Christine's Tells Her Story of Our Fight to Build Muscle and Burn Fat

Christine wrote..

{{{ My name is Christine Deverell and I am a Personal Wellness Coach and Herbalife Independent Distributor of 18 years standing. In 1994 I lost 18kgs and four dress sizes using Herbalife's phenomenal nutritional products and I have maintained a respectable weight since then, never going a day without my products.

I say "respectable weight", but in the last 3 years, although I have remained the same weight, give or take 4 pounds or so, my clothes size has slowly increased. My arms and legs looked unhealthily thin, and being very petite, with the fat around my stomach was not a great advert for my business.

What more could I have done? It's a no-brainer. I have neglected the importance of exercise, been given the wrong advice about how to exercise and not been diligent in my habits. Like a lot of people I start a program, don't get the result I want, then I quit.

So what to do now? 

In March my friend and colleague in Herbalife Heba Al-Zuhair opened her Bath Nutrition and Wellness Centre in my hometown. I asked if I could join her Weight Loss Challenge to glean her wisdom. She is a very highly qualified nutritionist and former swimming champion and has recognised that my company, Herbalife, has the best products in the world for fitness and weight control and offers them to her clients.

Heba challenged me to work hard on myself during this challenge. It was to be more than an academic exercise for me. The lack of muscle and the volume of fat were at unhealthy levels for a woman of my height. I lost a lot of muscle mass when I had ME but that was over 18 years ago, but it is never too late, even at 60, to change this. Muscle burns fat, and I was eating more fat than I could burn in the form of cheese, butter, some fried food, lashings of mayo and oil on my salads and CAKE. I'm a good cook, I love cooking, and making cakes and desserts is in my genes. The trouble is of course, they end up bursting my jeans!

 The plan? It's a maths exercise.The right amount of protein - for me that was 70 grams per day. Measure my shakes carefully - no added fruit. 2 shakes a day, 2 snacks of low fat protein with a small fruit portion or thin rye bread, raw vegetables and salad, lots of water, green tea and one meal of low fat protein with vegetables and minimum carbs. 85% dark chocolate - one square a day! I have to discipline myself to get all this food down me every day - I'm not deprived!! For the first time in my life I have meticulously counted calories - you don't have to do it for long - after 3 weeks you just know. I have cheated. I have eaten chocolates, a few cakes, biscuits, desserts and drunk about 2 bottles of wine in 9 weeks.

 Today I blocked a friend on Facebook because she took it upon herself to call me obsessive and unhealthy and implied my children would be obsessed and unhealthy. I am dedicated to a goal and I am being professional. It is my job to help people reach their weight loss and fitness goals and I have to DO IT for the sake of my integrity and credibility. Fat - any amount, anywhere on my body = unbalanced and unhealthy. My name is not Marjorie Daws!

Exercise focuses on weights to build muscle and walking. My aerobics class was scrapped temporarily because I was losing muscle. After weight training I have 2 scoops of Herbalife 24 Muscle Build. I take multivitamins and fibre and herb, omega 3 Herbalifeline, and other supplements to enhance my results.

The result? I'm on my way to my goal of 22% fat, 2-3 visceral fat score (that's the dangerous fat round and in the internal organs) and 40% muscle mass.}}}.....

 What a lovely story! So inspiring and shows that when there is a will, miracles may just happen. So if you feel that you would like to live a dream to be fitter and healthier after the festive season, I have a new challenge starting on January.

So why don't you Join my 12 week Reduce Your Body Age challenge to Turn Your Body Clock Back and Look and Feel Younger. This challenge is designed to help you shed some of your chronological body age and get you to feel younger biologically.

Take the first step to Fight Body Aging and lose Weight by Joining the Body Age Challenge. You can Fight Your Body Aging simply by feeding your Cells and keeping them Young. We will work on your Metabolic Age, which reflects your Physical Health for example you could be 35 but your metabolic age is 75. The only way to do that is by a Healthy

Nutrition Program and a Suitable Fitness program that I will tailor make to fit your needs and help your body resist ageing.

January 2013:

Tuesday 8th at 6:15pm

Wednesday16th at 6:15pm

Tuesday 22nd at 10.30 am

To book your place please contact the centre on: 01225 571361

http://www.nutritionandwellnesscentre.co.uk/