| Testimonial |
 
Name: Jackie
I couldn’t have started my weight loss journey on a better foot than to kick it off with band camp (4 weeks post the surgery). The strength, motivation and skills the camp gave me has stayed with me and definitely been a huge part of my weight loss success! I was 26yrs old, 145kgs, with a bmi of over 40 and borderline high blood pressure when I started! Now I’m 95 kgs, making a total weight loss so far of 55kgs. My health has improved heaps, and I’m now motivated to live a healthy and active lifestyle (rather than the sedentary one I lived before!).
From Jackie’s weight loss journal; "Well I went on the band camp and it was fantastic!!!! I’m so pumped! Guess what... I can exercise! I can run yep run. I ran up hills, I can run up hills!! and I won’t die if I do! For some strange reason, I always had a fear of pushing myself too hard because I thought I would have a heart attack, or stop breathing or something like that. It was tough, it was exhausting, it was awesome! I have NEVER pushed myself so hard. I've never felt so satisfied from exercise. The biggest thing I came away with was that I’m physically much stronger and fitter than I was psychologically, and in fact, I could push myself so much harder than I was. Because I thought I couldn’t exercise... i didn’t. All my boundaries were pushed, or more to the point, broken down, and I now realise I can push myself soooo much harder and reach much higher goals. I was being far to easy on myself....... So bring on the exercise!! Just think how much weight I can loose and the health and fitness I can achieve now that I can exercise. Band camp was awesome, life changing and I loved it" |