeling guilty every time she ate something she thought she shouldn't.

During Coaching

The first thing we worked on was changing the way Molly looked at food.

We wanted her to understand that food didn't have to be either good or bad. So rice, pasta, bread and the foods she'd spent years feeling like she needed to avoid all came back in.

Instead of giving her another strict meal plan to follow, we taught her how to manage her portions so she could eat the foods she enjoyed while still making progress.

We changed the way she trained too. Rather than having everything revolve around burning calories and losing weight, we moved her towards strength training so she could focus on getting stronger and building something as well.

And because her job kept her sitting for most of the day, we gave her a daily step target to keep her moving outside of the gym.

After Coaching

Molly has lost 15kg, but she also has a completely different relationship with food now.

She can eat bread, rice, pasta, sweets and the things she actually enjoys without feeling like she's done something wrong. She understands how much to eat, how those foods fit, and she doesn't spend the rest of the day feeling guilty or trying to make up for it.

She knows she doesn't need to cut carbs, follow a strict meal plan or spend hours doing cardio to stay in shape.

And for the first time in a long time, what she's doing doesn't feel like another diet she's eventually going to come off.

It's just the way she eats and lives now, which is why she knows she can keep doing it.

Before Coaching

Matthew wasn't someone who needed to be told to try harder. He was already eating well, tracking his calories and training in the gym five days a week.

He'd been doing all of that for a while, but the results just weren't matching the amount of effort he was putting in.

He tried training more. He tried eating better. But nothing really seemed to change, and after a while he started running out of ideas.

He knew he was working hard. He just couldn't understand why that work wasn't showing in his results.

During Coaching

The first thing we worked on was his nutrition. Matthew was already tracking his calories, but there wasn't much structure or accuracy behind it. So instead of just logging what he'd eaten at the end of the day, we gave him a clearer plan for how much he needed to eat and what his days should actually look like.

Then we actually reduced his training. He'd been training five days a week because he assumed doing more would get him better results, but he wasn't giving himself enough time to recover.

We worked on his technique, how hard he was actually training and started tracking his sessions properly so he could see whether he was progressing rather than just doing more for the sake of doing more.

We also worked on the way he looked at food. Instead of thinking certain foods were good or bad, he learned how the foods he enjoyed could fit without feeling like he needed to avoid them.

After Coaching

Matthew has lost 14kg, and for the first time in a long time, the effort he's putting in is actually showing.

He understands his nutrition now, he understands what he needs to do in the gym, and he knows that getting better results doesn't always mean eating less or training more.

In fact, he's doing less than he was before. He's just doing the right things more consistently and with a better understanding of why he's doing them.

And that's probably the biggest difference for him. He doesn't feel like he needs to keep searching for the next thing to try anymore.

He knows what works for him, and he knows how to keep doing it himself.

Before Coaching

Doan felt like she was doing all the right things. She was eating healthy, going to the gym a few times a week and genuinely trying to look after herself, but she still didn't feel in control.

She wasn't really sure if what she was doing was actually working, and despite putting in the effort, she wasn't seeing much change in her body. She would go through periods of restricting herself, trying to eat as healthy as possible and training more, but whenever work got busy or social events came up, she didn't really know how to manage them.

It felt like she was constantly trying to be healthy, without ever feeling like she had a lifestyle she could actually rely on.

During Coaching

One of the biggest things we gave Doan was structure.

We simplified her nutrition, training and daily habits so she knew exactly what she needed to focus on without feeling like she had to do everything perfectly. Instead of trying to fit her life around a fitness plan, we built the plan around the life she was already living.

A big part of that was also helping her build a better relationship with food. She still wanted to go out for meals with her friends and family, so rather than telling her to avoid them, we taught her how to work those meals into her calories and still make progress.

Over time, she realised that getting results didn't require her to constantly restrict herself. She could eat out, enjoy herself and get straight back into her normal routine without feeling guilty or like she had ruined everything.

After Coaching

Doan has lost 5kg and completely changed her body composition, but more importantly, she finally feels in control of her lifestyle.

She knows how to eat, how to train and what habits she needs to focus on each day. She can go out with friends and family without feeling guilty about food, and she no longer feels like one meal or one busy week is going to throw everything off.

She's built a healthier relationship with food and with her body, and the lifestyle she has now doesn't feel like something she's waiting to fall off.

She understands what works for her, she has the tools to manage the different situations life throws at her, and she feels confident that she can continue doing this herself for the long term.

Before Coaching

Derek had been trying to lose weight for years. He'd tried restrictive diets, cutting carbs, supplements and fat loss shakes. Each time he'd lose a few kilos, eventually put them back on, and then start the whole process again.

After going through that cycle enough times, it started affecting more than just his weight.

He'd stopped wearing the clothes he wanted to wear and started pulling back from social things because he didn't feel comfortable in himself.

It was affecting his dancing too. Dancing was something he loved and did for a living, but it was getting harder as he became less comfortable and confident in his body.

He'd spent years trying to lose weight. He just hadn't found a way of doing it that he could actually keep up.

During Coaching

A lot of the early work was helping Derek unlearn what years of dieting had taught him.

He'd spent a long time thinking certain foods were good and others were bad, so we started bringing back the foods he'd been avoiding and taught him how to track his calories and manage his portions instead.

Derek loves food and enjoys eating out, so we built that into things from the beginning rather than asking him to give it up.

His training was focused on getting stronger and building muscle while still supporting his dancing. And because he also spent a lot of time sitting for work, we got him a walking pad so he could stay active throughout the day without having to find extra time for it.

The goal wasn't to give him another diet he could follow for a few months. It was to teach him how to eat and train in a way he could actually see himself continuing.

After Coaching

Derek has lost 20kg, and he's comfortable and confident in his body again.

He's wearing the clothes he wants to wear, he has more energy, and dancing feels like something his fitness supports now rather than something his body is holding him back from.

That's carried into other parts of his life too. He's had two promotions at work, he's teaching dance and has started running his own group.

He's even training for his first half marathon, which was never something he originally set out to do. It came from getting fitter and realising he was capable of more than he thought.

Most importantly, the cycle he spent years stuck in has stopped. He's not losing weight just to put it back on and start again.

He understands how to manage his food, his training and his lifestyle well enough to know how to keep the results this time.