Our Member's Success Stories

Mathew Jabbour

Meet Mathew Jabbour a member of Lifestyle Fitness Australia, who has gone from waist size 147 to 87 in 6 months. Learn his secret to success.

Mathew Jabbour joined Lifestyle early in 2008. At the young age of 17, Matt was wearing size 147 pants and 6XL Shirts. “I knew that I had to loose weight.” His graduation and formal were around the corner which was just the motivation he needed to start thinking about how he was going to do it. ”I’ve always tried to do it on my own, but it never worked. I knew I needed help and Lifestyle Fitness Australia was the best gym I found in my search”.

Upon joining he received his initial program with one of our Trainers, where his measurements were taken and goals recorded. This was the first time he’d been training in a gym and familiarizing him with some of our friendly team and equipment helped take the initial fears away from starting. With his initial goal of loosing 10kg Matt was started on a fitness regime that suited his fitness level & lifestyle. Mathew lost his 10 kilos in no time and has gone on to lose an overall 60kg in 12 months. ‘Go Mathew’

Weights training and cardio had the transformation well on its way but eventually he found himself stuck. Mathew then remembered the trainer’s advice, “if you feel like motivation is slipping away, or if you find yourself no longer on the right path of achieving your goals, make an appointment with the Customer Service Team to see me”.

Mathew then began personal training with Juliet and Drew. Constantly challenging him like only a passionate trainer can, another 10kg gone! “I didn’t really believe I could do it but with the support of the team I did.”

“Juliet and Drew really helped build my confidence, in and out of the gym. I never thought I’d be the type of person to do some Group Fitness but they reminded me that although everyone was here for their own reasons, fitness was usually a common goal”. So he entered his first Group Fitness class. “I’d never done group exercise, but it was the blast I needed. I still love my cardio equipment too.” Here Matt met Paul, Saf & Chrissy, another part of the lifestyle family, the Group Fitness Instructors. “They told me that no one is born knowing all the moves, that I will learn them, be patient with myself, Its exercise, not Dancing With The Stars, you wont get voted off’ and that ‘everyone is busy working out what they have to do, not looking at me‘”. My favourites are BODYPUMP, FATBUSTER, CYCLE, BODYSTEP, BODYATTACK.” Now with a waist size of 87 & wearing medium size tops, he is, “getting used to the new body that is me”.

“I have now set my final goal of feeling comfortable topless on the beach, something that has scared me my whole life. I know I can make it. I’ve wanted this for as long as I can remember. I know I have made a huge change to my life in the short term & for my future. I would like to thank the whole team at Lifestyle especially Juliet & Drew who have supported me from the start”. Look out for updates on Mathews continuous progress in up coming issues of E-News.

Congratulation Matthew. We look forward to seeing your progress.

Cath McBride

22kg Lost in 3 months

When Cath first started her Lifestyle change her initial goals were very general. She wanted to Increase fitness, strength & reach her goal weight.

Upon her initial visit to Lifestyle Fitness Australia, she decided to begin training with one of their Personal Trainers, David W. David sat with Cath and set goals & a plan for achieving them, which included specific training & a diet from a biochemist.

Cath trained with David W an average of 3 days a week. “and it has proven to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, he pushes me harder than I could ever push myself. I always feel that I’ve accomplished something when I’ve left the gym”.

After achieving her initial goals, Cath now would like to increase her cardio fitness & over come her,”running-phobia”. This has now given her the confidence to tackle some challenges she has never tried before like rock climbing.

Congratulations Cath, we solute your hard work & dedication to your lifestyle & fitness accomplishments.

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Carla's Story

The moment of truth for me was seeing a photo of myself. I was shocked to see how I looked in real life. I was unhappy about my weight.

Taking that first step was a little scary, but I knew I needed help as I could not achieve my goals alone.

The friendly staff at Lifestyle fitness designed a fitness program to suit my needs.

Before I knew it, I not only shed off the kilos but my confidence grew and best of all my energy levels increased. I'm now living life and having fun.