My weight has been increasing
steadily and consistently for years, from 82 kgs (180 pounds) in 2014 to 95 kgs
(209 pounds). I felt my health, motivation and fitness all declining. I needed
to do something and find someone to help me to train. After some serious
consideration, I signed up for a 12-week transformation programme at Ultimate
Performance's Manchester gym.
Part of my justification for joining U.P. was that I had never had
any training before or knowledge of working out correctly. So learning how to
weight train was a huge learning curve for me.
My diet and nutrition were overhauled entirely to eat the correct
amount of calories my body could use and burn and consume the proper
macronutrients in the correct ratios. I also cut out alcohol for the duration
of the process. My trainer immediately gave me a diet plan of four meals a day,
mainly containing proteins (chicken, turkey and beef) and greens.
For the first 12 weeks, I wholeheartedly committed myself to the
training, and after discussing it with my trainer, we agreed that three
sessions a week would get me the best results. For the 12 weeks following that,
I reduced this to two sessions with U.P. and two or three sessions on my own.
Over my 24 weeks of training at U.P., I lost a quarter of my original
body weight, dropping 24 kgs (53 pounds) from 96 kgs (212 pounds) to 72 kgs
(158 pounds). Also, I started at 29.5% body fat and reduced this b7 19.4% to
10.1%. I went into this process with hypertension blood pressure: now, my blood
pressure is in the perfectly normal category. My family was amazed by the
transformation, and mentally, I feel so much better about my own body.
After finishing with U.P., my new goal is to make this a permanent
lifestyle choice: the way I eat, live, exercise, etc. Nothing is easy about
this. But if you commit to yourself, your trainer and your bespoke program,
then after the first few weeks, when you see the results in the data, your
weight dropping, your body fat reducing, and your waist shrinking, this fuels
your motivation. Once I started to see results, this made me even more
determined.
A famous Chinese proverb says: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." There is no reason to not do this for yourself.