We understand how December and January are months of excess (excess food, drinking, spending and running around) and so we have planned a 4 Week Intensive Weight Loss Program for February 2010 to rid you of that new year excess. Our 4 Week Intensive Program has seen huge successes and this will be our biggest and best yet as each successive program sees improvements from the last.

Kat, PJ and myself (Darren) are currently in the process of putting the final touches on an Advanced 4 Week Intensive program that will run off the back of the basic course in March. The advance course will be available to anyone who has successfully completed the 4 Week Intensive Weight Loss Program (we define success as anyone who attended the workshop and stuck to their guidelines).

The basic program (or 101 as we call it among ourselves) was initially developed to give focus to the importance that food plays in assisting us to lose weight. Everyone wants to be lean and we have found the number 1 thing getting in their way is a lack of understanding of what they are eating and how it is impacting their body. We initially coined it, lose 4 kilos in 4 weeks but found that this set an expectation that was unrealistic for some. Most achieved between 2-3kg loss, even though some lost between 5-6kgs – pretty amazing in a 4 week period.

So the advanced program 202, will share a similar format to 101 with an initial workshop where we will cover topics such as Zone vs Paleo eating, the benefit of using the CrossFit Ignite Sydney levels of performance and a practical demo from Kat showing us how to put together snacks and meals. Just like the basic we will set guidelines for ourselves for the following 4 weeks and complete a food diary throughout the period to measure our success. Unlike the basic the advanced 202 program will not be solely focused on weight loss but rather span into other benefits of clean eating such as increased performance and reduced disease.

The dates for the workshops are Saturday 30th January (2pm – 4.30pm) for the 4 week intensive and Saturday 27th February (2pm – 4.30pm) for the advanced. Have a think about these now and put the date/s in your diary. You will hear more about these programs in early 2010.