I grew up in a small town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. I have a diverse sporting background and have tried my hand at just about everything from track athletics to hockey to ultra marathon running. Even with this background I realised at the age of 27 that I actually have no idea what healthy is. My eating habits were plagued by low calorie diets and insufficient nutrition. I was spending endless hours doing high intensity programs or running on a treadmill and I wasn’t seeing the results I wanted. This became a real problem after my pregnancies as I realised how difficult it is to return to the way I used to exercise and the way I used to look. 

So there I was stuck and clueless. I decided to sign up with an online coach 3 months after having my second child and my whole world changed. I struggled through the first few months with my gym routines being mostly tears and nausea. I’m saying this because I know how hard it is to start at that point, whether you’re out of shape and unhealthy from poor lifestyle choices or due to pregnancies or sickness… we all have to start somewhere and you can make a change! You just have to start somewhere. 

I slowly built up healthy eating habits, learnt about effective exercise, what calories are, macros, and how SMALL changes in my life could lead to BIG results. A whole new world opened up for me and I realised that if I had such a warped perception of what health looked like, even with my medical and sporting backgrounds, there must be millions of people that feel lost and have given up any hope of making a lasting change. 

And so I set out to make a change.