| Name |
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Kate Burrows |
| City/State/Country |
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Collingwood Park, Queensland, Australia |
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| Current Age |
|
22 |
| Height |
|
160cm |
| Current Weight |
|
65kg |
| Dress Size |
|
10 |
| Started Training Regiment |
|
2011 |
| Original Weight |
|
97kg |
| Original Dress Size |
|
16/18 |
| How long did the transformation take? |
|
1 to 2 years |
| BEFORE |
| What were your original Eating habits? |
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I used to drink at least a coke a day. As for my eating habits, I never ate breakfast. If I did it was a big meal of fatty bacon, eggs, toasts, etc. When I was living at home, I was eating take away nearly every meal, iced coffees and slices for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. |
| What was your original work out regiment, if any? |
|
| I never worked out. I hardly ever left the house. When I did, I drove everywhere. I was lazy and felt so bad all the time that I could hardly do anything. |
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| How did your original weight make you feel? |
|
| I was stuck in an unhealthy relationship and was really depressed, so I ate badly. My weight kept me down constantly. I was too scared to leave the house, because nothing would ever fit me. I couldn’t fit into any of the clothes I wanted to wear. I was ashamed to look at myself in the mirror and ashamed of what people thought of me and all the bad names I was being called. It was a really bad time in my life, which also affected my relationship. My weight made me hate myself, and I hated what I had become. |
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| What made you want to change? |
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The way I thought about myself. I was so sick and exhausted of hating the way I looked and felt all the time. |
| What was your driving motivation? |
|
My dad passed away just over a year ago and my ex left me for my best friend, as well as took everything. It was a really bad time in my life. My ex would call me nasty names and call me fat every time I ate. It’s because of that, how my ex treated me, all the names I was ever called, and the way it all made me feel about myself that motivates me to want to look and feel better about myself. I’ve always been a bigger girl and have never been happy with myself or the way I looked. I needed to change that; I couldn’t keep going the way I was anymore. |
| What made you feel sexy? |
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Nothing. I never felt sexy—not ever. Everything about my body made me feel unattractive. |
| TRANSFORMATION |
| What did you do to lose weight? |
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I have changed my eating completely. I eat more regularly and smaller portions. I eat clean 85 percent of the time and train hard. I started out doing some weights at the gym. Now I run, jog, or walk every morning and sometimes more during the week. |
| How did that make you feel? |
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At first, it was quite hard having such a big lifestyle change compared to what I used to eat, but it has gotten easier and I have had some help from some great friends. |
| Who helped you? |
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There have been a few people that have helped me along the way. I have done it mainly myself though. I made the decisions on my own and tried it all on my own. It has been quite difficult with all the people around me still eating bad food, but I try to stay motivated. There also have been a couple of people who have helped keep me motivated and without them I would have given up by now. |
| Who/what sabotaged you? |
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No one or nothing in particular. I think there have been a few times people have eaten bad food around me and I caved and ate it, as well. |
| What was the hardest thing during this process? What was easier than you thought? |
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The hardest thing has been trying to stay motivated. It does get hard and expensive at times and I get a little sad, but if I go off the rails, I get straight back on them the next day. Nothing has been easy. The whole process has been a really hard one, especially with all the other problems going on around me. |
| AFTER |
| What are your current eating habits? |
|
For breakfast, I have protein, eggs, a ham steak, or fruit and natural yogurt. I will have a small portion of chicken and salad or vegetables for lunch. For dinner, I eat vegetables, chicken, kangaroo or lean beef patties. I snack on chicken, almonds, green apples, yogurt, strawberries, etc. I drink water or lemon water. If I crave something bad, I drink a POM Antioxidant Peach Passion White Tea. |
| What was your original work out regiment, if any? |
|
I would go to the gym a few times a week. |
| How does your size make you feel? |
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I feel a lot better about myself—well, a lot better than what I used to. I still haven’t reached my goal weight yet, but I now know I am on the right path. I know once I have reached it that I will stay there and will be happy, confident, and love who I am, as well as realize how far and how hard I have worked to get there. |
| How do people react to the new you? |
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Many people don’t believe that I used to be a lot bigger, so when they see photos they get really shocked. I do get a lot of compliments now, but I’m doing this because I want to do it for myself. |
| What is your driving motivation to keep this size? |
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I want to be happy with myself and body and be confident. I can’t keep living my life with all the negative energy and the negative thoughts about me. That will be my motivation! |
| What makes you feel sexy? |
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I feel sexy when I see my collarbones, when I feel toned and no flabby bits hanging around, and when I feel confident with myself and like the way I look in the mirror. |
| What do you miss? |
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I can’t say I miss anything. I don’t miss being the size I was, and I don’t miss the life I was living. I am determined to be happy and confident. I will never go back to the way things were before. |
