Week 1 – The Firm challenge begins!
North Coast Courier News Editor Lesley Naudé and Sales Rep Surekha Brijlall are on an eight week 'Get Firmer' challenge at The Firm Slimming and Health Clinic Ballito, based at Simbithi Office Park.
Follow their weekly progress here:
Lesley
I must admit I was both excited and a little nervous for my first session at The Firm Ballito. Nervous because the idea of electro-therapy treatments was quite foreign to me! Not to mention exposing all my wobbly bits and being strapped up like a trussed up turkey.
But excited because this challenge has come at the perfect time for me. I used to exercise hard three times a week, then came pregnancy and from six to 16 weeks I was varying shades of green. Exercise only made it worse so my plan of being a fit pregnant lady was aborted. After Daniel arrived I was eager to put my running shoes back on but before I could an injury prevented me from heading out and its been a very slow still-in-progress recovery. Now Daniel is a year old and thanks to breastfeeding – despite eating like a half starved animal – I have managed to lose almost all my pregnancy weight (that said I’m still a few kilograms over my goal weight). But breastfeeding will only get you so far. I need to be de-wobbled! The Firm promises inch loss and muscle toning with their cellulite treatments and weight loss programme. Strapping me to the Electronic Muscle Stimulation machine for my first treatment the bubbly Sarah Vernon quickly made me forget my shyness and I almost fell asleep under the warm Infa-Red lights that help improve circulation, among other things.
I hope to lose a couple kilograms and most of all shed some cellulite. So here goes. Wish me luck!
Surekha
Since having my first child I have been carrying an excess weight of more than 15kgs. I hated how I looked and how I felt. I have tried every diet out there, Weight Watchers, Atkins, sugar free, fat free, you name it I’ve tried it. Sometimes I would lose a little weight, but inevitably something happened, I gave up and gained it back.
In 2015 I was tired of being over weight and unhealthy, and decided enough was enough. I joined my local gym and followed a calorie controlled diet together with weight training and managed to shed 10kgs.
With another 10kgs still to go I decided to try out The Firm in Ballito! Sarah and her team are absolutely friendly and motivating! I absolutely enjoyed my first two sessions there and I look forward to achieving my weight loss goal and getting closer to a firmer body… And sharing my journey with our readers!
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