Stats Before After Height 172cm 172cm Calves 34cm 34cm Weight 62.2kg 54kg Arms 27cm 26cm Chest 89.5cm 87cm Waist 74.5cm 64cm Thighs 60cm 53cm Hips 99cm 88cm

My motivation for the 12-Week Bodyblitz Challenge began when I could no longer fit into any of the clothes in my wardrobe and I started wearing extra long T-shirts and jackets to hide the fact that I couldn’t fasten my jeans!

When I was a bridesmaid earlier in the year, I knew I had put on a little bit of weight, but after looking through her wedding album I was really disappointed in how I looked. I joined Ideal Bodies Online who provided me with a healthy eating and workout plan. The workouts were really interesting and challenging, which was great because I get bored easily at the gym!

When I initially started with the eating plan I really struggled. I hadn’t realised just how unhealthy I’d become. There was little to no nutritional foods in my diet and I would generally not eat my first meal until 2pm, even though I started work at 5am. I also had to give up my daily glass or two of wine in the evening (except for on my free-meal days).

Earlier I would have binged on foods that where high in salt and fat and although hard at first, this had the unexpected benefit of me finally kicking my smoking habit (which I had been trying to do for the last several years).

Having a goal to lose weight ended up being a goal of being as healthy as I possibly could and now I no longer crave alcohol at all!

I work on a mine site and have to share a gym with very few women and several hundred men, which can be intimidating at times. So I would often get up at 3.30am to use the gym when no one else was there or workout to DVDs in my room.

It’s really nice to feel confident in my clothes again and its nice getting compliments from my friends – not just on how I look, but for being a happier, healthier person. 12 weeks is definitely long enough to develop healthy habits and my new lifestyle is a simple part of my everyday life.