Name | Joanne |
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Age: | 30 |
Status: | Engaged |
Occupation: | Teacher |
Location: | Manchester, U.K. |
Height: | 5’5″ |
Starting weight: | 210 lbs |
Current weight: | 140 lbs |
Starting waist size: | 36″ |
Current waist size: | 28″ |

The Lifestyle
Inevitably, I began living the stereotypical student lifestyle, going out drinking 3-4 nights a week, eating lots of takeaway food and at first, I didn’t really notice the weight creeping up. However, after 3 years, I had put on more than 4 stone and it was when I looked back at old photographs from before I started university that I realised just how much I had changed.
I was now around 15 stone and I felt so uncomfortable in my body. I was unfit, my skin was bad, I always had break-outs and I knew I had to do something about it sooner rather than later.

The change
I ate super healthy for a few days—chicken, vegetables—but eventually I crashed and ate everything in sight. I tried to get into a regular routine at the gym, but I quit when I didn’t see any results.
I’d lose a few pounds, then my results would plateau and I’d give up and put every last pound back on again.
Simon showed me a totally new and different approach to my nutrition, whereby I focused not on restricting and basically torturing myself as I had previously been doing, but instead, changing my nutritional habits to allow a much more sustainable approach which would be much easier to stick to long-term.
I began prepping all my lunches for the week on a Sunday, ditched the restrictive fad diets and actually ate a lot more of the foods that I enjoyed. I got back to the gym and began to really enjoy my training routine. I felt myself getting fitter and stronger every week, and before my progression had chance to plateau out, Simon would update my training programme to ensure I continued to progress.
Simon showed me a totally new and different approach.