A lifestyle and body transformation program would be nothing but a bunch of pictures and words without physical proof of 'real' people who have willingly made the decision to participate, take charge of their lives, make changes and see it through to success.
That is why I thought for those of you trying to find a solution to your weight loss issues, confused as to what program you should try? hmmmming n haaaing if this is a program you could possibly trust, perhaps you just don't know where to start because of all the conflicting information out there, OR maybe you think your at a point where you can't and have gone too far to turn back and need some serious inspiration and motivation to get you believing you can. I decided I would put this very willing and amazing team together who are all prepared to share their entire journey from start to success with you all.
I don't just mean a random progress shot uploaded every few weeks, but regular updates, diary entries sharing their journey from start to successful completion.
These people all vary in age, are both Men and Women from different parts of the world, are at varying fitness levels, have different health challenges, lifestyles and goals to aim for & reasons for participating in the program.
I believe that with the group we have to date most of you will be able to connect to one or some of them in one way or another.
Please follow these amazing and brave people on our social network pages and this blog we appreciate all support in this project and hope you are inspired and benefit from what we all have to share.....
LOCATION: New Zealand
PROGRAM: SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
GOAL: To loose 40 kgs, increase lean muscle mass. Be me again..ABOUT ME:
I am a 32 year old single mother of three
children (11 y.o, 6 y.o and 3 y.o); I have always worked hard to return to
pre-baby weight and often this has been to the detriment of my health such as
starvation, prescription hunger suppressants (with all the side effects),
obsessive exercising and even cigarette and coffee diets. Four years ago I decided to change my
career direction which meant returning to study. Before I started my introduction course I fell pregnant with
my youngest; she was born in-between assignments and presentations and again I
worked hard and returned to pre-baby weight. As my studies progressed to more advanced levels so too did
my stress levels and my coping mechanism became eating. I am now heavier than I ever was at any
of my three full-term pregnancies.
My skin is oily and pimply. The skin on my heels are cracking, I am
always uncomfortable and none of my clothes fit me right. I have now completed my Bachelors
Degree in Nursing and am awaiting my results for Registration exams. This accomplishment is an awesome feat
for me and a huge weight seems to have been lifted off my shoulders. And what should be a time for me to
celebrate my achievements I find myself becoming more of a recluse because of
my size. Reflecting on how I got
to this size I can only think that I completely ignored everything I know and
everything my body was telling me.
I didn’t stop eating when my body told me I was full. I didn’t listen to my body when I
started have digestion problems. I
didn’t prepare healthy snacks so I wouldn’t eat a packet of chips and chocolate
bar and energy drink. I completely
lost control of myself. But it
wasn’t just my eating. I
practically sat down and stopped moving.
There were a lot of assignments and reading for me to complete during my
studies and that was one of my excuses for not going for that walk around the
block. It has been a vicious
cycle; I’m lethargic cause I’m obese and I’m obese cause I’m too tired to move
– but I was never too tired to get off the couch and get myself a packet of potato chips to eat.
One of the main reasons I want to complete
this program and shed this excess weight is that I want my life back – I want
to be the energetic person I used to be.
I want to control my life again.
Looking at my weight and how I look in the mirror I have been in denial. What kind of an example am I setting
for my children? What example am I
setting for future patients that I will care for as a Registered Nurse? I want to be free from guilt – the
guilt that these questions ignite in me, and hey, I wanna look good too.
With the help of SCG I am going to take
back the control of my life; I am going to claim back that energetic and vivacious
person I once was and hope to shed 45% of my body weight which will bring me
into a healthy weight range for my height. I’m going to get in the best shape I’ve ever been and
maintain it.
LOCATION: Texas USA
PROGRAM: 21 Day Event Prep (and a prelim to 12wk Project Steel-Core)
GOAL: To be photoshoot ready in 21 Days. To pose in my first glamor/fitness photoshoot with SCG and to be in a photoshoot with International Photographer & Glamor/Fitness Model Sarah Campbell. Successful completion will have me accepted into SCG Body Project Steel-Core. This is specifically for fitness models and competitors serious about competition sport, and muscle gains..
ABOUT ME: My name is Candice, I am a 32, 1
month from 33 year old mother of 3. I am an Ophthalmic Assistant for a clinic
in an average size town in Texas(about 25 miles from my home). My husband and
I also coach amateur and professional boxers 4 days a week from 7pm-9pm. We
have a gym about 25 miles (in the opposite direction) from our home. My husband
and I also play coed Softball weekly. To say the least I am very busy with
work, family, and play. But I am not going to use the excuse that I don't have
time to workout and eat the way I need to, because I do have time. I am
starting this program because I want to tone up and get in excellent condition,
I am willing to work hard for anything and everything that this program
involves!
