I am Jane, a rapidly approaching 50 semi-fit woman.  My biggest concern pre meeting Heather was I had got stuck in a rut with exercise and diet.  I found out about Heather and Fitbiz from reading an article in the Farnham Herald as we were in the first lockdown last year.  I liked the sound of Heather’s approach to both keeping fit through exercise and finding the best balance of nutrition.  As it was lockdown, Heather and I were unable to meet in person; however she was so approachable over zoom for both talking through nutrition and running through exercise plans.

Heather quickly realised that I was not eating enough protein for the exercise I was doing.  Following Heather’s advice I altered my diet to eating 90g+ protein a day and this quickly led to me having more energy and sleeping better.  To my surprise and with Heather’s support I found it easy to incorporate the protein into my diet and 18 months on, I am still following her advice and feeling so much better and healthier for it.

For the exercise element, Heather listened to what I liked when exercising, came up with tailored plans, we then did the plans together over zoom.  It was very natural and also funny at moments moving the laptop so Heather could see what I was doing and vice versa.  Heather also sent me the plans to keep and print out and also, the best part, is she sent me videos to remind me how to do the exercises.  This was invaluable, as even though we ran through the exercises on zoom together and it was written down, sometimes you just forget how to do an exercise properly.  Heather regularly checked in to see how I was getting on.

Once things open up after lockdowns I started various boot camps in my local park.  From the workouts and nutrition plans that Heather had provided, I was much fitter and could fully enjoy these.

Unfortunately I injured my back running and Heather was invaluable talking through my injury, recommending stretches to fire my muscles and get them ready for exercise and get me back to the running.  She also really understood that I am prone to overworking and don’t stop pushing myself every session, leading to fatigue and injury.

She came up with an easy to follow plan to train mindfully and recognise that some sessions I can hold back, aiding recovery and other sessions I can push further towards the 100%.

With Heather’s continued help, I feel ready to turn 50 next year, fitter and healthier than I have ever been and to keep this healthy lifestyle going.