After years of unfulfilling gym workouts, I’ve spring-cleaned my life with the BodyBlitz challenge, losing six kilos, and now feel so much better about myself. I had read many BodyBlitz success stories and always promised myself that one day I would try BodyBlitz myself. I’ve finally reached that goal!

I had been going to the gym on a regular basis for years, but felt like I was going nowhere. Despite keeping up with a workout plan at the gym, I noticed my clothes were only becoming tighter. Although I wasn’t severely overweight, I would always feel a sense of terror at having to attend events and special occasions that required me to dress up. I would always lose a couple of kilos for these occasions, to only find myself gaining the weight I’d lost all too quickly.

I resorted to fad diets including the Atkins and low-calorie diets. But dieting only made me feel constantly hungry. With celebrities advocating a new weight loss fad almost every week, I found myself confused by the dizzying array of diets I could follow.

I found myself enlisting the help of the Ideal Bodies Online (IBO) team after reading many success stories on their website. With the help of my coach, Sharna, I learnt there was an easier way to lose weight than starving myself or cutting entire food groups from my diet.

By following the IBO lifestyle, I never really felt like I was on a diet. I could eat a ‘cheat meal’ every week and wasn’t required to buy expensive shakes or stick to a strict diet regimen. The team gave me guidance on what and when to eat, how and when to exercise – I found it so much easier knowing exactly what to do.
But it didn’t come without its challenges. I had a tough 12 weeks, juggling university studies via correspondence and working full time. Yet despite the ups and downs, I stayed on track.

I feel like I can finally keep my weight under control and don’t need to worry about what I should be eating. I feel more confident in all my clothes and am easily slipping into my ‘skinny’ outfits. While I have a little more to go to reach my goal weight, I feel equipped to reach it successfully. c