My Passion For Fitness

I am a personal trainer from Sydney, Australia. My passion since an early age has always been to be active and healthy. With the numerous years of experience and knowledge I have gained in the fitness industry, I now thrive on helping others achieve superior results in becoming leaner, fitter and healthier.

My parents are Italian and food played a large part of our lives. In a Mediterranean background love is expressed through food and how much you eat. I was never thin nor fat growing up but was always on the larger side. I did play alot of sports, Little Athletics, Netball and Soccer (which I was selected to play for the Australian Indoor Soccer team).

Growing up in a working ethic background I gave up all the sports when I was 13. I was working on most weekend nights and days in various jobs from Hamburger Outlets, Mens Wear,Shops, Grocery Stores, Cafes, and as a Personal assistant. This left no time for exercise.

I finished school and went on to Study a Bachelor of Science and worked with a bank for 3 years in Internet Banking. In 1999 my husband and I started our own Web Development business. Throughout this time I started going to the gym but maybe once or twice a week and wasn’t to fussed about my nutrition.

In 2000, I fell pregnant with twins.

After many years of being a full time mum I decided that I wanted to return to work but not at a corporate level. The owner of my local gym suggested I do a Personal Training course. This way I can work my own hours, enabling me to still be with my children and do what now has become so passionate to me.

After having twins and then another baby, I found myself living the lives of many others namely with a lack of energy, gaining weight and no time to exercise.These obstacles combined with my professional background have allowed me to construct solutions to battle these issues for others. My philosophy at work is to help others succeed in their dreams, to educate them to incorporate lifetime changes to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.

In 2009 I decided to set myself a goal purely for my clients to see that whatever the task may be, lose 5kg, run 10km, reduce blood pressure or diabetes medication. Anything is possible. I took on the challenge of preparing for a Figure competition with the goal being to get up on stage in a bikini ( massive milestone for me) in my best form that I can manage.

I like many others, juggle several tasks at once. Maintaining a home, family, a self image, work and a social life. What I have learnt from my experience competing is that nothing is impossible. Sure we may fail at times, we all do. I look at every moment in life as an experience. No use procrastinating about what has happened, use it as a learning experience and better yourself from it. Life is an experience, we only get one shot at it.

The motivation, commitment and belief in myself has driven me to success. I am living proof of what I preach. In 2009, I took on the challenge of competing in my first figure competition, I won 2 titles. In 2010 I continued my competition journey to become the Australian and World Figure Champion. The nutrition, training, spiritual and emotional journey I experienced was amazing.

I am very excited to be part of the ifitfamily community. I have achieved so much that I never thought was possible. I want to share my journey with others and hopefully endorse the philosophy that ‘anything is possible’, we create our own barriers. The self doubt and lack of confidence I experienced in the past has been banished through commitment and belief. My role here at ifitfamily is to educate you with lifetime tools and information on improving your lifestyle, nutrition,health and fitness. This in turn will give you the power to influence and teach others around you. I want to share, inspire and be inspired!

“Eat Healthy, Keep Moving and Believe in Yourself”

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