EJ
LOCATION: Gold Coast AUSTRALIA
PROGRAM: 12 Week Incinerator
GOAL: From 79kgs (173.8lbs) - Down to 63kgs (138.6lbs) (SCG Glamor Photoshoot and Trip to the Playboy mansion with SCG)
ABOUT ME: I am 28year old business owner/entrepreneur, I am in a very image conscious industry and being the face of my business, being in shape is vital. I do love good food and a nice drink or two, I am very busy, travel a lot and have not had much time for fitness. It seems things have caught up and next thing you know I have one of my best friends say she has never seen me this big!!! and I have to do something about it... So, crap
time to get my sh*t together and start training...let's do this SCG Body Challenge!! 12 weeks of developing new habits and get super sexy.... I say, Bring it! Time to make sh*t happen!!
MARK
LOCATION: Utah USA
PROGRAM: SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
GOAL: From 207kgs -
145kgs (and assess from there)
Healthy, fit and free for myself and my beautiful wife.
Healthy, fit and free for myself and my beautiful wife.
ABOUT ME:
My name is Mark
Petersen. I am 37 years old and I
am a native of New Zealand. I am
6’8” tall and weigh 455lbs. For the past 8 years I have been living
in Utah, USA with my beautiful wife Stephanie. I work for the state of Utah in Youth Corrections. Stephanie is a 911 dispatcher. We don’t yet have children but we
remain hopeful. Overall we live
very full and happy lives.
Now a bit about
how I came to be doing this program.
My Dad was a baker and my Mum was a home maker. Both were great cooks. Dad owned his own cake shop for the
first 13 years of my life so there was never a shortage of good food in our
house. As a child I was always the
fat kid, puppy fat mostly, the kind that I should have lost when I entered my
teenage years.
When I turned 13
my family moved from the home I had always known to a country town about an
hour and a half drive away. For me
it meant many challenges. New
school, new friends and suddenly being taken out of the security I’d always
known. I was homesick and felt
alone especially as I was just starting high school and everyone else seemed to
have their friends already made.
To make things worse my parents bought a country convenience store and
our family lived in the house that was attached to the store. I was 13, homesick and now had almost
unlimited access to candy, soda, chips and all manner of high calorie food. My weight ballooned. I don’t remember what my weight was…
partly because I was already so heavy that I couldn’t be weighed on regular
bathroom scales. I do know that by
the time I was 19 I weighed in at 449lbs.
Even though 449lbs may seem like a lot (and it is) I am also 6’8” so I
was able to fool myself that my weigh wasn’t really that bad. I could still walk after all and my
health was relatively good. If I
couldn’t do all the physical things that others my age could I just told myself
I had other strengths. Still
getting clothes was tough. I never
had the nerve to date or even consider that any girl would want to go out with
me and I broke more than one car seat.
At my biggest I
weighed 507lbs. At that time I was
26 and living with two roommates.
We decided that as a group we would try a diet and exercise plan. We really helped each other out. We worked out at 5:30 every morning and
in about 9 months to a year I was down to 400 lbs. I felt great and my confidence soared. However as time marched one my friends
and I went our separate ways and as life took its toll I returned to my bad
habits without my friends to help me.
Over the last 8 years I have been trying desperately to recapture that
magic and those feelings of empowerment.
Only this time I don’t want it to be based on a group mentality. This time I want to find ways that I
can do it for myself and use this group for support, direction and even a
little accountability.
My overall goal
isn’t about looks or even about health (although both have their place). My overall goal is freedom. I want to know that when I put my mind
to something I can finish. I want
to be free to run 20 minutes and then decide that I feel great so I run 20
more. I want to be able to do
pushups and sit ups. I want to go
hiking in Hawaii and be able to appreciate the scenery not just feel like I’m
going to die for lack of oxygen. I
am grateful to Sarah for allowing me to join her in this endeavor. I can’t wait to become the new ME.
SCOTT and NGAIRE
LOCATION: NEW ZEALAND
PROGRAM:
SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
GOALS: (Included in intro)
ABOUT SCOTT
I am fat, old and unfit which is a bad look for a Dive instructor (neoprene can only slim so much). The old I can’t do much about however the fat and unfit is another matter. My children are at the age they want to be hiking, camping, swimming, etc, etc and I want to do these things with them.
