Here's a news flash: Consistent exercise and diet, as in eating less, equals weight loss.
It's exactly what the participants in the "Lighten Up Challenge 2012" are discovering. Kingsburg residents Eve McGuire, Nicole Gonzales and Jenny Righetti and Selma resident Pam Orique are seeing positive results as they work off the pounds.
All four women are spending time at Xcelerate Fitness in Selma and losing weight in inches and pounds. Readers may recall the participants were chosen last month and featured in The Enterprise/The Recorder on Feb. 29.
l Eve McGuire
"My initial weigh-in results were a bit of a shocker to me," McGuire says. "I knew I was heavy, but I had almost 10 more pounds than I had originally thought! I knew this meant it was going to be harder and take longer to get to the present goal I had in mind."
"I also lost four inches in my waist," she says. "My muscle tone, strength and endurance are improving almost daily. This is the longest time I've stuck with a program and have shown the progress/results that I have."
The ability to go to Xcelerate Fitness has been invaluable, McGuire says.
"If I wasn't going to a gym to get my workouts in, I know I wouldn't be working out at a level I need in order to get the results I want," she says. "I get a lot of positive support from the fitness trainers, Daniel, Freddie, Stephanie and especially Christy, whose positive energy is contagious."
She enjoys the variety of workout classes offered at Xcelerate.
"Working out is different and fun each time," McGuire says. "I made a commitment to myself that I'm going to do this."
