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My story starts at the beginning of 2015. In January, my now ex husband left me and my three children. He told me that he had fallen out of love with me and didn’t want to be with me anymore. My confidence was at an all time low. I didn’t know what I had done wrong. I had given that man my life and my all and it wasn’t enough.

I was massively overweight and decided that it was now or never to change my life. I started to eat healthier and the weight started to come off. I lost one stone very quickly and started to feel better in my health. In August 2014, I had been told I was borderline diabetic and had to make changes to my lifestyle.

In the middle of February 2015, I found out that he had been having an affair and this is the real reason he left me. This was with a colleague and someone I considered a friend. This was very hard to take as it was a double betrayal of my trust. I started to gain weight again and I discovered that I am an emotional eater.

My mum, Heather Buckel, had been a member of Fitness Formation for quite some time and kept encouraging me to join. I would make excuses as to why I couldn’t go because I had been to gyms in the past and always felt very self conscious about people staring at me. I always found the gym a place where I was just a number. I didn’t know what I was doing and nobody seemed interested in what I wanted to get out of it or even tell me if I was doing it right.

So after lots of encouragement from my mum, assuring me that Fitness Formation was not like that, I went along to my first boot camp on the 19th of April. I was terrified. I didn’t know what to expect, and I didn’t know if I could do it. When I arrived my mum introduced me to some of her friends and the coaches. Everyone was so lovely to me and really welcoming, and it put me at ease a little.

Then the hard work started. The coaches made the session enjoyable, but it also made me realise how unfit I was and this had to change.

For the next few weeks, I attended the boot camps on a Sunday and then I saw an introductory offer to try the gym with unlimited group sessions for 28 days, so again with my mum’s encouragement, I signed up and started at the gym on the 11th May 2015. At this point, I was 12lbs down from my original starting weight in January and I really wanted to lose more.

I made the most of my 28 day membership training as much as I could and trying each different type of session that was on offer to see which ones I liked. I enjoyed the 28 days so much and I had lost another 12lbs. I decided to sign up as a full member for one year starting with two sessions a week.

The reason’s that I enjoyed it are because the coaches made me feel that my results mattered to them, they gave me advice and encouragement and made sure that I was performing the exercises properly. They pushed me to levels that I didn’t know I had but never made me do anything that I couldn’t.

Success Story - Selena Buckel

Fitness Formation is not just a gym. It is a community. A family. Ryan and Dan know the name of everyone who walks through the door, they are there for you if you have a question about nutrition or fitness, and are great listeners.  But its not just Ryan and Dan that make the family.

It’s the members who you train with. Due to what happened to my life at the beginning of last year, I have massive trust issues and I struggle to let people in to get to know the real me, and it takes me time to open up. However, the people I have met through Fitness Formation have become amazing friends that I can really trust and talk to and be myself around and I feel like I have known them for years.

I realised very quickly that two sessions a week was not enough for me to get the results I wanted so I decided to upgrade my membership to three sessions a week. I discussed this with Dan and Ryan and with a bit of encouragement from Ryan, I also signed up for the Platinum Mastermind. This is when you get a one to one session with either Ryan or Dan that is specifically designed around the results you want to achieve.

Then…..

My dad sadly passed away. To say I was devastated is an understatement. I struggled to come to terms with this and I am still struggling now really. 2015 had been the toughest year of my life but I still have a smile on my face and remain positive about my future and I owe all of that to Fitness Formation and the FF family.

Since joining Fitness Formation, I have lost 37lbs in weight bringing my total weight loss in a year to 49lbs. Without these guys, I would not have achieved that kind of loss. 

I would 100% recommend anyone to join. It will change your life for the better. It is the best investment I have ever made in myself.

I still have a way to go with my story, but for now, I am a work in  progress. My health has improved and my confidence has grown but my journey does not end here.

It’s really just beginning.


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