Previous competitions have resulted in entrants losing on average, as a combined effort, the body weight equivalent to 10 people! But as well as losing weight, many also gained a good type of weight, in the form of muscle.

The 20 week competition does not involve taking pills and potions, but instead following a well balanced nutritional and exercise regime personally tailored to your needs, goals and preferences by your personal trainer (as there's no point doing something we don't enjoy now is there!).

Choose 2 categories to enter into that are most relevant to your goals, and receive ongoing support throughout the competition as needed. Support offered includes:

• Weekly inspirational text quotes
• Weekly ‘text challenges’
• ‘Try something new’ group sessions - e.g. climbing, hiking, biking, hot yoga, pilates, pole dancing, adrenalin forest, surfing...
• Weekly newsletters packed full of great advice and offers
• Nutritional support (e.g. food diary analysis and recipe ideas)
• Lots of additional challenges and chances to win great prizes - you choose how involved you want to get!

The next challenge will begin in April 2012.

Click the logo  to read all about the competition, the testimonials and the categories you can enter into, or contact Elly for more information.

Images:

Nikki before:		And after (minus 10 kg)...

Testimonials:

The following was written by a client of Natural Balance to the organisers of the 20 week challenge.

Hi Anna and Broni,
 
I am writing to you to say how wonderful a trainer Elly is.

She has helped me in so many ways it is hard to quantify. So I'll try to be brief... she has...

• Organised excellent weekend adventures such as:
  • Tramping up to a DOC hut in the back of Mt Oxford
    (including organising the food, DOC passes, cooking, water gathering, and providing positive cheer all the way along the 10 hour journey)
  • Adrenalin forest
  • Surfing
  • Biking around McLeans Island and Bottle Lake forest (all in her own time...)
  • Clip n climb (I’m taking the kids in my class this week.... I'll take some photos!!!)
    
• Listened to those around her and organised fun stuff like pole dancing
• Taken into consideration the things I love to do and scheduled them in to my programme (like boxing)
• Given us weekly text challenges (I have included a photo of my students doing the star jump text challenge)
• Sent weekly quotes that are inspiring to keep us on task
• Provided delicious healthy nutritious snacks for our trips and activities (my favourite is the Em's power cookie 'Original', and fantastic scroggin for our 5 hour tramp around Mt Oxford) and organic lettuce for my salad that came from her garden... picked at 5.30 in the morning before her long day!!!   Talk about dedication!!!

Without her I wouldn't have been such an active part of the class camp I went on with my students (I included a photo of me on the low ropes course).  I took part in none of these last year... basically I felt that I couldn’t do them. I walked into camp around the port hills with all of my students largely because of the walks I had done with Elly around a similar walk (in the weekend.... in her own time) so that influenced 15 young disabled kids... (she has created that wonderful domino effect because I am now more active with the students I teach and with my friends).

Elly and I have just passed our 1 year anniversary!  I am constantly astounded by her energy, kindness, generosity, patience and spirit! I can honestly say that without her dedication and determination i would not be here today.  She doesn't push me.... she makes me push myself and that is a huge gift!  One that I am eternally grateful for.... she deserves to be the best trainer... because she really and truly is!
 
Many thanks  
See you at the dinner (Anna see you at boot camp)...
 
Meegan Fraser 

Elly has been awesome!!!

Over the last 20 weeks she has helped me push past boundaries both physically, mentally.

I can now run for longer, am stronger (in body and soul - a very happy Buddha!!), eating better and have done a lot of things I don't think I would've done if not for Elly's super fun group sessions - rock climbing, Adrenalin Forest, hiking and meditation to name just a few!!

She made every session exciting, and her Boot Camp gave me a chance to mix with new people and challenge myself even more.

Her positive attitude and super happy nature is so contagious she just makes me want to reach for that goal and beyond.

Training with Elly has changed me in so many ways I can't really thank her enough.

I can't wait to see what she has in store for me 2011!

Anna