Name | Ella |
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Age: | 38 |
Status: | Married |
Occupation: | Exercise Class Instructor |
Location: | Manchester, U.K. |
Height: | 5’6″ |
Starting weight: | 266 lbs |
Current weight: | 164 lbs |
Starting waist size: | 42″ |
Current waist size: | 32″ |

The Lifestyle
I had always been on the chubbier side and my weight hovered in the 220 pounds until I got pregnant. I gained 40 pounds, hoping that some of the weight would come off after I had my daughter, but it didn’t.
I felt so uncomfortable in my body. My feet were swollen all the time and I was so unhappy with what I saw every time I looked in the mirror.

The change
I ate super healthy for a few days—chicken, vegetables—but eventually I crashed and ate everything in sight. I tried to follow workout DVDs at home, and even summoned the courage to go to a few fitness classes at the gym but I quit when I didn’t see any results.
The number on the scale kept creeping up.
Then I met Simon. He explained the things I had been doing wrong, in a way no-one else had before. He showed me a better way and so I began following his exercise and nutritional strategies.
I stopped telling myself I would start eating healthy and work out on Monday.
I began meal prepping on Sundays, ditched the strict rules of Paleo, and went for healthy snacks like celery and hummus. I got back to the gym and did workouts that I used to avoid like the plague through an irrational fear of getting bigger and bulkier. I lifted weights and did intervals on the treadmill. What began as two or three gym sessions a week became five. I even started swimming for extra cardio.