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Round Three Winners; Hera Waaka and Dijana Dobbe
Round Three 2009 Winner: Hera Waaka
Category: Lean and Toned / Lean and Strong
Gym: Body and Soul Fitness, Otaki
Weight Loss: 15.8kgs
Body Fat Loss: not sure, clothing size 12 from size 16
Body For Life Lifestyle Pack: Lean and Toned Pack
Products Used: Myoplex Shakes, Everlean capsules, 100% Whey Protein, Myoplex Lite Bars, L-Glutamine
Please note there were no entries in the SIZE AND STRENGTH category.
My Inner Transformation – the Body for Life Journey
Bored, lazy, unmotivated with symptoms of depression setting in, I was at the stage of not knowing where my life was heading, and that’s a scary place to be when your 37. I knew what I wanted to do but was unmotivated and lacked the energy to do it. My family and friends were worried, and being out of work did not help matters.
Then one weekend I went to stay with my brother and we went to a body building event, it was there that I said to him “I wouldn’t mind looking like that”. When we returned to his place, he pulled out the Bill Phillips Body for Life book. Wow I was gob smacked with the transformations and yes I was sceptic, but after reading the book I realized these are real peoples stories similar to mine, and this was my opportunity to change my life.
Only three months I thought. So I read the book again to build my motivation. Starting at the gym was an effort, as fitness was not in my life, I hadn’t a clue about exercise plans, but it’s all in the book and I made one. I wasn’t sure how I was going to handle the eating side of things; I was preparing myself to be hungry but not even! I had my phone alarm set to remind me to eat. Within four weeks I started noticing results not only physically but mentally as well, people were commenting. I was happy, energetic and motivated, which was motivation enough to keep going, and going hard.
I always wanted to coach my kid’s sports, but never had the energy or the motivation, well now I’m the coach!
Thanks to the body for life programme, I am not just living anymore, I am feeling alive again. I am strong, fit and healthy and I feel great. I even think differently. I understand now what it is to have personal fitness goals, and how you feel when you achieve them, it’s amazing. Wow, I’m still oaring over doing it. I’m motivated and oozing with energy to do all these things I never would have ever dreamed about doing before. My kids are so proud of me and it is truly good for them to see me achieving my goals. I’m on cloud nine and have great plans for our future; things are just all falling into place for me. Deep down I know none of this would be happening if it wasn’t for the ‘book’
I can’t thank Bill Phillips enough and his 12 week body for life programme. It’s changed my life!
“He mihi nunui ki a koe”
“My warmest most gracious thanks to you”
Hera Waaka
Round Three 2009 Winner: Dijana Dobbe
Category: Fatloss
Gym: Body Business Gym
Weight Loss: 15.5kgs
Body Fat Loss: 8.5%
Body For Life Lifestyle Pack: Fatloss Pack
Products Used: Myoplex carb control bars, Everlean capsules, EAS CLA, 100% Whey Protein, Myoplex Lite RTD's, Myoplex Lite Bars
Please note there were no entries in the SIZE AND STRENGTH category.
My Inner Transformation – the Body for Life Journey
Never in my wildest dreams would I ever have thought I would be writing my Body for Life inner transformation. My story is simple: I got flabby eating and drinking too much. I have no excuses, I just got lazy! As I used my jeans as my weight indicator (providing they would still fit) I thought I was looking good but I was blind to my ever growing ‘lady lumps’ my ‘muffins’ were growing over the top of my jeans and my wardrobe, once filled with colour, was now just different shades of black.
The turning point for me was my brothers wedding when I had someone ask if I was pregnant; I really didn’t know what to say. I was going to the gym regularly, or I thought I was, I would go twice a week, for a Sunday stroll on the treadmill and attempt some belly exercises. I was naďve to think in a couple of weeks I’d be back to my ideal size.
My gym trainers told me about Body for Life. I thought ‘what have I got to loose giving it a go?’ the day I had my before photos I really looked at myself and thought ‘gross’ my goals were simple to get myself out of the obese category and to loose those ‘lady lumps’! The biggest shock resulted from writing down everything I ingested, it made me more aware of the things I would normally eat and overtime I had become the queen of indulgent nibbles. However the greatest obstacle I had to overcome was my LOVE of wine. I would regularly indulge, or over-indulge, with Friday night drinks. I knew this affected my weight, so I made the decision that if I was to fulfil the challenge properly; wine would have to be the first thing to go. The first week was the most difficult as I had new habits to create, while still having old habits to break. I allowed myself a wine on my ‘day off’ and started to appreciate and savour a single glass so much more. As the weeks went by I stopped counting days until my next ‘day off’ and realised I was looking great!
Compliments are addictive and as my puku started to shrink my desire to continue grew. I was realising these twelve weeks were going to be the best and the hardest twelve weeks I’d ever had to push through. I gained inspiration from past champions and kept telling myself that would be me one day. By week six I had lost 9kg and 5% body fat, my jeans were starting to sag in the bum. I felt fantastic. I had new found spare time as I no longer need to sleep-in on Saturday mornings till midday. I was even encouraging friends to go for a walk to catch up instead of just sitting down for a coffee. As weeks passed I started to enjoy training at the gym; I was getting fantastic support from trainers and found I had so much energy throughout the day.
The day I went back in to the studio for my after shots I had a new found confidence. Not that I wasn’t a socially confident person, it was different; I looked at the pictures and almost couldn’t believe it was me! All the pain was worth it and I am now equipped with the determination and knowledge that no challenge is ever going to be too hard or too daunting to attempt…
I had finally lost those ‘lady lumps’
Dijana Dobbe
