To the amazing team at The New Me

When I walked through the doors a month ago, I had a smile on my face but I was a very sad girl on the inside.

Every day here has pushed me to new limits and shown me that I can achieve anything. You will all be in my hearts forever. Thankyou for helping me get my life back,

Sarah

To all the staff at The New Me

Theres an old Hebrew expression thats says "whom so ever" saves one life, saves the world entire.Thats what you guys do at The New Me. You save lifes and change worlds. I will never be lonley, self-loathing, unsure girl I was when I first walked through your doors. You have given my family a wife and a mother to be proud of.

Thanks for the workouts, the pushing, the classes, the fun, the laughter and your patience. I will miss you all dearly and think of you fondly for all the days of my new life.

With love

Lisa

I would like to tell everyone reading this just how much Adro and all of the staff at The New Me has changed my life for the better.

Just a month ago I arrived, scared, lost drepressed and in the grips of a downhill decline due to morbid obesity. I missed my children everyday and wanted to go home, curl up under a blanket and shut out the world. I wasnt just fat, I was Huge. All my clothes are handmade or purchased from a mens clothing store in the largest size possible. I was a walking mountin at 256kg and my future as well as my future with my husband and children was bleak.

BUT, all that changed at The New Me. Instead of being ridulculed and put down, i was encouaged and inspired. WIth every extra step I did, with all the extra exercise, the classes, swimming and walking, I slowly became a new person.

By being shown how to eat right and all different ways to excercise, from interval training to swiss ball classes, the weight began to fall , infact it had fallen so quickly I had dropped 38kg by the end of the first fortnight!

On top of that, my health improved, no longer was I so reliant on my puffer, my skin cleared up, my nails are not as lack lustre as they were when I arrived, I also had so much more energy. I wanted to move more, to further my distance as my fitness levels increased!

The best day of them all was the one where I made it up the 1000 steps in one and half hours! No one could ever have imagined me doing that one month ago, if at all.

Now its time to go and I couldnt be happier, not with leaving, but with everything Ive achieved whilst here.Im down 45kg to 211kg, Im alot fitter and happier than I have been in the last 10 years, and I know im going home to my beautiful children as a mother who is going to be with them for many more years.

This is just the start of my weightloss journey and what a start its been! I couldnt have asked for a better place or people to help me kick start the raod to finding The New Me!

Once again, Thankyou Adro, Jannah,  Dante and all of The New Me team. You are all truely inspirational people.

Sincerly

Nicole

Ps. I will be back to do more handstands on the beach!

I started one of the best journeys of my life just 15 short weeks ago when I entered The New Me Weight Loss Retreat and met Adro and the team he has put together. I was feeling at an all time low and my weight was out of control at 122.6 kilo’s. I was moody, grumpy and sad in myself most of the time and generally not a very nice person to be around. I did my best to hide how I was feeling from those around me and thought I did a pretty good job but it was my family who wore the brunt of how bad I was feeling about myself. I was desperate to get help and I had started searching the internet for information on lap banding surgery as a way to help me lose weight as I was feeling I could not do this on my own.

I had watched The Biggest Loser on TV and always thought I would do well in this sort of environment but would never have the courage to go on National TV and show myself to everyone like the contestants on the show. When I first heard Adro mention his Weight Loss Retreat on the Mornington Peninsula I knew straight away I had to go. I jumped on the internet that night and made enquires over the following few days. I put in for 4 weeks off work and made the arrangements to change my life. I just couldn’t get myself booked in quick enough.

The New Me is everything that I expected, hoped for and more. I stayed for 4 weeks and in that time I was able to concentrate and work on ME.

The training was very hard in the beginning but as I dropped weight and became fitter and more determined the exercise became more enjoyable and easier. The variety of trainers kept the sessions exciting the trainers – each with their own way of getting the job done - kept me constantly motivated (and exhausted)

The daily classes with Adro were full of information that have helped me stay motivated and focused not only while I was in the house but since my return home. The classes educated me on how to set goals and targets, lose weight & keep it off and feel better about myself.  They taught me what to look for and avoid in different foods and the importance of calorie intake.

Daily group counseling sessions with Deidre alongside one on one sessions were a really important part of the program for me. I was able to look at why I had allowed myself to put on the weight I was carrying and how I would put in place plans that would help me keep the weight off and continue my journey when I returned home.

The cooking classes were great. All the classes were enjoyable and the receipes made where ones that I have continued to make at home for my family. The receipes are delicious!!! Everybody made the house feel like a home away from home!
 
I lost a total of 13kg in the 4 weeks I spent at The New Me. I made some great friends and it has only been the start of my journey. Since I returned home 11 weeks ago I have followed a healthy eating regime and continued to train daily, seeing a personal trainer 3 times per week which has allowed me to lose a further 19.4 kg bringing my total to a 32.4kg.  I feel like a new person!

I would like to thank Adro and The New Me team for giving me the opportunity and tools to lose the weight and the ongoing support and belief in me to continue my journey to lose the remaining 14.8 kg  I need to lose to get to my goal

I would not hesitate for one second to recommend this program for anyone who has struggled with their weight as it will change your life as it has done for me.

Caroline Garrick