So the last 8 weeks have flown by and I’m happy to report that I’ve survived the SSISA Healthy Weight Programme in one piece (albeit more toned, less stressed). I’ve surprised myself by sticking to an eating plan (what, me?!) and have discovered muscles I never knew existed along the way. My muscles have been [...]
About Anel
Shape’s Art Director Anel Stapelberg has signed up for the 8-week Sports Science Healthy Weight Programme. This forms part of the SSISA Shapes up Shape programme.
It’s all about change
So it’s our second last week on the Healthy Weight programme and last night we had all our vitals checked again. Blood Pressure, heart rate, cholesterol, flexibility and our weekly weight-in was on the cards when we got to SSISA. Tonight we are having our measurements taken and while I have still only managed to [...]
Are you ready for Bootcamp?
Based on what I’ve heard from colleagues who followed the programme before I was more than a little scared when we where told we’d be doing Boot Camp this week. I imagined it to be something like this… But I wasn’t completely wrong. Regular Boot Camp classes happen in the shadow of Table Mountain on [...]
Who invited Mr Trolley man?
A big part of the Healthy Weight programme, naturally, revolves around the eating plan. Each week we have a weigh-in session and spend time with the dietitian. For the past 5 weeks we’ve been handed notes to ease our healthy eating journey. Some of the tips and advice have included how to ensure we’re consuming [...]
What is the opposite of a balls-up?
The fourth week of training has been a bit tough for me. I came down with a cold over the weekend and couldn’t make it to our Monday night session. However I knew that I would have to get back there last night or I wouldn’t have anything to write about today. When we got [...]
Is that a bicep?
I have a confession to make. I don’t normally read food labels. I realise I work for SHAPE and that at least once a year we run a story on how to decode food labels, but I consider myself a healthy eater and I always try to include lots of fruit and vegetables in my [...]
Week one down…
After a perhaps too relaxed weekend, which included a decadent dinner with friends and me trying (unsuccessfully) to sneak a Magnum into my eating plan on Sunday, I knew I would have to work a bit harder for our Wednesday night weight-in. It’s Week 2 of our SSISA Healthy Weight programme and the pace has [...]
Getting started…
My mission: To complete the 8-week Sports Science Healthy Weight Programme. Finally the much anticipated launch date of the SSISA Shapes up Shape project arrived. Each member of the team got the opportunity to choose a programme that they thought best suited them. Dressed in our brightly coloured New Balance training gear, we kicked off [...]
