For husband and wife weight-loss team Ros and Rob Holloway, losing weight was a matter of making lifestyle changes rather than following fad diets. And the Sydneysiders have lost the kilograms to prove it!
“We’d actually been losing weight for about two years before we decided to join Weight Watchers at the end of 2004,” recalls Ros, 39. “We just felt we’d been starving ourselves — I’d cut out chocolate completely. But Weight Watchers taught us it doesn’t have to be that way.
“Also, we wanted to learn more about nutrition,” says Rob, 42. “And it’s actually been a lot of fun — it doesn’t have to be hard yakka!”
“We learned how to eat smarter by controlling portion sizes, making better choices and reading nutritional charts on food packaging,” Ros explains. “And we were encouraged to go to the gym if we liked or otherwise incorporate doing things we like in life.
“So we started bushwalking together, even kayaking! And we always walk the three kilometres each way to our Weight Watchers meetings. I now have so much more energy and my skin feels a lot healthier.”
“I must have been mad being overweight!” Rob laughs. “Now I can climb heaps of stairs without being puffed out and go for longer walks. I even enjoy clothes shopping!”
“And,” Ros adds with a smile, “he doesn’t snore any more either!”
Ros’s vital statistics
Weight before: 61.1kg
Weight after: 52.5kg
Total weight loss: 8.6kg
Clothing size was: 12-14
Clothing size now: 6-8.
Rob’s vital statistics
Weight before: 106.8kg
Weight after: 86.6kg
Total weight loss: 20.2kg
Clothing size was: 4XL
Clothing size now: L
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