How Vanessa Wilton Won
The 12 Week Body Blitz Challenge.
The new Body Blitz grand champion
for Women’s Fitness and Health magazine, Vanessa
Wilton, is a picture of happiness and good health.
She took on a huge transformation in just 12 weeks
with thanks to a lot of determination, self-belief
and love and support from her family and friends.
And her celebratory weekend in Melbourne has topped
off her journey thus far.
BEFORE
AFTER
A happily married mother of four, Vanessa takes care
of everything on the home front, while her husband works
long hours. Juggling children and house responsibilities,
Vanessa was determined to find a way to get back into
shape, while still managing to be a dedicated wife and
mother.
“Twelve months after my last
baby was born I knew my child bearing days were over
and I desperately wanted to get back into shape,”
she exclaims. I felt unfit, sluggish and lethargic and
just not motivated. I didn’t have a lot of time
to myself so getting fit became one of those things
that I was always going to do, but never got around
to.”
Vanessa is living proof that if you really want something,
there is always a ways and means of doing it. And she
did just that when she stumbled upon a Women’s
Fitness and Health magazine in her local newsagent in
Narooma.
“In between changing nappies,
reading story books and singing wiggle songs I read
Women’s Fitness and Health magazine and loved
the idea of the Blitz competition. I dug out my bikinis
in the middle of winter and got my seven-year-old son
to take the before shots.”
Amid giggles and smirks from her children, Vanessa freezed
her butt off, as she puts it, for her before photos.
The first major step to the 12-Week Challenge. From
there on she went about finding some old weights of
her husband’s, and using information provided
by the Women’s Fitness and Health magazine, Vanessa
devised her own weight training program and complimented
this with a cardio regime.
On the beach with 2003 male Body Blitz champion
Rick Brennan
Her exercise program was balanced and was geared towards
building muscle and losing body fat. Everything was
set-up at home where Vanessa was easily able to keep
her eyes on the children while she did her daily workout.
“I worked-out in the lounge room where
I could watch what the children were up to in the back
yard. I would wait till my youngest had his day sleep
and then I’d train like mad to finish before he
wokeup.”
Vanessa’s training equipment consisted of one
set of dumbells and a barbell. For her cardio training
she did a combination of running, swimming, walking
and stair climbs. She also added something a bit different
by jumping and jogging on a mini-tramp. Sometimes she
would get so into it, she’d be jumping around
to music like a mad woman! It was fun and fitness at
the same time.
So when she got the call telling her that she’d
earnt the title of 2003 Body Blitz Grand Champion in
the women’s division, Vanessa was ecstatic. This
meant, among other prizes, a trip to Melbourne where
she was to be treated like a celebrity and photographed
all weekend.
“I couldn’t believe it! I now have
loads of energy, lots of laughter, cool confidence,
inner-strength, heaps of happiness and additional respect
and admiration from my family and friends. I ask you,
what more could a girl want?”
It
was all fun and games when Vanessa and fellow Australian
Ironman Body Blitz Grand Champion Rick Brennan, enjoyed
the sites of Melbourne and daily photo shoots, sporting
their new toned physiques. But never once did Vanessa
lose sight of what is really important to her, as she
whipped out happy snaps of her four cherubs, as she
fondly calls her children, while at a Body Blitz dinner
with staff from Blitz Publications.
“When
I got off the plane after my weekend in Melbourne, I
was met by my husband and children who each had a single
red rose for me. I cried!”
It’s been an emotional journey for Vanessa and
her family, but it’s all been positive. It’s
been an opportunity for growth and reassessment, and
a chance for Vanessa to decide where the next phase
of her life is going to take her. With the results she’s
achieved by doing the 12-Week Body Blitz Challenge,
things can only get bigger and better from here. Check
out Vanessa’s website at www.fitlioness.com for
great tips and advice.
It
was all fun and games when Vanessa and fellow Australian
Ironman Body Blitz Grand Champion Rick Brennan, enjoyed
the sites of Melbourne and daily photo shoots, sporting
their new toned physiques. But never once did Vanessa
lose sight of what is really important to her, as she
whipped out happy snaps of her four cherubs, as she
fondly calls her children, while at a Body Blitz dinner
with staff from Blitz Publications.
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