“Where else could you arm wrestle, in the rain, in the dark on a November evening?”

I joined the Liverpool group soon after it started in August 2007. Now I was the kind of person who would buy the latest exercise DVD and sit on the chair watching it whilst eating a bag of crisps! So it was with great trepidation that I went along with my friend to the first class.

Since joining I have lost some weight (I haven't started dieting yet, that's for the New Year) but I have lost lots of inches from where it matters most, my waist, hips and thighs. So much so that colleagues have started commenting. I have also made lots of new friends. My husband and daughter have also joined and I ask the people that I work with - where else could you find yourself arm wrestling with your husband in the rain at 7.45pm in the dark on a November evening!

I have even been muttering that I may take part in the Liverpool Women's 10K race in the summer (what am I saying?!). None of this would have been possible without the support of BMF.