So here I
am. I want to lose some weight and
be fitter than I am so next time I am eye ball to eyeball with an Orca I won’t
hear the words Mama coming out of his mouth!
ABOUT NGAIRE
I was one of those skinny kids that could eat anything and everything and never put on any weight. That all changed once I became a teenager but I’d worked it out (mostly) by the time I hit my 20’s.
ABOUT NGAIRE
I was one of those skinny kids that could eat anything and everything and never put on any weight. That all changed once I became a teenager but I’d worked it out (mostly) by the time I hit my 20’s.
Three kids and a busy life later I
don’t recognize myself. I avoid
looking in mirrors or having my photo taken like the plague! In all honesty - just the thought of
taking the images for this program had me crying, have anxiety attacks and
nightmares! That’s ridicules!
My goal is to get healthier, and
to stop being so hideously ashamed.
The last family photo we had was when my baby was 2 months old – she’s
just turned 8! I want to have
photos and memories with my kids and I want a fabulous photo of my family to
hang on the wall – I want me back!
LOCATION: NEW ZEALAND
PROGRAM: SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
GOAL: From 85kgs - down to 60kgs
ABOUT ME:
I am a 24 year old mother of one beautiful little girl.
For the last seven years I have
battled with my weight, and twice I have got to where I wanted to be, but both
times I gained everything back … and more, and that’s not counting my pregnancy
issues with weight. I mustn’t have breastfed enough because I heard you
lose it all … but not me!
I have a gym membership that I am practically ‘donating to’ since I haven’t been for nine months, but as usual I don’t cancel because of the ‘I will go next week or tomorrow’ syndrome. To be honest, I can’t stand the me I am today. I know where I want to be and how I want to look but have no idea how to get there without help. I even started thinking that THIS was how the new me is going to be forever and I started accepting that.
Since looking through the SCG Body FB page, I have learnt so much just from reading the experiences of others and the meals that look yummy and well, normal. I seriously need help because I am sick of being in front of the mirror and NOT being able to look at myself, sick of no longer shopping because I can’t fit most clothes, sick of being too embarrassed to go out and being looked at for the wrong reasons, sick of dressing in baggy ugly clothes to hide myself and just sick of being lazy, unfit and not a good example for my two year old. I needed to make some serious changes!!
I am looking forward so much to going through with this one of a kind program to see changes in my weight, my body and especially my health. In doing this program I hope to feel like my old self again - happy and healthy.
I have a gym membership that I am practically ‘donating to’ since I haven’t been for nine months, but as usual I don’t cancel because of the ‘I will go next week or tomorrow’ syndrome. To be honest, I can’t stand the me I am today. I know where I want to be and how I want to look but have no idea how to get there without help. I even started thinking that THIS was how the new me is going to be forever and I started accepting that.
Since looking through the SCG Body FB page, I have learnt so much just from reading the experiences of others and the meals that look yummy and well, normal. I seriously need help because I am sick of being in front of the mirror and NOT being able to look at myself, sick of no longer shopping because I can’t fit most clothes, sick of being too embarrassed to go out and being looked at for the wrong reasons, sick of dressing in baggy ugly clothes to hide myself and just sick of being lazy, unfit and not a good example for my two year old. I needed to make some serious changes!!
I am looking forward so much to going through with this one of a kind program to see changes in my weight, my body and especially my health. In doing this program I hope to feel like my old self again - happy and healthy.
Jennie
LOCATION: New Zealand
PROGRAM: SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
GOAL: To Lose approximately 57kgs
To permanently change my unhealthy,
stressful lifestyle. To be a loser of body fat and not a loser for giving
up.
ABOUT ME: Just recently I found out I have a
fibroid as big as a tennis ball (and still growing) and 4 ovarian cysts in my
uterus. These "unfortunates" have caused my stomach to swell and
become very painful at times where I am bed ridden for a few day's at a time.
The only way to rid them is to have a hysterectomy.
This
is one of my main motivations to loose my weight and become fit and healthy. A scare like this made me reflect on my
life and what I want.
I have given up on soooo many
diets through excuses. I can tell you a million excuses as to why I give
up on things that become too hard. I can also give you a million of excuses as
to why I got so fat. At the end of the day I CHOSE to give up on looking
after myself and I CHOSE to put the food into my body to make me feel
happy. I believe everyone in this
world chooses what life they want, chooses what path they take, chooses their
future. I didn’t realize or
believe this until 2yrs ago.
