OUR Fit Factor 6 are showing no signs of flagging as they’ve lost 3st 5lbs between them in the last two weeks making a grand total of 15st 8lbs in eight weeks – the equivalent weight of a baby elephant!Read
WHILE most of us have been munching our way through countless chocolate Easter eggs, our Fit Factor 6 have clocked up an impressive collective weight loss of 8 stones 3lbRead
SHE’S worked with stars including Cheryl Cole and Ant and Dec, but last week choreographer Hayley Conway was putting our Fit Factor 6 through their paces.Read
STEVEN Ions, 24, of Ponteland, is senior website developer at Northumberland-based Colin Harris Website Development. Steven’s role entails website build, project management and supervising the team of developers. He will be joining the rest of his team on a 10k charity run this summer.Read
IF the benefits of exercise were produced in a pill, you can bet your bottom dollar that patients all over Britain would be clamouring at their GP surgery to have it prescribed on the Health Service.Read
FOR 12 weeks our Fit Factor Six will be eating ‘lean and clean’ - and for many who are used to eating junk food it will be a big shock to the system.Read
THEY come from all walks of life – a coach driver, training co-ordinator, dental nurse, business network director, mental health nurse and custodial officer – but have one thing in common.Read
“I love my job, have a happy family life but hate myself sometimes. I’m married to Andy, an oxygen technician, and have four children Jennie, 18, Adam, 13 and stepchildren Lauren, 21, and Tom, 15.Read
“I was always a size 12 until I had my daughter Megan, who’s now five. I had Strep B and had to have an emergency caesarian so I was out of action for a while, but I can’t make that excuse anymore.Read
“I used to be very active playing rugby, kickboxing and swimming, and was captain for Alnwick Ladies’ hockey team so my weight stayed below 11 stones. I’ve always been curvaceous and muscular with broad shoulders so I was happy at a size 14.Read
“My weight problems began when I stopped playing badminton, rugby, football and hockey at about 19. The weight gradually crept on but the last few years I’ve just ate and ate and ate with the stress of losing my dad.Read
“As a young lad I was fit, healthy and happy. I used to swim six times a week as a teenager and was part of the National team but then I swapped all that for going out with friends.Read
SMOKING, inactivity, boozing and obesity are just some of the avoidable health risks that mean Britons are leading shorter lives than our European neighbours.Read
KATE Disley is a sports and remedial massage therapist at Physio Plus in High Heaton, Newcastle. The 30-year-old is also a long- standing team member at Novos Panthers rugby club. They play in Championship North One, just one division off the RFUWs Premiership.Read