Siobhain’s 6 Day 6 Pack Testimonial

• Category: Testimonials
• Date: 12.14.09

Following months of declining performance at the gym due to hectic work travel schedule, which induced VERY poor eating habits, decreased workouts, and lack of sleep, I knew I needed to take a drastic step and get back on track.

I kept promising myself on “Monday” I would set myself straight, clean up the diet, and make things right again. And Monday kept turning into Tuesday, Wednesday…and I wasn’t doing anything to get back to the healthy happy me I once was.

As the opening of CrossFit Quantum fast approached, I started to realize I couldn’t keep delaying. As a trainer, I wanted to ensure I was able to give people the same incredible life-altering experience CrossFit has brought into my life.  I don’t want to just be a trainer; I want to be an incredible trainer.  For me, a big part of that is “walking the talk.”  No one wants to go to a dentist with cavity-ridden teeth, or the obese doctor who smells of smoke, or the hairdresser with a bad perm!  I don’t want to represent Quantum with less than my all, modeling poor nutrition habits and sloth-like performance. I want to be a model of all the good CrossFit brings into one’s life, inside and outside the box.

Enter Simon Marini.

Through the wonderful worldwide web, I “met” Simon.  He put out a call for female guinea pigs to “get shredded!’  Well of course, I couldn’t ignore that!  I mean, health and wellness aside, the vain in me will always want to be the gal looking fit and tight in her Lululemons!

I am not an advocate of Fad Diets.  As a former chubby gal, I know the havoc this can induce.  Lose five pounds, only to gain ten.  Since going Paleo, I have been able to maintain a weight I am pretty happy with, and more importantly feel really good everyday.  Since my slip into the cookie-laden, travel packed, sleep-deprived workaholic lifestyle these past months, I needed a kick-start.  A gentle but impactful hoof to the butt.

This is NOT a lifestyle plan, and I respected Simon’s program for being so clear about this.  It s meant for short duration, extreme results.  It’s for the weigh in, the upcoming school reunion, the bridesmaid dress you HAVE to wear in a week!  Or in my case, the kick-start you need to get back on track, to stop the excuses, and start being the role model you want to be.

So I committed to 2 weeks of training with Simon, OUCH, and then the 6-Day Program. And I was blown away by the results! I lost 9 lbs, and 1 inch around the waist. I have never had such a rockin’ mid-section in all my life…even when I felt I was at my fittest.

More importantly than the loss on the scale and the before and afters, is what I GAINED on this program, and how it will keep me focused on staying healthy going forward.

Months of food abuse and just general mistreatment of my body had me in an unhappy way.  Declining progress at the gym, low mood, high stressing, and just all round icky!  The more I packed myself full of poor food choices, the tighter my pants got, the more miserable I got, the more cookies seemed like a good solace….and the cycle just got uglier!

I was tired of falling off the Paleo wagon…getting run over by the damn wagon…being dragged by the blasted wagon.  I wanted on the wagon, safely seat belted in, and to enjoy the ride…minus bumps and falls.

Simon’s 6-Day Program was my ticket to the Paleo wagon!

I regained the trust and cooperation of both my body and mind.  I relearned that food is fuel for the body and not an emotional escape for my mind.  I regained an appreciation for good nutritious foods.  I rediscovered cravings for delish brightly coloured fruits and vegetables.  I also became obsessed with crunchy things…but I am not sure that is meant to happen!?

This was exactly the “magic pill” I needed!  Except it wasn’t magic at all.  It was all inside of me, and completely self-driven.  I just needed the right map, and that was Simon’s program.

I don’t have a gown to fit into.  I don’t have an upcoming fight to weigh in for. For me, this program was about getting a kick in the butt.  and that I DID GET!  It was tough, and at times slightly painful.  It made me challenge my body to work hard, and my brain to work even harder.  Most importantly, it helped me GAIN back self-control and healthy feelings toward food again.  I am so much more aware of what my body needs, instead of what it says it wants.

So now it’s back to normal life. But my normal has a new standard.  I can’t thank Simon enough for taking me on as his guinea pig.  He put a lot of work, and trial and error into his program.  He used himself as tester over and over…and if you’ve done the 6-day program…you will know that that, in itself deserves a reward.  He gave his own time to train with me, and reassured me numerous times “I was not dying!”

If you’re battling the food demons, and can’t seem to get it together, this may be the very 6-Day Program to set you on the right path.  For me, it was exactly that!  Drop Simon a line…he’s “mean” but super friendly!

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