QA: Megan Rob – 3rd in Women’s Transformation

Please give us a short history of your journey to health and fitness before the challenge.

Prior to the challenge I had never been able to stick to an eating plan for longer than a month, I could never find the motivation to exercise and I tried every diet pill on the market to try help fix my weight problem.

My weight has yo-yo’d since about the age of 13 which has given me body confidence issues all my adult life. As much as I would lose weight on these diets I would never be happy with the results on the scale, even when I looked sickly.

What prompted you to join the Sleekgeek Transformation Challenge?

I made the decision this year to make an effort to be the best version of myself before I turn 30. With my birthday being in July and most of the year gone already I knew I had to push to do a transformation in a short period. I started eating on a strict plan and gyming daily at the end of May with the guidance of a trainer, when I saw the challenge pop up on Facebook. I read through the information I would receive and thought why not?

The timing is perfect and I am putting in the work anyway, lets try win something in the process. I also couldn’t afford to continue with a personal trainer after my birthday so hoped this challenge would teach me the tools needed to make this sustainable.

Give us a quick overview of the nutrition and eating plan that you followed during the challenge.

I followed a calorie deficit Macro balanced meal throughout the challenge. I followed the nutrition guides provided by Sleekgeek and started tracking my calories regularly, sticking to ‘whole’ foods and avoiding anything processed/ preserved. I also restricted my alcohol intake to 1-2 units per week if any at all and made sure to only drink water as this journey made me realise my eating habits are not too bad – I drink my calories.

Give us a quick overview of the training and exercise plan that you followed during the challenge.

I did strength training workouts all from home 5-6 days a week and rest days on Sundays. Towards the end of the challenge I realised this was too much for my body and I started changing up a few days for yoga sessions and found this motivated me to want to exercise more and my body wasn’t always hurting. I have since continued with this after the challenge.

If you could give 3 pieces of advice to future challengers, what would they be?

1. Do the challengers Journey – show up every single day – this has really helped me make this a sustainable lifestyle and I have continued to lose not only weight but lose centimeters since the challenge has ended.
2. Hold yourself accountable but listen to what your body needs – push yourself, this is a challenge after all and you need to commit to making this change but don’t push so hard that it hurts, hurt is not sustainable and rest when you need it.
3. Focus on nutrition – I firmly believe that eating in a healthy and balanced way consistently has helped me change my body, I can now see and feel the changes I have looked for and never found anywhere else, you will feel these changes before you see them – don’t give up!

Why should people enter the challenge?

The knowledge gained from doing this challenge has allowed me to make this sustainable, for the first time in my life I have stuck to something for longer than a month and I am doing it without someone having to tell me what to do, without a trainer or dietician or fancy diet pills – just what I have learnt throughout this journey – 8 weeks goes by so fast there really is no reason not to.