HEART FM'S JAMIE THEAKSTON'S BODY TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY WITH EMBODY

"I mentioned to Embody that parts of my body that I didn't know existed were hurting, and I thought I was physically unable to do the things they wanted me to do, they said it'd get easier and I didn't believe them."

On his transformation, Jamie explained “When I was active it was easy for me to drink and eat what I wanted, and I would never get any heavier than about 15 stone [95kg]. When you’re 6ft 4in [1.93m] your height can hide a multitude of sins, but at the end of last year I was struggling to fit into anything I could buy on the peg. I had a 38in waist: I remember thinking, ‘That’s quite big’.”

The jump to an active lifestyle was a big one for Jamie at the time, and his first few steps towards a successful transformation were definitely not easy – “My training with Embody was intensive, tough, but good fun. I mentioned to them that parts of my body that I didn’t know existed were hurting, and I thought I was physically unable to do the things they wanted me to do, they said it’d get easier and I didn’t believe them.
But they were right. The real education for me came along with my new diet. I didn’t know the difference between protein and carbohydrate; I’d never taken much notice of what exactly it was that I was eating – or how much of it I consumed. I’d be in the studio at 5am, then I’d have a breakfast at 6.30am and maybe another one at 8.30am, and it was sausage or bacon sandwiches, tonnes of coffee… looking back it’s kind of shocking. People persuade themselves that they ‘need’ a big breakfast to start the day, but it’s just what they’ve always had. Now I have two eggs or porridge and that’s it.”