What sort of results have you had?

So I've lost approximately six stone, which is about a third of my overall body weight.

What other benefits have you had from improving your fitness and health?

I'm probably fitter, slimmer and stronger than I can remember.

<span>&ldquo;Probably at the best health now I've ever been.&rdquo;</span>

What have been your biggest challenges?

I could have done it a lot quicker, but I like to take the weekends off. So I kind of work really hard Monday to Friday. Always had a big family Sunday dinner and that was like a non-negotiable. Now I'm a lot better with things like that, so I don't necessarily take a whole weekend off. I might take a meal off or an evening off. But I try and get in hand, so if I know I'm going to do that, I think right, I'll try and get more steps in. I'll try and eat even better this week. I'll just save a bit extra in the bank sort of thing.

Is U Fit a comfortable place to train?

Here you feel like you’ve all got a similar goal, and you’re all heading the same way. And if you need a hand somebody will reach out. You look at people coming in and think, good on you, you’re doing something.

<span>&ldquo;Every time you come in people will smile at you.&rdquo;</span>

Why do you consider U Fit great value for money?

They 100% know what they’re doing. Even if you think ‘I don’t like that,’ or ‘I don’t want to do that’, they know what they’re doing.So you just put yourself in their hands and let them work it out, and you just do what they say, you’re going to surprise yourself and just let them deal with it, just do what they say and it will all work out brilliantly.

What does the future hold?

As long as my weight stays around what I am now, I’m happy. It will never go back up again.