PT Lee's Journey... Back to the future

Hi I'm Lee and this is my weight Loss Journey from then to now!

It starts back in May 2016 when my fat loss journey began………I was browsing through face book and came across a post for Bootcamp at the local gym so registered my interest. This is where I met Matt, who is the host of all knowledge, fitness and nutrition related!

I thought that my diet was healthy I had bought all the latest craze/hyped cook books and you name it I’d try it to get some quick/fast results. However I still couldn’t shape up and lose the weight which was mainly around my middle I was embarrassed to even look at myself. Sound familiar? its not because i'm pitching or preaching to you. Its because it is such a common place way to feel these days and so many males and females feel this way.

This is where the future began for me

It was doing Matt’s bootcamp, and the next one that spurred me on into becoming a qualified personal trainer, I felt motivated by the results that I had achieved with my fat loss journey finally! and at how much stronger I had become that I wanted to help ladies that were in the same situation that I had been…..no self confidence, carrying some weight in places I didn’t want it, wearing baggy clothes and generally feeling uncomfortable. what were these results you may be wondering?

just from attending matts 4 week set intensive bootcamp programs a couple of times and applying his advice and guidance in between; I went from 28.4% body fat and 54kg in body weight to my current leanest to date 16.8% body fat and 49kg in body weight.

So……..in 2016/2017 I enrolled onto Level 2 Fitness instructor course which I completed and then continued onto Level 3 in Personal Training. I was so inspired by the changes i saw in myself and how i felt about myself. I already had a well paid full time stable job, but i had discovered where my passion and interest lies. So not without some fear and doubt i got qualified.

I had a some space at home so turned one of the rooms into a gym and started F8te Fitness, why F8te Fitness? well I felt and believed that it was fate that had led me down this route meeting Matt having great results and wanting to help others do the same……cheesy I know but I felt passionate and excited about health & fitness. I hadn’t felt like this in a while about any project. “Sometimes you just have to wait for fate to make its move”. This was the time in my life that this had happened, so I started posting on social media and my client base started to grow. My clients then started seeing the results that I had. This motivated me even more these results were amazing and I was helping these ladies regain there confidence and start to feel good about themselves - educating them on nutrition and helping them to achieve there goals inside and out.

Fast forward to August 2018

Things get a little bit more serious with the personal training my client base was busy, Matt was looking to open his own training facility opting to specialise and move away from commercial gym chains and approached me with a proposal to work with him. I thought long and hard about it and decided that I had nothing to lose but everything to gain! (fate again?) Sure fear and doubt kicked in a few times but 2 heads are better than one. Acting in spite of fear not giving into it. I had already learnt a lot from the Bootcamps with Matt but there is so much more to learn and find out about - which brings me to here and now!

Hardwork & dedication with motivation and passion will result in me one day making it, i trust myself and the direction ive taken "watch this space!”.