Team struts their stuff!

Photo: Contributed

Well it is almost April and spring has sprung. It is hard to believe that three months are almost over. The Global Fitness program, Get it Back, Give it Back is almost at an end. All I can say is…..WOW!

Team Castanet has been amazing. What a camaraderie! When we started we were unhealthy and way out of shape. We had bad habits and were not happy with who we were. When we started we were quiet and shy not knowing what we got ourselves into. I can honestly say we were all scared. I know I was.

As the weeks progressed we understood that there was no turning back and that this was a lifestyle change. And we hurt. Boy, did we hurt. We found muscles that we didn’t even know existed. We learned workout lingo and a million ways to exercise. We learned healthy eating and living. Best of all, we made friends.

Our glorious trainer Stephanie pushed us even when we thought one more burpee would kill us. She didn’t go easy on us and I am sure that there were words under our breath that we a glad we didn’t say out loud. We love her and if it wasn’t for her awesome drive, we would have gone back to being couch potatoes. Thank-you Stephanie….from the bottom of our hearts.

These are our stats as they stand right now. (I am sure these too will change as there is two weeks left).

When you get to the gym now to workout with the team, all you see is healthy, vibrant, happy ladies. They have even joined each other and done such things as climbing Knox Mountain and running the bleachers at the Apple Bowl. The difference is unbelievable. Although we are not at our goal weight, we sure are well on our way.

A big thank-you goes out to Global Fitness for thinking of this great way to give back to the community. I hope that this will be a yearly habit. We would like to thank our 2013 sponsor's for all their support. They are (in alphabetical order):

• Artix Custom Screenprints
• Beyond Nutrition
• Bread Company
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Castanet
• Csek Creative
• Edge Digital Media
• Okanagan Naturopathic
• Q103.1
• Total E'Clips
• Vital Waters
• The Yellow House Restaurant

I am sure that when this comes to an end, we will still keep in touch and meet to exercise. In fact I think most of us have signed up for the “Get it Back Bootcamp” that will start soon after Get it Back, Give it Back has been completed.

This article is written by or on behalf of an outsourced columnist and does not necessarily reflect the views of Castanet.