My Story

Discover how I went from an Overweight Unhealthy Woman to the Healthy Happy person I am today. I Believe the Reason I went on that Journey was so that I can Help You along yours. I am Dedicated to Helping you Start & Succeed in your Fat Loss Journey and Help get you Motivated to Make Lasting Changes and Rediscover the Strong Healthy Woman You Truly Are.

Hi, my name is Steph Rice, thanks for taking the time to discover a bit more about me. I guess I’ll start at the beginning where my own personal journey began.

My journey has two turning points which have led me to where I am now. My personal journey has really only just begun, because up until just a few years ago I didn’t know who I was, what I wanted or where I was heading.

As a child I competed as a junior figure skater and swam for the British Heart Foundation at several charity events, so I was very fit and healthy at this stage of my life. My nutrition was also well balanced, so I looked pretty lean.

As I travelled through my teens I found other areas to occupy my time and the physical activities & fitness fell by the way side. Once I left college and started working in the city I started to eat more, do less exercise and slowly but surely I gained weight and a large amount of body fat!

By this point I was working long hours sat at a desk and I regularly reached for a bar of chocolate; a can of (sugar laden) soda and packets of chips! If it gave me an instant boost I consumed it, little did I realise at the time the effect it would eventually have on my poor body.

I got to a stage where I wasn’t too happy with the woman looking back at me in the mirror, she looked over weight, had dark rings under her eyes and had little or no energy. I ended up overweight, over worked, over stressed and very unhappy. So I joined a gym which helped me feel good at least for the first month, where I’m pretty sure I went at least once a week, which then turned into once in a blue moon until I stopped going all together. I ended up paying a large monthly fee for something I wasn’t even using! I must have been crazy.

The first turning point came when I was reading an article in one of my many fitness magazines (whilst eating chocolate no doubt!) I’d started collecting in the vein hope they would make me look thin and feel healthy again! This particular article was about a woman who was in a similar situation to me. She decided one day that enough was enough; she wanted to put an end to the unhealthy and unhappy life she was leading. I could have been reading about my own life! Once I had finished reading the article I sat back and started to reflect on my life and decided that things had to change.

I carried out some research on the best courses I could train in which would equip me with all round skills in fitness and nutrition then enrolled to become a Certified Personal Trainer in my spare time.

So now I was working a full time job, studying in my spare time (evening & weekends) and I quickly realised that I had made the right choice, despite being worked to the limit! In a very short space of time fitness & nutrition became my passion and Personal Training my vocation. Everything I learnt from my tutors, my peers; books; magazines I put to use on myself.

I had very little time to actually get to a gym, so I bought a few small pieces of equipment for my home and devised a workout plan for myself (The Flat Stomach Solution) which I could do quickly, at home or out and about. I overhauled my nutrition too and in no time at all I was fit, strong and healthy again! *this sounds easy, it was far from easy but it was SO worth the work!

I did it; I qualified and started my own personal training business based out of London which led me to working with some VIP clients in some very exclusive clubs & homes and being invited to train people in France and across England! I had changed my life around in a major way and for a while this was great but something wasn’t quite right.

The second part of my journey crept up on me over time and took my feet from under me, almost literally! During my client training sessions I knew that my clients were getting great benefits and the results were there to be seen, but at the end of each day (some of which would start at 5am and finish at 11pm) I was not feeling myself.

I started to feel exhausted all the time, suffered constant muscle pain and spasms. Had terribly bad headaches, digestive problems, insomnia and difficulty focusing on daily tasks. On top of that I started to have major problems with my feet, within a space of 4 months I had obtained 2 stress fractures in one foot, one stress fracture in the other and a very painful swelling in my right foot. This was devastating as I loved to run long distances and found it more and more difficult to train my clients.

After months of trying to balance my own physical challenges with my clients needs (and several hospital appointments later), I decided to wind things down and take time out to reflect on where I was and where I should be heading.

In 2007 I was diagnosed with a condition called Fibromyalgia which is also known as Chronic Pain Syndrome. It soon became apparent that I could no longer train clients full time one on one, because it was such a full on and physically demanding role. So I started training a few people on a part time basis and then via e-mail coaching.

I am currently living with Fibromyalgia but I am glad to say that after many hours of research on the best way to heal & care for my body I am now completely on top of it. I live in a healthy, toned body that occasionally still causes me problems but through regular yoga & stretching sessions I’m able to overcome the pain. It doesn’t interfere with my other training too often, which is great because a varied training routine is what makes me feel alive!

Having discovered the online world of personal training I knew that I had something else to offer and missed so much the level of contribution I was able to make to women’s lives on a daily basis with the one to one coaching. So I made the decision, this was my new path, this was the reason I went through everything I did, this is where I am meant to be.

So now, I live in the middle of England surrounded by inspirational countryside. I write regular articles on fitness and nutrition which are published in both magazines and online. I run a very successful online business, which for me is the most amazing experience because I’m now able to help women from all over the world with their own personal journey towards health and wellbeing.

I have spent years discovering the reasons why women gain weight, become unmotivated and sabotage themselves on a regular basis (I have also used myself as one of the case studies!). So now with every one of you I help, I make sure that we work to improve not only your physical fitness, nutritional diet but equally if not more importantly your emotional wellbeing too!

So now I dedicate my time to helping women from all walks of life, with all different needs discover the true path of their own journey. You don’t have to belong to a fancy gym to get the body you want and the health you deserve, all you need is to realize that YOU are worth making the effort for and start making the changes today.

I continue to study further to continually improve on my knowledge & skills and as this is my passion I will never stop learning. It’s important for me to stay ahead so I can always offer my clients and audience the best programs, advice and guidance.

When I was studying part time and working a full time job, despite there being a gym to hand, I never had the time to get there nor the energy and motivation needed to workout. So I devised a home workout which I could do either first thing in the morning or in between the rest of my daily activities; it’s called The Flat Stomach Solution. This is how I trained when I was time deprived and trying to get my body back in better shape and the all over body attack I use on my clients which gets them amazing results.

I’ve spent many years perfecting The Sexy Flat Stomach Solution. Experimenting on myself and my clients using the latest research techniques and today it’s there to help you! You too can achieve not only a sexy flat stomach, but a lean & toned body in a minimum amount of time. I certainly didn’t have time to visit the gym five days a week, does anyone!

I believe that whether you have Fibromayalgia or anything else with the potential to hold you back, you MUST listen to your body and take time out when it needs it but never allow it to stop you living every day with passion. Treat your body with the love and respect that it deserves and it will take care of you. After all, it’s the only one you’ve got!

This is just the beginning of my online business and I have some major plans for the future. I look forward to sharing my continuing journey with you.

Thanks for taking the time to read about me and my story so far. Take a look around the rest of the website and discover how I can help you with yours.

Steph Rice, CPT

Author, The Sexy Flat Stomach Solution