I was a skinny & acne ridden teenager struggling with anxiety trying to get the confidence to step foot into a gym and lift weights. I really wanted to to put on some muscle so I wouldn't have to worry about going to school and dealing with bullies and the thoughts and feelings in my own head.
I wanted to be able to learn how to change my body so I could start to liking who I was, stand up for myself and finally stopped being a target for bullies.
The thing was I was struggling to understand what I needed to do and how. I was completely confused and lost on what to do.
To make things worse, I felt like there was no hope. It was like know body understood me and I just didn't like who I was anymore.
The turning point was when someone in my class drew a picture of me on the blackboard emphasising my features that I hated and the whole class laughed. It was the final straw for me and I decided I was never going to be picked on again.
I just had to find a way to get my confidence back with myself, my appearance and my body.
Then, as if by chance, something amazing happened...
That's when my cousin (who was a few years older than me) was going to the gym regularly and had arms as big as my legs and he knew all about weight training and how to transform your body!
It was now crystal clear to me if you workout regularly, ate the right food and we're focused you could create your perfect body, for the first time I saw that I was FINALLY going to be able to stand up myself and have a voice.
I also learned that eating loads of pasta wasn't way to transform your body (I thought it was healthy!) You need to understand that balancing your food correctly is the way forward instead.
As a result I saved up my money and went and brought my first set of dumbbells and studied for hours, trawling the internet.
After I did that, I started trying different workouts and meal plans.
Suddenly, I was starting to see some changes in the mirror which was exciting.
That’s when I realised that the secret to get the confidence back with your body was that anyone could do it with some focus and dedication.
And it didn't need loads of time.
My plan was to do 3 short workouts per week (in my mums garden!).
I then started changing my foods and started to test the ratio of carbs, proteins, fats and veg in my diet using quick easy meals.
After that, I made a new friend and we started working out together which was great accountability.
But there was still a problem...
Even though I was working out hard 3 times a week, trying to eat the right foods and working out with my friend my body still wasn't changing as quickly as I'd hoped. It was frustrating and I didn't know what I was doing wrong.
There was something missing.
I felt like giving up.
I ended up getting so frustrated that I decided that I needed to hire a coach to help me. But one problem…I couldn't afford one so I decided to qualify as fitness trainer myself!
It was from my time studying to become a fitness instructor, personal trainer and body transformation specialist that I realised where I was going wrong.
After finally finding the answers for myself and getting the results I had dreamed of (I actually posed half naked in a newspaper!, long story)...a few years later I decided to help others as well.
This is what finally became “The Transformation Tribe”.
I thought if I could create something that would make it possible to transform your body in a small amount of time using some simple tools with other like minded people around you, I’d be really happy and so would other people.
After 16 years doing this and working with hundreds of people (mainly women) I realised there were more women who needed help to lose weight, so I created The Transformation Tribe which is a little PT studio in Sunderland, UK.
Me and my team can now show women how to completely transform their bodies in 90 day or less (with results in the first 14-days) using our simple transformation formula.
As a result of all this we were able to help women in Sunderland finally learn the truth about weight loss and how to keep it off for life. The Tribe has grown very quickly and it has given us the opportunity to help more women.
Why? because the formula works!
After creating The Transformation Tribe, We were not only able to helps hundreds of women transform their bodies without going through all the pain I went through...
I’ve also been able to stop my lack in confidence, anxiety and I finally have a voice people can hear because I'm now confident in who I am.
I’m now able to live my life with a smile across my face and be totally happy on the inside and out.
And I want that for you too.
