In July Last year I was at a stale part of my life, I wasn't moving forward, I wasn't moving anything. I was exercising hard and not seeing any results. One of my good friends had completed an Ideal Bodies Online program before & was about to start a new Challenge. I didn’t get it, to me she was already beautiful, fit & toned, I saw her through her first program and couldn't understand why she would put herself through what she was doing - not eating the foods she wanted or drinking with us at a BBQ. I was one of those people who had that thought "Why give up things you love, just live that's what we're here for"!

Well something got under my skin, I wanted to learn how to eat properly. I lived on healthy foods, but I also lived on SUGAR and soooo much of it, for energy. I was incredibly moody my self-esteem was so low anytime I felt like crap I would eat SUGAR. I started thinking about doing Ideal Bodies Online, but thought ‘am I wasting my money?’ I thought like this for about 3 weeks, can I do it? What will I get out of it? Then I just thought ‘to hell with it, it won't hurt me’ so I signed up.

The first 6 weeks were strange for me; I was eating the same foods but sooo much more of it and exercising less and with less intensity. I got to the 6 week mark and felt as though nothing had changed. I was upset; I felt so let down and didn’t trust my coach Allyson. I told her I was disappointed, & what she said from that moment on made me change my attitude. Allyson said, "This is not a 12 week challenge Cherie, this is changing habits for a lifetime". From that moment I decided to not make this with an ending but to make it for the rest of my life, and everything changed from then on.

All the pressure was lifted I just did what was asked of me, I wanted to do it, I loved it. My moods changed I was constantly happy, my self-esteem changed & I was proud of my body. My Confidence grew then it was a flow on effect, my relationships changed my body started to change, I was getting complements all round. I completed my 12 weeks not with a feeling of ‘now it's over’ because for me it will never be over, this is me now, this is someone who loves clean food and exercise and who is proud of their body.

Basically, making the decision to join Ideal Bodies Online was not only great physically, but for me, the most rewarding thing was the change attitude that I got for life. Life is amazing and I love living it.