Karen Ivey
Parkes
"Hi, I'm Karen Ivey I've been going to Chizen for about two years, when I first decided I needed help to loose weight. I didn't know which way to attack my problem. I went and spoke to the staff and they suggested the 6 week wieght challenge. I did the challenge and won it. I lost 55cm and won a 12 month membership. I try to do 4-5 classes a week. Bodyvive is my favourite. I find Andrew and his staff friendly and professional. It is enjoyable going to Chizen, I would recommend it to anyone."
John Langford
Dubbo
Sue Whytcross
Parkes
Karen Chant - Dubbo
Being someone who loves food and loathes exercise, my friends and family were amazed when I signed up to the Chizen 6 Week Weight Loss Challenge. Not being overly overweight, but carrying excess that I had tried to get rid of for years by using diet plans from well known weight loss centres or visiting dieticians, I thought I would give it a go.
At the end of six weeks, I was excited to learn that I was the ?Biggest Loser?! The secret to my success initially was my motivation for sticking to the program knowing that it was ?only six weeks?. Other plans, seemed like a lifetime of starvation and deprivation to me, whereas this was broken up into three very achievable two week blocks. In the process, I have lost kilos and centimetres, I can now touch my toes, I am fitter and I have developed great eating and exercise habits that I will carry with me throughout the rest of my life.
The information provided by Andrew, Karen and the staff at Chizen was educational and useful but most of all, practical. Their guidance and encouragement was incredible ? weekly motivational ?meetings?, regular telephone follow-ups, personal training sessions and an extremely friendly and non-judgemental environment where I felt comfortable and totally at ease (even in my 10 year old tracksuit with bleach stains!).
I know I wouldn?t have been able to achieve these results without their support and I am very grateful.
I highly recommend Chizen to anyone that wants to lose a lot of weight, or just a little, or just wants to get healthier and fitter and improve the quality of their life. You won?t regret it!
Allison Howlett - Parkes
I would like to tell you how happy I am with the recent results I have had after joining Chizen in Parkes eight weeks ago.
Over the past ten years or so I have had five operations on my back including spinal fusions to my lower back and have found walking and moving quite difficult and extremely painful on a day to day basis.
December last year I had a fall in the Woolworths Car Park, then went through extensive Physiotherapy Treatment for a few months without hardy any improvement at all ? in fact after all that strapping on my back and left knee I found it was almost impossible to be able get up from the lounge or even to get out of bed as I was slowly getting worse, as I wasn?t able to move about as I would have like to - so I decided to join Chizen to see if it might be of any benefit to me at all.
After a few short weeks of working out on your equipment (quite slowly at first) I now feel a lot better and can?t tell you how fantastic that feels ? I know I still have a long way to go before I am feeling stronger again but know I am finally on the right road to recovery.
I have now found I am able to walk and sit without constant pain but more importantly I am able to sleep so much better without waking constantly during the night with pain every half hour or so and don?t have to take as much pain relief medication as I previously had and feel it is all due to me being able to exercise at your well appointed Gym.
I would like to thank Margo and Sue for there constant support and encouragement and feel they are a huge credit to your organization.
I look forward to improving my health and wellbeing during the months and years ahead.
Thanking you all again for your continued support.
