Lifetime La Grange Park resident and LTHS grad Megan Sandilands has gone from facing obesity-related health risks to being a fitness role-model and inspiration at Oasis Women's Fitness & Spa.
Lifetime La Grange Park resident and LTHS grad Megan Sandilands has gone from facing obesity-related health risks to being a fitness role-model and inspiration at Oasis Women's Fitness & Spa.
Megan Sandilands' wake-up call during a track-and-field physical her junior year at Lyons Township High School: The doctor informed her that, due to her weight, she was in the 99th percentile for risk of developing Type II diabetes. Sandilands didn’t want diabetes, and she didn’t want to be overweight anymore. Joining her hometown La Grange Park’s Oasis Women’s Fitness & Spa while going on Jenny Craig, she began a program that would eventually help her shed the weight of a small adult—110 lbs—and lead to a job as Oasis’ newest personal trainer. “It definitely has come full-circle,” Sandilands marveled. “People use my workouts as motivation. … It seems unbelievable that I’m considered one of the fit friends. My life has completely changed…
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The full title: "The Eat What You Want Diet, aka The Shrwalk (Shrink And Walk Diet) - How I Lost 42 Pounds In 84 Days By Shrinking My Appetite and Walking."
A La Grange Park man who managed to drop 42 pounds of extra weight in less than three months is sharing his experience and strategy in a new eBook, The Doings La Grange reports. According to the paper, Gary Charles Metz said he lost the weight through a combination of appetite control and regular walking exercise on a beach in Floriday. "I was basking in the glow of compliments, and in May, I through I’d try writing an eBook," Metz told the paper. "It boils down to staying busy and not thinking about food. With the foods I craved so much, I decide does my stomach need it, or is it my taste buds that want it. The main thing is to keep walking an hour a day." You can find the book, full title The Eat What You Want Diet, aka The Shrwalk (…
Nikki Randa
5:33 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
I wish I had a trainer like Megan!!! And she is right how anybody can do anything as long as they believe in themselves and try. I once heard I wise man, ShayCarl (he vloggs on Youtube) say something like this: "The secret to success is hidden behind cliches." All the things you hear like "Don't stop till it is done", "You will feel better once you put it behind you", "The only thing holding you … more ›