Andy lost 21kgs in 61 weeks!*
"When my marriage of 10 years ended I found comfort in many of life's little pleasures, chocolate, fast food, sitting on my backside doing little exercise, and over time my weight finally hit the 136kg mark. I was tired, depressed and could not walk up stairs without puffing, and to be honest I was happy with that.
Then the unthinkable happened with my mother passing away after a long battle with emphysema. I decided at that time to visit the doctor to find out where my health was (amazing, how your priorities change, isn't it?), and was told that if I did not lose a significant amount of weight that I would soon be joining my mother.
While it was tough to hear at the time I now thank my doctor for being so brutally honest with me, as my blood pressure was through the roof, cholesterol at dangerous levels and the list of health problems goes on and on. That same night, and I clearly remember that night, I realized that if I didn't do anything I would not be around to walk my two daughters down the aisle, and resolved to get off my big backside and get moving.
I had tried various 'diets' and while I lost some weight it wasn't easy to maintain and I fell back quickly back into old habits.
One morning driving to work I heard a radio ad for Jenny Craig and I thought to myself, what the hell, what have you got to lose? With that in mind and knowing little about the Jenny program, I booked an appointment with my local centre.
How my life changed from that initial consultation; where do I begin to describe the shifts. My Jenny Craig consultant was so supporting, understanding and confident that I could achieve such a significant weight loss. In the end it was such an easy decision, and I think I signed up that day and my journey started right away.
It was like someone turned on a light switch and I have never looked back. The food is absolutely wonderful and the team at Jenny Craig team was warm, friendly, supportive, professional, intelligent and exuded an air of belief in the fact that they knew what they were doing is a great thing.
By using Jenny's menus, food, books and listening to my consultant I have discovered that a weight loss journey is not just about turning into a rabbit or about good and bad food, its about a holistic lifestyle change. Jenny teaches you that it is about balance and diversity and knowing that no matter what life throws your way you have the skills to tackle it all head on. To top it all there is the support mechanism that Jenny offers just waiting to help you, should you waiver.
So, where am I today? Well, I have dropped 46kg in total with more than half of that attributed directly to the Jenny program. I can now run, walk or cycle almost 10km almost every day and have not been this fit, happy, or contented since I was in my early 20's. I can run up stairs now and bounce out of bed most mornings with more confidence than I have ever had. While I haven't found that special person in my life to share this new journey with yet, I am sure she is not far away and I owe it all to the decision to get the help I needed.
To anybody who reads this and thinks, that's great but I can't do that, that's rubbish! You can and with the help of the team at Jenny Craig you can also have your life back. I know it doesn't sound like much but I can tell you that's wrong, as your life is worth more than gold.
Special thanks to the team at my local Jenny Craig centre for all their support. My daughters also say thank you, as they have their dad back!
Thanks Jenny!
- Andy
* results not typical