I
have battled with depression since just after my son was born 19 yrs ago. This mental illness had a huge impact
on how I began to deal with everyday life. Eating made me
feel good and the more weight I put on the less I would leave the house. My life consisted of looking after every
ones children because I had no life and could never say NO.
This
commitment will challenge every part of me. To think of myself in this
capacity is a huge HUGE step for me. I will not only be struggling with
losing the weight and the “unfortunates” but will also be struggling with the
demons in my head that tell me to "stop being selfish and thinking about
myself" "I'm not worth it" etc etc. I believe this is MY
time to change, BIG-TIME, for ME.
I
have always put myself last (until now) for as long as I can remember.
Funnily enough I never got to ME. Now I have and man am I excited!!!!!.
My
name is Jennie and I am a 40yr old single Social Worker/Counselor mum, nana,
daughter, sister, sister in-law, aunty, cousin, friend reflecting on a life I
chose before and the life I choose now.
Ko
Tainui te waka
Ko
Raukawa/Ahuru te Iwi
Ko
Ngati Mahana te Hapu
Ko Te
Hau Tere/Maungatautari te Maunga
Ko
Oraka te Awa
Ko
Whakaaratamaiti te Marae
Ko
Jennie toku ingoa
Paula
LOCATION: New Zealand
PROGRAM: SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
GOAL: To lose approximately 40kgs
And actually get a body that doesn't take
all different sizes of clothing. Time to stop looking like a little
barrel.
I am a 39yr old Administrator from NZ who's
only exercise consists of walking from my car to the door of work, and rolling
my chair from one side of the desk to the other.
I have tried nearly all the diets you can think of, Greenlane diet to the Cabbage Soup diet ... all unsuccessful. I have started to run out of excuses for being overweight .. I can't say it's 'baby fat' because I have no kids. It is just pure piggyness with an addiction to Potatoes and Takeaways.
People say I am a procrastinator, somehow I now believe them. It's time to change my
life. I Joined the Gym last December all motivated to go ... I'm not sure what happened but
I have not yet set foot in there. I do drive past it all the time though, on the way
to McDonald's ...I have tried nearly all the diets you can think of, Greenlane diet to the Cabbage Soup diet ... all unsuccessful. I have started to run out of excuses for being overweight .. I can't say it's 'baby fat' because I have no kids. It is just pure piggyness with an addiction to Potatoes and Takeaways.
Why am I wanting to do this program? I am wanting to do it mainly to gain back the confidence and self esteem I have lost and get away from the big baggy black clothes that I call a uniform. I want to be able to take control of my life again and enjoy being me.
I am so excited to be doing this journey with my sister and can't wait to see each other accomplish our goals! Sooo excited to start and hoping that once I drop this weight, feel fit and healthy, I can finally be happy again.
IVY
LOCATION: CONFIDENTIAL
PROGRAM: SCG Body Lifestyle Transformation+
GOAL: From 65kg - down to 60kg - (Lose excess flab and develop lean muscle mass/tone).
ABOUT ME: Everyone who has heard I am participating in this
program has had the same response: What? Why would you do that? Are
you stupid? You're not fat!
My response to them and to everyone else thinking the same thing is this: I know. But I'm not healthy either.
I'm not doing this to lose heaps of weight, but to regain control over my life.
Earlier this year I participated in an intensive training program which left me in the best shape of my life.
It also left me injured with strict orders to rest. Although initially frustrating, this quickly turned into a crutch. I couldn't exercise so I stopped paying attention to what I ate, and before long I was right back into my old bad habits. More significantly, my injury robbed me of all motivation, and every decision to get my life back on track and start eating healthily was drowned in convenience food ... all too easy with two jobs (one full-time and one part-time) and part-time study.
And there I sat, dreaming of the days when I could pump out sets of press-ups, and of those ever-elusive abs.
At the most opportune time Sarah appeared on the scene providing motivation, information and a challenge. I accepted ... and here we are. I can't wait to regain control of my body and find out how far I can take this.
My response to them and to everyone else thinking the same thing is this: I know. But I'm not healthy either.
I'm not doing this to lose heaps of weight, but to regain control over my life.
Earlier this year I participated in an intensive training program which left me in the best shape of my life.
It also left me injured with strict orders to rest. Although initially frustrating, this quickly turned into a crutch. I couldn't exercise so I stopped paying attention to what I ate, and before long I was right back into my old bad habits. More significantly, my injury robbed me of all motivation, and every decision to get my life back on track and start eating healthily was drowned in convenience food ... all too easy with two jobs (one full-time and one part-time) and part-time study.
