winnipeg's biggest loser

The next in the “Team West Series of Updates,” here’s Barb’s. Again, unedited, raw and honest.

We are just completing the final week of Winnipeg’s Biggest Loser and I feel like I had won the lottery being chosen for this competition.  When we were picked as one of the teams I was extremely excited and couldn’t believe it…I knew in my heart that this was something that was going to change my life forever.  Who wouldn’t want a personal trainer for 3 months! 

I have been trying for years to lose weight, tried all the fad diets which never work and usually gain more weight in the mean time.  I use to feel uncomfortable standing in fast food lines thinking everyone was staring at me as I was overweight.  I was always told that I had a pretty face, but I knew that rest of me need some help…

Just to let everyone know the only diet that works is to eat healthy, drink your water and exercise.  Soon thereafter, you will see the pounds coming off and the definition of your body changing everyday.  I had lost 32 pounds from Dec 1, 2009 to Feb 1, 2010.  What a great start I’m thinking.  Since working out at Impact Fitness Feb 1, 2010 to present I have lost another 22 pounds.  I see so many differences in my body, I have curves again, definition on my arms and have lost quite of few inches in the stomach area.  My goal for this competition was to lose enough weight to wear a dress to my daughters 18 birthday in October 2010.  I have never worn a dress in 18 years as I was never comfortable or to big to wear something nice.  I want to eat healthy and exercise as I want to be around for my 4 children and my awesome husband.

When we first got picked and met our trainers, I was kinda apprehensive and didn’t know what they had in store for me.  After what I thought was our first ‘workout’, it turned out to be just the evaluation.  I couldn’t move for at least 3 days. As we started to attend the gym on a regular basis, five and sometimes seven days a week, I got comfortable with the workouts and for once felt like I fit in.  

I loved working will all my team members, and I would like to give a big thank you to Sean Brown and Katelyn Combs for there undivided attention during these past 3 months.  I would like to thank the other staff at Impact Fitness they are amazing as well, a big kudos to Erin, Dave and Danielle you guys are awesome.  I big thank you as well to Hot 103 /QX104 for making this happen, if it wasn’t for you we all wouldn’t be on the road to a healthy life.