002 - Conquer Food Interview With Long Term Weight Loss & Fitness Clients Sonali & Ricci

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09/12/19 • 34 min

Today we have a special guests who are Sonali and Ricci and has been with the Conquer Food Programme for 10 weeks and 9 weeks respectively. They will be giving insights and their experiences about Conquer Food as well as the Team Bootcamp itself.

“What was your life before and where are you now?”

Sonali:

“About 3 or 4 years ago, I broke my ankle which then started a spiral of unhealthy habits and weight gain. I think in terms of diet it stayed pretty much the same, but I was not doing training at all. So, the weight piled up a little bit. I got most of it the first time I went to the boot camp and I came back to increase my fitness. The end of my last time to boot camp I felt so good and I really don’t want it to finish or end, so I came back”

Ricci:

“For me, it was a lifelong struggle to weight because I always have trouble and born with asthma and got steroids in a young kid until growing up. My metabolism was a bit of a spiral and then from that and I fell for the habit of being a chubby kid all my life. And it continued to be in a spiral until now that I am 28, I started to wonder what I will do with my life and what my life will be. And now I am here, it changed my life”

“As model campers of the training, what by-products of you that you’ve experienced or gained unexpected results? And” what are the lessons or results that were unexpected?”

Ricci:

“For me, one of the surprising things is the whole posture language and the energy in the house. I meet a lot of people and a lot of groups in the house and we had weeks where the training, intensity and food have not changed. And the big thing for me is that I never thought that I would go into a career and fitness and nutrition because these never occurred to me before. I learned so much for 9 weeks and I feel what I learned is I want it a career and pass it on to other people.”

“There are things which really helped me especially in the last couple of weeks I got myself into meditation (hypnosis and base) and got mind set sessions with the group here for twice a week. It is taking time to yourself and really let yourself fully shut down in a good way. And with meditation, it helped me have a good sleep and take away all the rubbish in your head so to clear my mind.”

“It is important to change your state of mind”- Ricci

Sonali:

“When I first came here, all that was in my mind was to increase the amount of training that I am doing and eat better. I was completely unprepared for how important the mental aspect of it is. “

“I really found the power of thinking” – Sonali

“I was one of those people who don’t see things through. It took a while for the mindset sessions that we have and talking to campers and staff to help me get in the right mindset and think everything through to why it was difficult for me and what are the things that I needed to do to combat things and see things through. And now I feel that we have levelled off and it is not any more stressful going home from work and not feel anxious and I live a normal life”

“We are the sum of all the thinking we have done in our life”- Craig

What will you say to people who have not been in the Conquer Food Program or Team Boot Camp?

Ricci:

“Have people you can share things with or an accountability coach. Fill your life with positivity. You need people in your life that is there for you.”

Another thing we can put this is to find someone who is an ally. Not somebody who will judge you in a negative way but some

“What was your life before and where are you now?”

Sonali:

Ricci:

“As model campers of the training, what by-products of you that you’ve experienced or gained unexpected results? And” what are the lessons or results that were unexpected?”

Ricci:

“It is important to change your state of mind”- Ricci

Sonali:

“When I first came here, all that was in my mind was to increase the amount of training that I am doing and eat better. I was completely unprepared for how important the mental aspect of it is. “

“I really found the power of thinking” – Sonali

“We are the sum of all the thinking we have done in our life”- Craig

What will you say to people who have not been in the Conquer Food Program or Team Boot Camp?

Ricci:

“Have people you can share things with or an accountability coach. Fill your life with positivity. You need people in your life that is there for you.”

Another thing we can put this is to find someone who is an ally. Not somebody who will judge you in a negative way but some

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001 - 5 Simple Steps For Getting Back on Track

In the first of a new series of the Conquer Food Podcast, Craig presents his START framework for breaking out your food and fitness rut.
5 Simple Steps to Getting Back on Track

S - Size Up The Situation
- What is the reality of your rut right now? Is there a perfectly acceptable reason to feel a little demotivated right now? Is it a signal you need to 'Work in' a little more than working out?
T - Two Minute Rule
- What is the simplest way you can make a start today? Make a goal so simple that you could complete it in 2 minutes or less and start working towards a history of wins. The progress will help you get motivated.
A - Aim For Consistency
- Consistent effort will help you achieve your goals. Consistency is the most important word in your health.
R - Remember It's Normal
- Release the pressure. We cannot be monk-like with our fitness and food all the time. Peaks and troughs are normal.
T - Take Immediate Action
- You've heard the tips and probably already feel a little bit more inspired... Take action now..!

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003 - The key to getting the best from the Conquer Food rapid weight loss programme with Damo & Louise

Welcome to the Conquer Food Podcast where Paula and Craig Williams share tips, tricks and strategies from the coalface of the weight loss industry in the UK. This will help you THINK, EAT and MOVE better and help you finally GAIN CONTROL and Conquer Food.
Today we have two special guests who are Louise and Damo who have been with the Conquer Food Programme for 9 weeks and 3 weeks respectively. They will be giving insights and their experiences about Conquer Food as well as the Team Bootcamp itself.Specifically I ask them:

Paula, what do you want to get across in this podcast?

I think the one thing that was really important for us as a camp and has always been ever since we have opened is that we were a real camp for real issues. We’re somewhere that people can come and be safe and be real. No pretention! No judgements! That is what’s massively important to me and what I want today is for these guys to be open about the reality of the camp. Specifically, Lou and Damian, because Damian didn’t want to come to camp.

So Damian, in a scale of 1-10, how much did you not want to come to camp?

“I would say, over 10! But this I think is the best that has happened to me. So far so good. This is now my third week and I just seen life becoming bright. Totally different when I am back home. It was a bit stressful for me, I have been depressed for weeks and of people are looking down on people that are plus size. Being here makes me fit in, I fit in easily. People around here do not discriminate if you are big or you are slim or whatever. You just profit the way you want. The trainers are just awesome, they push you to your limit and they make you feel that you are doing the right thing. There was even one assistant that approached me saying, “Hey, You didn’t want to come before, right?” then I said, “You guys in here had done the best thing for me”

Lou, how about you. Did you just set that it was about to happen or were you a little bit nervous before?

I was really, really nervous. The last few years of my life has been very up and down. I have been through a lot of depression, anxiety and I lost a bit of weight twice as much. Tried different jobs and I reached a certain point and my anxiety is like through the roof again then I quit that job thinking that was the problem. It was just kind of a cycle going round and round. This year I think I looked at a few bits of counselling. And it was like, “Will you gonna do it? Then I’d say, “Nah! I’m not gonna do it”. I think I could not fit in. I think it was too much I won’t be able to do it. I mean the intense physical exercise. I think that was nothing that I could do. Then I found this one and I said to my mom, “I’d like to try this one”. Then she said, “Okay. Let’s go and have a look then”. Then we came a week before I actually started, and the moment we stepped through the door we were like, “Yeah! This is it”. Like I just feel like I was at home because I have been known as a little bit of a quitter. So I need to prove that I could maybe have a meltdown in front of people, cry, and go and talk to me so I won’t feel so alone. But in here the moment I walk up to the door I said: “Yeah I am gonna be fine”. It just kind of fit straightaway.
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