Marie came to see me in October 2009 at my gym in Manchester City Centre as she was concerned about her spiralling weight.  At the time she was finding it very hard to lose weight and was in fact putting it on at an alarming rate.  She did not like the gym and felt quite uncomfortable working out in front of other people.  Marie’s confidence was also very low at the time as she was very frustrated that her weight loss efforts and the way she was exercising did not seem to be working.

Weighing in at just over 122 Kilograms (19st 3lb) Marie’s Body Mass Index (BMI) was 42.7 which is classed as Obese class 3 or Morbidly Obese putting her at a very high risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers.  As a 24 year old this was a great concern to both her and myself and during our initial consultation where we sat down and discussed how we would address this especially taking into account Marie’s current levels of fitness.

Marie initially started to train with me twice a week for 30 minutes for the first few weeks and we worked on getting her fitness levels up. We also looked at her dietary intake by getting her to keep a food diary and got to work setting some goals and trying to keep her motivated.  After a few weeks exercise she was able to increase this to 3 times a week and by December 2009 Marie had upped her exercise to 3 x 45 minute sessions per week. Marie’s fitness has improved so much over the last 3 months that she is now able to exercise at a higher intensity for 1 hour x 3 times per week and she is even considering doing some additional studio classes in the gym.

During this time we have also helped educate Marie in regard to her diet and stressed the importance of having breakfast as this was one of the areas that we felt was an issue in terms of diet.

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