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By: Melanie

Melanie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:57:43 +0000

Hi Cathy,
Thanks for sharing your story. It’s so interesting, and great that you found this help to beneficial.

It would be so great if Medical centers around the world were offering help like this.

By: Cathy in NZ

Cathy in NZ — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:26:34 +0000

In New Zealand there is Green Prescription for anyone who fits the category. This is how I started my fitness/weight loss journey at Mt Roskill Aquasport.
http://www.moh.govt.nz/greenprescription
I wasn’t obese but I certainly was more than I should have been. There were participants who were obese followed by others who had got into fitness problems through all manner of reasons. Each week there was a ‘talk’ on various things – specialist type people from say Heart Foundation, Diabetes Foundation, Nutrition. Then there would be some form of exercise in a group setting – if you tired you could take a rest. Later you could either go in the Gym or do Aquasize. Many of the people had obviously become friends and they were all friendly towards me. I learnt alot and I did begin to lose weight.

But it didn’t really have a 1-1 basis…one size fits all in the Gym setting. Not enough ‘others’ but it gave me a taste of what a Gym could do and when it went into Summer Recess I joined the Gym and got some really good help. And the weight dropped off, I gained so much confidence in my ‘little’ abilities that the trainer decided I was ready for the ‘weight’ room where the guys really lifted big weights! But they were great…they loved watching me select the 5kg and then later the 10kg weights….sometimes I had to ask them to remove something large. The day I actually managed to take a 20kg weight off a machine and put it back – I was soooooooooooo chuffed and so were they (the big boys!)

I regularily water walked and if no one was in the lane I would do a sort of water aerobics….and then it just got be 3x a week. I did go with a friend but he was a real fitness person, pushing the envelope way past mine but he was supportive in my little attempts.

Later, when I decided to go to University I gave it up as the gym was really out of my way…I tried out at a few other Gyms but it wasn’t the same. I gave the Uni gym a go 2008/09 but found that difficult to manage as well – taking class stuff and gym stuff.

So anyone, who knows someone – “who should be watching their weight” or is that “minding their weight” – then it is possible. Inquire at your local Medical Centre to see if your town has a Green Prescription or something similar
.-= Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..Not into making ‘lists’ really =-.