Having battled with my weight all my life I faced the prospect of reaching 40 feeling less than fabulous, so I decided that the best way to help myself was to find a personal trainer. I met Jamie from West London Fitness in November 2010 and haven’t looked back since.

Jamie gave me nutritional advice, insisted on a food diary that he reviewed at our weekly sessions and started me on an exercise program to improve my fitness and tone up my shape. 5 months later I had dropped 2 dress sizes and faced my 40th with renewed self-confidence.

At our initial consultation I was unable to jog for a minute, but thanks to Jamie’s fitness training I went on to complete my first charity 5K run only 7 months later – something I would never have thought possible.

I have had ups and downs along the way but Jamie has continued to motivate me on my weight loss journey. He knows when words of encouragement are needed, but also when to give a dose of tough love. As I said to him not so long ago – a session with you is better than therapy! Highly recommended.