Preston’s Weight Loss Challenge
Motivation
Preston Barnes has struggled with the issues of life, stress, weight loss, and general health and fitness for 12 years as a member of Gold’s Gym. His wife (Beth) has recently gone through a program here at Gold’s where she successfully accomplished her personal goals of weight loss and body sculpting. Preston has been inspired by his beautiful wife Beth, who has reached all of her fitness goals in the past 6 months, and is ready to seriously change his body and his life with Gold’s Gym Personal Training and Group Exercise.
Preston is the owner of Provident Office Environments, Inc. and is on the Board of Directors of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce. This past month when we hosted The Douglas County Chamber of Commerce Coffee Card Exchange, Preston volunteered to be spotlighted with our Gold’s Visual Fitness Program where he saw a virtual image of how he looks now, and then the future Preston Barnes after his goals are reached.
Gold’s Gym Visual Fitness
This program also displayed the incredible health-risk reductions made when a person regains their former fitness condition. That made a powerful impression on Preston, as well as all of our Chamber of Commerce Members who were watching the demonstration.
Preston is 44 years old and weighs in now at 253 lbs. His percentage of body fat is 32.5%. He wants to lose 50 – 75 lbs., and reduce his body fat to the mid-teens. For 12 weeks he will work with one of our personal trainers and utilize our outstanding fitness equipment and total fitness environment to see what differences he can make.
Weight Loss, Nutrition & Personal Training
He just started working with Terry Maxwell, one of our elite Personal Trainers, performing a solid cardiovascular and strength program several times a week. Preston said he already feels the difference.
Terry has given nutritional advice and guidelines to Preston. Although he says he feels hungry at various times, that will begin to change as he starts to eat more often (6 x a day), and wean his body from the bad to the better nutritional foods. The body fights any change tooth and nail but will adapt relatively quickly.
Preston's Before Picture
Preston has taken his “before” pictures and is putting them in strategic locations (refrigerator, bathroom mirror, car visor, etc.) where he can see them when he is in need of motivational gunfire during each day.
Thinking right, staying on schedule, and working the plan will help make this dream become reality. Those of us here at Gold’s Gym are pulling for him and have all the confidence in Preston successfully reaching his goals and discovering his youthful body (and mind) once again. We will be following his progress while sending our own positive energies to help him succeed. Give Preston a high five when you see him.