Aaron
Over the last 15 years I have put my body through hell; it finally caught up with me in December 2003. At the age of 33 and weighing 151kg I had a heart attack! In the past you name it I have tried it, no matter what I did, or didn't do I couldn't lose weight and keep it off.
In October 2006 I was introduced to Somebody.co.nz by my doctor (Dr Baker of Ferrymead Medical Centre). It’s been just over 4 months since I started; I am now 108kg and feeling the best I have felt for years. I still have a wee way to get to my goal of 99kg but I am very confident with the help of Somebody.co.nz that I’ll get down to my goal that I have set for myself.
I did a triathlon at the beginning of the year, I wouldn't have known anything about this if it wasn’t for Somebody.co.nz, & of course it gave me another thing to focus on while striving towards getting to my goal. At the moment I am doing alot of biking, walking and swimming, things I haven’t done for years. With the weight loss I am also playing senior tennis and loving it. Not only am I getting the benefits, my whole family are too! We now all have healthy nutritious meals, and because of this we also have alot more energy to do more things together that we never used to do at all.
I find the website very helpful in many ways, the calorie counts of each food, the articles, the testimonials of other people in similar circumstances as myself, and I really love being able to see exactly what I’ve done when I log my exercises. I enjoy the privacy of the site and find it to be extremely user friendly. The weigh-in each week is great as long as the scales are going the right direction; it's a bit like golf if you cheat you are only cheating yourself.
I would like to give Somebody.co.nz the big thumbs up, high five and just say a BIG “thanks” for giving me back my life.