For anyone who has faced an ongoing upwards battle with weight loss, you’ll know that sometimes it’s hard to find the motivation to start again. A new diet, a new fitness regime. To find a reason to start disciplining yourself when you’re ready to give up. For personal trainer Adonis Hill, he knew training his client Alissa Kane was going to be a challenge. According to Buzzfeed, Alissa told her trainer how she was overweight most of her life, weighing in at 22stone. Rather than motivating her from the side-line, Adonis took on a challenge himself. The 35-year old trainer from Brooklyn decided the best way to motivate Alissa was by taking the journey with her.

A photo posted by Adonis "No Excuses" Hill (@bodybyadonis) on Jan 28, 2016 at 12:15pm PST

For this reason, he piled on five stone in three months, by eating 8,000 calories a day – munching on pizza, hot dogs, McDonald’s, Oreos and chocolate and drinking bottles of sugary drinks. He also stopped exercising immediately.

A photo posted by Adonis "No Excuses" Hill (@bodybyadonis) on Feb 18, 2016 at 5:56pm PST

After Alissa saw Adonis’ body transformation, the pair started recording their training of five or six days a week for a US show Fit to Fat to Fit. Speaking to Buzzfeed, Adonis explained how he had suffered from depression and started over-eating during his late-twenties. He lost 7stone 1 lb by the time he was 29 but admitted that the second attempt to get fit had been tougher: “I was putting in a lot of work in the gym but eating right was hard this time because I was coming off an old addiction. I had to wean myself off unhealthy food. “I forgot how hard it was [to lose weight].” As well as their training sessions, the pair cut out all junk, processed and take-away foods and opted for a high-fat, high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet – hitting their weight loss goals of 57lbs for Adonis and 58lbs for Alissa in just four months.

A photo posted by Alissa Kane (@alissabethkane) on Feb 2, 2016 at 9:28pm PST

Speaking about their journey, Adonis gave his top tip for helping Alissa reach her goals: ‘How did @alissabethkane lose almost 60 lbs in 4 months and ENJOY the process at the same time? …. It’s simple! Instead of asking her what are your fitness goals, I asked her: “what’s on your mind and what are your life goals?” I became her friend first then her trainer 2nd.’

We have way too much fun together! I never thought I'd love the gym so much ? #aenetworks #fittofattofit #fit2fat2fitfamily #nofilter @bodybyadonis A photo posted by Alissa Kane (@alissabethkane) on Feb 5, 2016 at 4:17am PST