Happy 2019 everyone, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are now enjoying the Hot Cross Buns that have already gone on sale! Yes folks it’s only 14 Sundays until Easter, and you better get in quick before the supermarkets run out…. Yeah right.
Having a break over Christmas gave me time to ride over 1500kms, lie on the beach often and spent one whole hour surfing the web.  I decided one night to scroll through all the new and amazing “health and fitness” stuff lurking out there in cyberland, and I have discovered that some people will buy anything if they think that it will make them lose fat without having to get out of their lounge chair.
I was amazed to find there are magical pads that you stick to the bottom of your feet and, defying all known science on bodily functions, make your body discard fat while you sit and do nothing! These sticky pads (that look uncomfortably similar to female personal hygiene products) are just one of a mountain of weight loss gizmos that instantly remove weight from your wallet and at the same time promise to maybe remove fat from your body.
There are earrings that have a “world renown” magnetic ability to enhance fat removal, and I have to admit that if I had earlobes that weighed 10kgs I might be tempted with these, well until I saw sticky tummy “masks” that you slap on your belly and the fat melts from all over your body. I mean why just concentrate on your incredibly fat earlobes when a tummy mask will “mask away” all your flab from every crevice. Or maybe you would prefer the toe rings that “tell your body” to expel fat continuously while disguised as a brass ring, but please don’t dwell on how this expelling of fat may occur.
Now what truly captured me was when I saw all the ridiculously incredible before and after transformation photos, after seeing those photo-shopped thighs reduced by 16 sizes, and 8 packs appearing from under a beer belly of gigantic proportions after only 2 weeks, I could hardly contain my credit card. I just wanted to order 3 years supply of earrings, footpads, toe rings and masks! After all if I used all of these at once surely I would lose 25kgs in 3 days while I lay in bed drinking wine and being fanned by Fabio.
 Well the truth is that I was disgusted to think that these products were legally able to be sold. I find it sad that some people are so desperate to not have to put in any effort to change their lifestyle that they would be prepared to buy some sticky foot pads and sit and wait for the impossible to happen.
Surely in this day and age of information everyone realises that to lose body fat you must move more and eat well. And it is not just about weight loss. If you want to live longer, happier and be more independent you need to exercise. There are finally doctors out there who prescribe “fitness” as medicine, and so much research now proves that by increasing your fitness you can reduce many medical issues and even improve results from chemotherapy, why would you even consider a tummy masks?
So here we are starting a New Year, is this your year to pack away your belly masks, unclip your magic magnitised earrings and flick off your toe rings and actually do something that will really change your life in a healthy and positive way.
Since seeing those photo-shopped  before and after photos, I decided that real photos are needed! So here are a couple of from the last 12 week challenge that finished in early December. These are the real results from our real clients, eating real food and increasing their exercise in a controlled and monitored way for 12 weeks.
You will notice that neither the winner Chris, or the runner up Jennifer, are wearing magnetic earrings, sticky foot pads or toe rings – ohhh hang on, you have to take my word the pads and toes as they both have shoes on.
So if you really do want to change your lifestyle, increase your fitness, happiness, strength and confidence all before the Hot Cross Buns run out in Easter, you need to call me on 0408803037 and book in for a free chat before our Reinforcing Your Resolutions 12 week challenge starts on the 21st of January. It finishes one week before Easter on Sunday the 14th of April, just in time before the Christmas mince pies hit the shelves.