I'm Nicola, and at 52 years old I feel like I've spent a lifetime battling with my weight, only to get bigger with each new "diet".... I could not understand why nothing seemed to work and reached a point where I was considering setting up cameras in my kitchen to see if I was binging in my sleep! My health was in freefall and I was desperate, yet the more desperate I became, the more the weight piled on.

A sharp lesson in exactly how bad things had got smacked me firmly round the face in July 2023 when I had the most horrendous experience in the pouring rain at a music festival in Ireland. That made my mind up - I HAD to do something different, that very night I started researching bariatric surgery options. A few weeks later with a plan in place, I started back swimming after an 8 month gap, only to find that my arthritis had progressed so much, it had become impossible to swim. I was devastated, swimming was about the only exercise I could do and I'd left it too late, I was too far gone! I sat on the edge of the pool and cried. I decided I needed surgery soonest and set about researching having surgery abroad. Five weeks later I flew to Izmir in Turkey for a gastric bypass.

Turned out I couldn't have it.... but I had a gastric sleeve instead and it has changed my life!

So here is me, a qualified transformation coach, life coach, NLP practitioner (and many other qualifications taken to distract myself from needing to deal with my own health!) with a huge desire to help others who have their own battles with weight.

I've walked in your shoes. I've felt your pain. I get it, all of it and I'm here to help you navigate your way to a future that is truly brighter than you could ever imagine.