"I went to the gym for rehab on my back and I was 33% body fat. This was truly the start of my journey with the help of an amazing personal trainer and nutritionist. My life was turned around forever. In under a year I was 56kg, 12% body fat and at 42 years liked myself and felt normal in my relationship with food for the first time."
Ginny hails from England. She married a Kiwi (like you do!) and came out to New Zealand in 1994. She has two children aged 12 and 17 years.
My background was competitive horse riding. I coached riding and rode competitively for many years. I loved my sport and helping others achieve their equestrian goals.
Sadly all those years of hard physical graft and falls started to impact on my body and after two back operations I had to give up riding competitively. It was during my rehabilitation after my first surgery that I found my new vocation.
Through out all those years of hard physical work, sometimes riding 10 horses a day I was never happy with my body image or weight. I tried every fad diet in the book and was an expert on calorie counting!
Through my 20's I was bulimic and had a very unhealthy relationship with food, I hated my body and got into that terrible downward spiral that is eating 'disorder land'. I was the greatest binge eater there was. The amount I could consume in one sitting probably should be in the Guinness book of records!
I got better after I had my children I still hated my body but I couldn't let myself be a bulimic mother.
After my daughter was born I was 87 kg (I have a small frame - it wasn't a pretty picture.) Most of it came off with breast feeding and being physically active but I was still overweight and nothing seemed to move it.
I went to the gym for rehab on my back and I was 33% body fat. This was truly the start of my journey with the help of an amazing personal trainer and nutritionist my life was turned around forever. In under a year I was 56kg, 12% body fat and at 42 years liked myself and felt normal in my relationship with food for the first time.
I decided that if this could work for me when I had tried and failed so many times. If I could use my teaching skills to help others do the same then that was what I had to do.
Since re training and starting Outlook I have been able to be part of many amazing transformations and seeing people regain their self respect and find new purpose in life is something I will never tire of doing.