Ok like many people out there I have struggled with my body confidence. For me, Since beginning my family 8yrs ago at the tender age of 21 I have battled with my self confidence and unhappiness with my body. I would never have said I was over weight but I just didn’t feel like myself anymore. It’s difficult for men to understand but when you become a mummy it is very easy to loose your identity. For 9 months I carefully carried each of my babies, watched my body grow and go through all these amazing changes. When my perfect wee bundles came into the world life became a whirlwind. Life left little time for me to look after myself. There were so many mornings my husband has seen me stand in front of the mirror and be unhappy at the person I saw staring back. This coupled with post natal depression and anxiety, there were days when I didn’t even recognise myself. This was a battle that continued for 6yrs.
I had my second child 2yrs ago and Lily was born 7 months before I was due to marry.
Determined not to slip back I tried everything, no carbs, green juice diets, cabbage soup diets, 5/2 diets, apple diets, I’ve been wrapped in cling film and left to sweat, I’ve stood on shaky plates, listened to hypnosis tapes, I’ve taken fat melters, metabolism speeders you name it, I’ve tried it – don’t get me wrong I can’t say I didn’t get results, but I didn’t ever get sustainable results, they were quick fixes, gimmicks if you like and they weren’t for me. I wanted a life style change, I wanted to understand nutrition so I could sustain my weight and feel happy and healthy, more importantly – I wanted to feel like myself!
Then I turned 29, and yes I know that is by no means old and most people freak out at the thought of turning 30, but for me, turning 29 was an eye opener, I began my 20’s a happy, self confident, body confident young woman and this was my chance to exit them as I entered 🙂 So I joined the gym – now I don’t know about you, but gyms used to scare the life out of me, I used to find them so intimidating, worrying people were looking at me, was I going to fall off the tread mill, loose balance on the cross trainer?! Nope, none of these things ever happened, although I did once hit myself in the face with a weights bar and guess what …. No one batted an eye lid, no one cares, everyone is there for the same reasons as I was, to improve on the body they were given. So gradually my confidence grew, I learnt how to use the machines and I got on with it. Unfortunately running on a treadmill for hours like a hamster wasn’t giving me the results I wanted so once again I gave up 🙁
Then, along came Glenn 🙂 I am sure everyone reading this blog has seen Glenn, from his physic it is clear he knows what he is doing and I won’t lie, at first I was a little intimidated especially as I am neither very fit or very confident in a gym. After all I am that girl in the pink shorts who hit herself in the face with a weights bar; but from the moment I spoke to Glenn I couldn’t have felt more at ease. Glenn is very friendly, always ready to help and answer my questions (believe me I had loads), but most of all he is confident in his abilities to get results and confident he should be. Over his years of being a personal trainer Glenn has helped many people achieve the results they want to see. His plan is clear and simple, follow the steps, put in the work and see the results.
So this is where it begins, my abs in 8 weeks journey…