Hi and welcome,

My name is Nicky and I am a product reviewer. Basically I buy products and review them so you can see if the product you’re looking for is the right one for you. I mainly concentrate on fitness products because that’s what I’m interested in. I also want to make sure my readers don’t fall into the trap of buying quick fixes which don’t really work and are dangerous.

My first marathon

Quite a  few years ago I prolapsed a disc, put weight on and was thoroughly fed up. I was told I would never run again, I put on 2.5 stone or 15 kgs for those of you in metric. I was depressed, fed up and to be honest quite angry. I had always been fit and now I felt useless. I lost my self confidence and got caught in the trap of comforting eating and confort smoking………….not a good combination!!

I looked at all the quick fixes like “How To Lose 3 Inches off Your Stomach” or “How To Get Great Abs In a Week”, but soon realised this was not the way forward.

So I reassessed my weight loss goals, looked at what I wanted to achieve and gave myself a realistic time frame to lose weight, tone up and get fitter.  I concentrated on a change of lifestyle and focused on changing my training routines to lose weight, achieve a flat stomach and the figure I wanted. So I began reading health and fitness magazines istead of gossip magazines for tips around healthy eating and weight loss.

I wanted to know how women could lose fat and gain muscle. I wanted to know the best ways of keeping the weight off and how I and other females could get a six pack.

I looked at the best stomach flattening exercises; the best foods to lose the excess fat; aerobic and anaerobic exercise and every free fitness program there was.

I realised different ways of exercising would change my body shape.

Slowly my lifestyle changed and I kept a log of my calorie intake and used exercise and food calendars to track my process. I set myself goals and am now living the lifestyle I want and maintaining my fitness, health and confidence.

Through fitness training, a change in my diet and stomach exercise I lost weight and toned up until I was a perfect UK size 10 and 9.5 stone.  I am much, much happier and my confidence was restored.

Now I don’t profess to be an athlete or a fitness guru but I do know what worked for me, a normal person with an every day life. It took time and effort on my part but I have now achieved goals I  never thought I would. My self confidence and belief has been restored. I know how it feels to get low and caught in a cycle where you want to change but can’t. I know how it feels to change not just your lifestyle but your mind set as well. For example I ran my first marathon this year and have now completed 3 Olympic distance triathlons. I didn’t come first or even near the podium but you know what, it doesn’t matter because I can do it!

If  you want to lose stomach fat, get great abs and have general fitness and health advice but don’t know where to start then I’m here to help.

Nicky