Lisa

Weight loss started for me after a family cruise when I complained to my daughter how I was never in any photos. I was always taking them. She had taken some candid pictures of me on the beach in a bikini. I didn’t know she did this until I got the pictures developed. I looked at them and thought, “I HAVE to lose some weight.”

My starting weight was 140, doesn’t seem like much, but I’m only 5’4”. Mary Majikes was using bodybugg® at the time so I asked her a lot of questions about it, saw her results. She suggested I try it. I got my bodybugg® for Christmas and started using it in January. I was also using Workout on Demand, and going to every spin class I could attend.

After 6 months of using bodybugg® I lost 15 pounds (my goal) and 2 clothes sizes. I weighed 125. It’s been over a year since using bodybugg® and I’ve kept the weight off.

I still come to Odyssey Fitness 5 times a week. I like to change up my workout. My favorite is still spin class, but when I can make it I do Kickboxing and POWER. If I have a bad day at work I like to go in the boxing room and hit the speed bag and punch the heavy bag. Thanks to Mary Majikes for giving me weight loss advice and thanks to my family for keeping me motivated! My Dad, husband and daughter are all members of Odyssey Fitness!

Cheri

Two years ago I weighed 176 pounds. It took me a year and a half to get down to 140. That’s when I joined Odyssey Fitness. I just couldn’t seem to get over that hump and lose the last 15 pounds until I found bodybugg®. It has changed my life completely! In the past I found dieting and exercising a struggle and torture, now I love it!

Over the 12 weeks I was on bodybugg® I lost 13 pounds successfully reaching my goal of a pound a week. The thing I liked most about bodybugg® was the goals set for me were not out of reach nor did you have to kill yourself to meet them. It was simple, burn 500 more calories than what you ate that day, and the program showed you exactly what you had to do for that. I was amazed to see how much I didn’t know about dieting until it was right in front of me.

I would recommend bodybugg® to anyone willing to put in a little work to get the results they want. I did what I thought was impossible and in half the time!

Down nearly 150 pounds …so far…Terri Homeier

The latest

Terri’s most recent weigh in showed that she has lost nearly 150 pounds since her journey began in October 2009.  She is still losing, and we are now ready to cheer her on as she gets ready for the Disney Half-Marathon later this month.

Terri recently joined our staff as manager at Odyssey Express, our facility for women only, located adjacent to Odyssey Fitness.  At Odyssey Express, women have easy access to a circuit, cardio equipment, weights and now ZUMBA in the Circuit.

Send Terri an email to cheer her on, or to ask her how’s she doing.

November 2010

In November, 2010, we were so happy to celebrate Terri’s 30th Birthday with her, where she announced she had so far lost 135 pounds. She is running in the mornings, and every day looks thinner!

We are so happy for her, especially because she has done this working with trainer, Mary Majikes, and by making lifestyle changes she can stick with once her goal weight is reached. She has been inspiring so many of our members with her success.

Next stop…Disney 1/2 Marathon!

Other updates

Sunday, September 26, she ran the Lupas Loop with her husband. On October 2, she ran in the Ben August 3 mile Memorial Run in Wilkes-Barre. Her husband got a medal for 2nd in his age rgroup, while she ran the whole 3.1 miles! Congratulations Terri!

Jill M

I started the bodybugg® program and personal training with George Hart in February of 2009. I was at a point where months of laziness, sitting too much at a desk all day, and poor food choices had finally caught up with me. I was tired of feeling sluggish and out of shape. I wanted to change, but I knew I wasn’t disciplined to do it all on my own. The bodybugg® and a trainer seemed like the perfect choice.

Within the first two or three weeks of the bodybugg® program and training with George, I lost several pounds and began to feel amazing. I had more energy and felt stronger. George came up with innovative workouts for me, doing things I hadn’t done before. He made me want to succeed and become the best athlete I can be. This motivation was exactly what I needed. The bodybugg® was an indispensable tool in keeping track of my calories and coming face-to-face with what I was eating every day. The bodybugg® alone has helped me make lasting, positive changes in my diet and lifestyle. Also, I can honestly say that it hasn’t even been a difficult transition. I still eat many treats and indulge in my favorite foods from time to time, but the bodybugg® helps me manage the total amount of calories I take in, so I know exactly when I need to cut back or when I can splurge.

In approximately 7 months, I have lost 27 pounds and three pants sizes. I ran a half marathon in May, and more recently completed the Baltimore Marathon with my best friend Cheryl. I feel healthier, more energetic, and stronger than I ever have before…and I actually look forward to working out! I couldn’t have done it without the bodybugg® and without George’s assistance. Starting this workout program has been the best decision I ever made for myself, and I would recommend it to anyone hoping to lose weight and become stronger!

