Nathan Carter fan tells how she jived off 10st in 10mths

Year’s Eve, one of my friends persuaded me to go to a Nathan Carter concert. In doing so it changed my life in more ways than one.

“As I heard his uplifting and empowering lyrics surge through me, everything changed. I met Nathan in March 2016 and two weeks later, I was determined to get my life back.”

Olivia joined a local weight loss programme called Lighterlife – and resolved to change her habits so that she could indulge her love of jiving.

She said: “I wanted to be able to jive at Nathan’s concerts, but more than that, I wanted my life back.

“My first session with Katrina was a complete eye opener. I was almost 22st and a size 24 but for the first time in a long time, my head was in the right place.

“I really didn’t like myself very much and to get myself into a place where I did seemed harder than being able to climb a mountain.”

Olivia told how she swapped vending machine lunches and carb-loaded dinners for Lighterlife’s nutritious meals, bars and shakes.

She said: “I went to my first group to get in to the flow and was expecting the worst.

“What I found was a sanctuary with like-minded people that kept each other going.

“We embarked on a journey together that helped us banish crooked thinking, build our confidence and learn more about ourselves and our relationships with food.

“Looking back, food had become my friend and my comfort, which helped me through the good times and the bad.”

Olivia said that country crooner Nathan, 26, was instrumental in her weight loss.

She added: “I almost didn’t go to that first jive lesson. I was meant to go with a friend but she had to cancel last minute. I turned up outside the hall and was about to walk away when one of Nathan’s songs started blaring out of the sound system.

“That was the sign that I needed to go in and I haven’t looked back.”