Now is the time to turn over a new leaf and get fit with the help of the team on FFIT Cymru
IT’S been a long year since the pandemic struck, and the anxiety and change of lifestyle that has come with it has caused many of us to put on weight during the lockdown.
Luckily, the health kick transformation series FFIT Cymru has returned to the screen to give us that extra boost to turn over a new leaf.
Over two months, you will be able to follow five members of the public – or “leaders” - as they embark on an incredible journey to improve their health, fitness, well-being and happiness.
One of the leaders will be 40-yearold Leah Owen-Griffiths, who is a primary school teacher in Porth in the Rhondda.
The five leaders and their families will aim to transform their lifestyles for the better and share every step of their journey with presenter Lisa Gwilym.
They will follow guidance and advice from a team of experts: personal trainer Rae Carpenter, dietician Sioned Quirke and psychologist Dr Ioan Rees.
This year’s leaders include two teachers and a man who runs his own digger company.
Leah Owen-Griffiths, a mother of two, noticed that her secret eating habit had got worse during the lockdown and, as a result, she has put on two stone during the last year.
She said: “I need to lose weight and I want to feel healthy. I’ve lost my way terribly during the lockdown period and I need help.
“I feel I’m no longer motivated to succeed but I want to do my best.
“Getting input from all three experts and being part of the FFIT Cymru family will mean everything to me.”
The youngest member of the group
is 20-year-old Bronwen Price, from Bethel, near Bangor.
She said: “I feel so uncomfortable in my own skin at the moment. I look in the mirror and there’s hate there. I want to feel more confident, and I want to be healthier and lose the lockdown weight.”
Lois Morgan-Pritchard is 33 years old and from Y Ffôr near Pwllheli. She runs her own beauty business and has two small boys who are three and eight months old. Twelve years ago she developed symptoms of the rare Guilliam-Barre syndrome, which paralysed her from her waist down. She now weighs the same as when that happened, and is worried about her health.
“Losing weight is harder than learning to walk again. I’ve lost my self-confidence and I hide under baggy clothes and use negative words about myself. I want to be on FFIT Cymru because I want my self-confidence back and with the help of the experts, and the whole of Wales behind me, I also want to inspire other people” says Lois.
Dylan Humphreys, who is 47 and from Rhosgadfan, near Caernarfon, runs his own digger company. The father-of-three wants to lose weight for surgery, and wants to learn to cook in order to run after the children.
“I’ve lost weight before, but I had health problems because I lost it the wrong way,” he said.
Siôn Huw Davies, 50, from Prestatyn, Denbighshire is the fifth of the group of leaders. He is head of the Welsh department at Flint High School, and father of three children under seven.
He said: “I know I have to do something before it’s too late. I’m very good at making excuses... I’ll do it ‘tomorrow’, everything happens tomorrow. It’s about time I got the right mindset and that’s why I’m doing FFIT Cymru; it’s a golden opportunity to do it the right way.”
You can follow the same fitness and eating plans as the leaders by visiting s4c.cymru/ffitcymru.
FFIT Cymru is on Tuesdays at 9pm. On demand: S4C Clic, iPlayer and other platforms. It is a Cwmni Da production for S4C.