Teresa

For years I’ve struggled with my weight. I would lose and then gain it back and then some. I tried numerous things to try to keep on the right track, but I always ended up falling off the track. After belonging to another gym, that only consisted of cardio machines and weights, I became bored with the same thing over and over, I decided to join a gym that had more to offer when it came to what I wanted to achieve, which was weight loss and toning. Odyssey Fitness was my choice and what a smart choice it was. I started at Odyssey in January, 2010. After the first week I signed up to start their Workout on Demand program I met with trainer, Mary Majikes, who took all my beginning measurements. The next day I began my program. What a great help the program was. Workout on Demand showed me exactly what machines to use, how many reps and how much weight. I also started going to the many classes that Odyssey has to offer, and found my favorite to be ZUMBA®. I go every chance I can. Not only is it a great workout, but after the class you don’t even feel like you worked out.

In April, I felt like I was at a bit of a standstill, so I purchased the bodybugg®. It put so much ease into losing weight for me, between showing me how many calories I’m burning and how many calories I’m taking in. The bodybugg® was and is a great tool in keeping my new life style right on track. I can only say that joining Odyssey Fitness was the best thing I could have done! Since January I’ve lost a total of 30 pounds, over 18 inches and dropped my body fat percentage 6%. I feel great, have so much more energy, and the compliments that I’ve received from people at work and at home are enough to keep me on the path to a better and healthier lifestyle. I’ll continue using all the tools that Odyssey Fitness has to offer to reach my goal weight and to maintain it once there.

Andrea

I wanted a trainer who would help me get toned and drop a few lingering pounds. The same old routine I was doing on my own just wasn’t cutting it.

When I began training with Ken, I knew things would be different right away. His approach to working out was far different than anything I had done in the past, and I loved it! (Even though I may have complained… a little…)

I think what also really helped me to achieve my fitness goal was logging everything I ate into the Apex bodybugg® Website. To actually see what you’re eating and how many calories you are consuming makes you far more conscious of what you’re shoveling in your mouth. And for me, I needed that!

In 10 weeks, I have lost 9 pounds, dropped 3% bodyfat, and lost 2 inches on my waist. I plan to keep up my workout and nutrition plan, as this has been the best shape I’ve been in EVER!

Thanks, Ken, for everything!

Shivaun’s Story

“In about May of 2009, I realized that I had slowly gained back much of the weight I had worked to lose a couple of years ago. Knowing what I
know about weight gain, I knew I had lost focus, was eating more than I should and was spending more energy avoiding exercise than I was
actually exercising!
I saw Jill Matthews having great success with bodybugg®, and I had a feeling it would get me back to where I wanted to be weight-wise. I was also inspired by a pair of jeans and a skirt I had purchased, thinking they would fit me, and when I tried them on at home I was greatly disappointed. I decided, rather than return them, I would work to get into them.

I started with bodybugg® on June 16th with the aim to get into the jeans and skirt by Labor Day. I worked with Trainer Mary Majikes who provided the additional professional guidance and motivation I needed.

As soon as I started entering food into bodybugg®, I was kind of alarmed at how
many calories I was consuming unconsciously. I was also alarmed at how little I was burning at first. I categorized myself as monderately active, but that was not the case when I started!

I began looking forward to exercise and seeing how many calories I would burn in various classes, and regular life activities. I found Zumba! Class to be the highest burner for me, outside of running. Interestingly enough, putting together a desk with
my son was the highest burn activity I had the entire 12 weeks. This was because it was sustained activity over 4.5 hours!

I also knew that my lifestyle is such that we don’t eat at home a lot, and I needed to find a way to make that work. Bodybugg® was perfect for that, as I could plan for eating out, by looking up foods in their database before I went out. I found myself making different choices, sharing desserts, but most importantly never feeling deprived.

I met my Labor Day goal, and have lost about 15 pounds, taken off several inches overall and reduced my body fat. I did all this while attending a lot of summer cookouts, a NASCAR race, several birthday parties and weddings.

Staying with the bodybugg® program helped me better solidify the amount of food and exercise that should be part of my lifestyle to maintain this weight.

Mary also helped get me ready for various 5k runs, and my time greatly inproved as
the summer went on.

I’m now in a size 4 or 6, depending on the brand, and I’ve made a commitment to staying at this weight by tossing my size 8′s and 10′s in the Salvation Army donation bin!”