12 Week ‘Get Foxy’ Challenge Winners Announced

12 weeks, thousands of kilos, tonnes of sweat, tears and a few expletives have all come to this moment: announcing the winners of our 12 Week ‘Get Foxy’ Challenge!

Once again, we’ve been absolutely blown away by the results our 12 week challengers have achieved. It’s not just the kilos they’ve lost or the fitness they’ve gained; it’s the whole transformation these women have gone through to become the fittest, strongest and healthiest versions of themselves they can possibly be.

Everyone has a different story to tell. For our National Winner, Belinda Stephenson, it was a achieving a permanent lifestyle change that drove her determination and saw her take the crown. Now 24kgs lighter, brimming with energy, and a newfound love of healthy food – it’s safe to say the old Belinda has gone for good.

For our Heartfelt Hero winner, we couldn’t get past Amanda Brown’s story. Amanda was completing her second 12 Week Challenge – and this year she set her sights on getting her weight below a number she hasn’t seen on the scales since she was 12 years old. After losing 21kg this year and over 45kg in total, she’s just 1 kilo shy of her goal. We just know she’s going to make it!

For some of our challengers, the focus of their 12 week journey wasn’t weight loss. Abby Maxwell-Bowen from Adelaide City had just turned 46 before the challenge started. She said to herself, ‘Are my best years behind me, or ahead of me?’ She decided the best was yet to come, threw herself into the challenge, and now sports a set of abs that would make most 20-somethings envious! Abby and Jen Lawrence from Wetherill Park both worked their toned butts off to become our very deserving Lean Machine winners for 2014.

Social media played a huge role in keeping everyone inspired and connected during this year’s challenge – and none were more inspiring than our Best and Fairest Online winner, Joy Tang. Her weekly video blogs and dedicated Foxy challenge Instagram and Twitter feeds may have started as a way to keep her accountable to losing those last 5kg in her epic weight loss journey, but by sharing her story she soon became an inspiration to the rest of our online community – so we thank her warmly for her contribution to Fernwood.

If there’s one thing all our winners have in common, it’s that they followed the program to a tee. They wrote down their goals, they created an action plan, and they challenged their limiting beliefs. They undertook every task in their 12 Week Challenge workbook to make a shift in their mindset and align their mind, body and soul to their health and fitness goals – and that, essentially, is the key to weight loss success.

Well done to all our 2014 Foxy Challengers. We are so proud of you. Thank you for inspiring us and giving meaning to what we do every day – you are the reason Fernwood exists!