Amanda fell in love with Group Fitness and lost 20kg at Fernwood

Amanda knew she needed to up her game – so she swapped the treadmill for group fitness classes and lost 20kg. This is her story.

For most of my life I have not been happy with my appearance. I thought about joining a gym many times, but thought that it wasn’t my thing and hated the thought of working out, so I just continued to eat crap

Then a year ago, after having my son, I weighed in at 84kg. I was super depressed; I hated myself and my body. I decided I’d had enough, so I rang Fernwood Salisbury and spoke to Bec. I was nervous as hell about going to Fernwood, but the minute I opened the doors, Bec and Ali were so lovely and welcoming. Bec took a genuine interest in me and I left feeling good with a shiny new Fernwood Membership.

For the first three weeks I would come in and use the treadmill. While walking on the treadmill, thinking I would never get anywhere, I could hear all the fun the girls were having in the Group Fitness room. I needed to up my game, so even though I felt super nervous and unfit, I joined a Body Attack class – and I was hooked. From there I went on to try Body Pump, Body Step and RPM (which I was very scared of) and now I am in love with these classes. I am in the front row smashing them!

The group fitness instructors pushed me to some of my furthest limits. I have to say a massive thank you to Margaret who I do most of my classes with. She has believed in me and really pushed me when I thought I couldn’t do something or I wanted to give up. With this encouragement I am happy to say I have managed to reach some of my goals.

This is the new me and I am finally proud of myself. I like the way I look, I am happy, I eat healthy, and when I am not feeling good, everybody at the gym is there for me. I’ve made some great friends for life… and so have my kids! A massive special thank you to the childcare staff Cherie, Cathy, Ammie and Eve. You girls rock because you take the best care of my babies in Supervised Play and they absolutely adore you.

A huge thank you to all the staff. I love coming every day. Every time I walk through the doors, the girls greet me by my name. I am happy to be re-signing for another year… let’s see where this can take me!

So, lucky last I am happy to share with you all that I have now lost a whopping 20kg. I feel great and I have a whole new outlook on health and fitness!