And there I sat, dreaming of the days when I could pump out sets of press-ups, and of those ever-elusive abs.
At the most opportune time Sarah appeared on the scene providing motivation, information and a challenge. I accepted ... and here we are. I can't wait to regain control of my body and find out how far I can take this.
SC
LOCATION: All Over The World.
PROGRAM: 21 Day Event Prep (moving into12wk Project Steel-Core)
GOAL: (Initial) from 64kg - down to 60kg
ABOUT ME: As mentioned on our FB page I wanted to show you how I do things personally. I let myself get a little soft and added some winter love so you can see me get shoot and summer ready. BUT then I'm going to push it further and take my body to a whole new level in my own fitness modelling and get in the best condition of my life with my new program "Project Steel-Core". All about serious gains and condition.
MICHELLE
LOCATION: Gold Coast AUSTRALIA (From Ireland)
PROGRAM: 6 Week Detox and Re-feed. (prelim to 12wk Project Steel-Core)
GOAL: To
re-feed my body. Learn how to eat in a healthy way through correct
nutrition. Develop new habits, behaviors and improve my relationship
with food. To develop a strong healthy, fit body. Develop lean muscle
mass, strength and body conditioning. Have the body of a fitness model.
ABOUT ME: I am 26 years old and have been stuck in a
loop of "dieting" for the last number of years, feeling horrible.
When I left university 6 years ago I had put on a lot of weight through bad eating habits and too much partying. I decided it was time to lose the weight, so I changed my diet and started working out in the gym. After a few months I had lost the desired weight but that was only the beginning of my problems. I had no idea how to maintain my new body so bad habits and depriving myself became everyday occurrences. I ate throughout the day but not enough food for my body and not the food my body needed for proper and healthy wellbeing.
My body isn't getting the nutrients it needs or the calories to get me through the day. I have been feeling low on energy most of the time, grumpy when I'm hungry (which is a lot of the day!!), and exhausted when I get home in the evenings. I know it sounds crazy to continue in this was but my fear of regaining the weight and lack of knowledge in what to do means I've kept this up and basically been hungry for years.
It has come to the point now that something has to give as my relationship is suffering hugely and every aspect of my life is feeling like a chore. I have been accepted by Sarah to do her 12-week program and I completely trust in her to help me. I know its not going to be easily but I will trust what she says and follows her menu and workout program word for word.
I am so excited to feel like a whole new me!!!!
When I left university 6 years ago I had put on a lot of weight through bad eating habits and too much partying. I decided it was time to lose the weight, so I changed my diet and started working out in the gym. After a few months I had lost the desired weight but that was only the beginning of my problems. I had no idea how to maintain my new body so bad habits and depriving myself became everyday occurrences. I ate throughout the day but not enough food for my body and not the food my body needed for proper and healthy wellbeing.
My body isn't getting the nutrients it needs or the calories to get me through the day. I have been feeling low on energy most of the time, grumpy when I'm hungry (which is a lot of the day!!), and exhausted when I get home in the evenings. I know it sounds crazy to continue in this was but my fear of regaining the weight and lack of knowledge in what to do means I've kept this up and basically been hungry for years.
It has come to the point now that something has to give as my relationship is suffering hugely and every aspect of my life is feeling like a chore. I have been accepted by Sarah to do her 12-week program and I completely trust in her to help me. I know its not going to be easily but I will trust what she says and follows her menu and workout program word for word.
I am so excited to feel like a whole new me!!!!
LOCATION: CONFIDENTIAL
PROGRAM: 12 Week Fast Track
GOAL: To
loose excess body fat. Find a nutritional plan that covers all bases
while having a very busy lifestyle so I can happily maintain the loss.
ABOUT ME: I'm 47 years old Male, business owner, I have always
been very active, having a military background and participated in
professional sports and various outdoor activities over my lifetime.
They say as you get older things start to change, the belly starts to
develop, well if you let things slide they really do. My lifestyle is
always very busy, with not much
time to spend thinking about what I eat, I am now
carrying some bad habits, and I can see the results of these habits.
I
do not intend to continue along this path and being so unhealthy. I am
ready to get back in top physical condition to be able to participate in
the activities I enjoy. SCG has adapted a program to suit my fast paced
lifestyle, which I am amazed from what I have seen, what I will be
eating. I'm looking forward to seeing results.
