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Emma English
"I have lost two stone in total and due to my new found healthy attitude to life, my husband as a consequence has lost a stone as well."
I wanted to write to feedback on my experience once I'd fully digested it. I was on the Hereford Boot Camp on the 6th-13th June.
Reading the forum and knowing women as I do, I understand the initial euphoria most of the girls experience at the end and in the immediate weeks following their camp. I felt like that too but I wanted to wait a while before really evaluating the effect it has had on me. 3 months on, I feel confident that I am out of that bubble and now living my life as me and not an "ex-camper". I hope that makes sense.
I don't know if you remember but being a real foodie (its my job after all!) I found the restricted diet very very difficult. I still maintain that had I had more food to eat I may have lost even more weight as I would have been stronger towards the end of the week. I was literally weak by the Tuesday and frustrated I couldn't achieve more in the fitness sessions because I had no energy. That said I was shocked to lose 13.5 pounds and 11 inches - and I drove home thinking I would never be able to maintain it. Although I was determined to try.
On the scales this morning I now weigh exactly 2 stone less than I did when you put me on the scales in Hereford. I have been following the 80/20 rule and exercising as much as I did before (I was relatively "fit" before) and I have to say, I am finding it very very easy. The guys completely changed my approach to exercise and I am the fittest I have ever been in my life at the ripe old age of 35. On Sunday I ran a 5 mile cross country race in 38 minutes. Last year I did the same run in 48 minutes.
I have cut down on dairy, haven't had a piece of milk chocloate or a carbonated drink since June and can regularly be found boiling eggs for my mid morning snack. Because of my job I can't give up wheat entirely (my mortgage gets paid because people eat pizza and pasta!) but I am eating an awful lot less. As a consequence of the prawn stir frys and no bread in the bread bin, my husband has lost a stone aswell - and he would have considered himself very fit before my bootcamp! Our body fat percentages have decreased hugely and we're both thinking it was the best investment ever - not just for the weightloss but for repositioning my attitude towards being healthy.
I am in the best shape and frame of mind of my life and I am very grateful to those of you at NYBC for being largely responsible for that. I didn't go on the camp to make lots of new friends and "find myself" - I haven't had any epiphanies or life changing experiences either during or since and I don't miss the 20 or so other women I shared the experience with. I went to allow myself some time to focus on me and see if given a bit of a push, I could get myself really fit again. The weightloss has been a consequence rather than the goal - but a very welcome one.
I have recommended NYBC to anyone that has cared to listen to why I am looking better these days. A lot of people assume it is primarily a weightloss programme and you get fit as a result but I think there would be real value in balancing that perspective when marketing it. A lot of the girls in my gym are fascinated by how much fitter I am and think the idea of military fitness training would be a great thing to do but are put off by the focus on losing weight. There are a few stigmas around "weightloss" but "getting fit" sounds much more positive. Just a thought.
Anyway, please pass on my thanks and congratulations to Jacqui and Sunny and the great reviews. A lot of that is down to the professionalism of all the people involved. Had you been any one other than your effective gentle self I may well have reflected on the entire experience very differently. So thank you.
With very best wishes,
Emma English
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