“I first met Maria in February 2014, when we crossed paths walking our dogs on the beach. It was summer and we were two British lasses living in a small town in South Africa so naturally we connected! ☺ I soon approached Maria to train me. I was not exactly overweight, as a runner my body stats were 23% body fat and I weighed 62kg. In my mind I was actually ‘fit’ but I constantly felt chronically tired, very hungry and saw little reward for the 40 plus kilometers I would pound out the pavement a week! I soon learned that actually I was far too restrictive in my diet with obsessive silly low fat and high carb choices. I also have PCOS which means I have elevated insulin and out of sink hormones making weight loss an extra slow process. Maria first practiced kineology on me to identify the foods that my body is sensitive to. She then kept me updated with my biosignature report weekly. She would monitor my food choices with a food diary during the week, this helped immensely and I learned so quickly where I was making food mistakes. Within no time at all I started to see real results and couldn’t believe it! Maria also taught me how to love strength training for body conditioning. Just spending an hour a week with her on an early morning workout yielded such great results and I had so much fun lifting, jumping, sprinting and bouncing about to rad music! I also learned here that being a runner doesn’t make you ‘gym savvy!’ I really had to practice my swiss ball etiquette so as not to resemble a beached whale! Now strength training and stretching have become my new running. Currently I am down to
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:45:14 +0000
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