Before
I decided I wanted a personal trainer a few months after the birth of my third child to help me lose weight. I’d already been running for thirty minutes nearly every day for a couple of weeks and the baby weight around my middle just wasn’t shifting. So I hit Google and found Craig. I was embarrassed initially but Craig soon made me feel at ease whilst always being professional. The first six weeks were aimed at strengthening my core muscles after childbirth and then we moved on to weights, boxing and kettle bells with Craig providing me with a plan to follow on the days I didn’t see him. In the beginning I just wanted a quick fix to get me back to my 9st 3lb wedding weight. It’s only now that I feel great in a size 10 (without ‘hold in’ pants!) I can look back and appreciate the initial core strengthening programme.
After
It became obvious very soon after meeting Craig he is extremely knowledgeable about health and fitness. At one of our initial meetings we discussed nutrition and it was at this point I disclosed my like for a glass of red wine a few evenings a week with dinner, as I was telling him this I began to wish I hadn’t as I felt sure he was going to tell me to stop. I think he understood that giving this up might have made me lose enthusiasm for the whole thing and so he suggested I make the wine glass smaller. This simple idea worked for me because it meant I could continue enjoy the things I liked whilst not feeling guilty! It’s obvious Craig is able to identify what will or won’t work for his individual clients based on their needs and lifestyle, and had he not been able to do this I don’t think I would have stuck with it and achieved my goal.
Eight months later I am 9st 2lb and have lost 15.5 cm from my abs, 12lbs in weight and 5% body fat! I have beaten my target weight and I feel happy and more confident. I feel sure I could have got there sooner had I been able to give up more of the things I love (eating Twiglets whilst watching a film on a Friday and Saturday night to name one). I know after 3 children my body is never going to be what it was ten years ago, but thanks to Craig its pretty close.
Jodie, 30, Rickmansworth
