Congratulations Audrey! Wins a month of free training.

"Audrey is the recipient of one month of free training for her 30+ lb fat loss maintained for 6+ months"

At MM Team Fitness, one of our Team Rewards is a month of free training for 30+ or more pounds of fat loss (not just weight loss) verified by either iDXA or Bod Pod. Why 30+ lbs, because if you have that much fat (aka non-contractile mass) to lose, you need to lose it for health reasons, and keep it off.

It’s relatively easy to lose weight short-term, the internet is loaded with various programs and supplements that will help you with weight loss, usually a combination of muscle, fat and water. Sure you end up a smaller person, usually the same pear shape you had before, but smaller. Over time though, unless you're on it 24/7 or someone is on you 24/7, the weight creeps back up. Since you lost muscle your metabolism has slowed, throw in hours of cardio and low calorie dieting and you have no place to go but back to "fatter" despite eating less and living in the gym.

At MM Team Fitness our approach focuses on lifestyle change, HIPT (high intensity power training), a little fun cardio and a dietary intake that maintains the lean mass and metabolism long term, and focuses on fat loss. Our program is for people with real lives and teaches personal accountability. If your performance starts to suffer, that means you are not feeding your body, hard to tell if all you are doing is low intensity cardio coupled with light weight and high reps.

Audrey is our current rewards recipient because of her 45 pound fat loss since about March of 2012 (188 lbs right photo). Her first 30+ came off in about 6 months and has made it through the holidays and to March of 2013 settling in at a goal weight of about 140 lbs (left photo). Most importantly, she continues to be a leader in power/strength on the white board events. Tells me she’s doing it right, keep the muscle, lose the fat. Gone from a pear shape to a V-shape, great perk for Summer swimsuit wear.

The take home message, its about lifestyle change not fat loss. Stop focusing on fat or the scale, and focus on lifestyle change. You will lose fat without really trying and it will be, life long.

Congratulations Audrey, what you’ve accomplished is one of the most challenging endeavors one can undertake and you did it mostly on your own. Many start, few finish.

Who’s next?