Update 20th Sept 2017:

This week, we celebrate the successful WeightLoss of  Alex Thomson. Here’s her story below and also featured on the Label Magazine!

17 months ago I was living my life, thinking to myself that the weight I was, was how I was going to be forever.

To look back now I almost have to pinch myself at the thought of me being 50kg heavier, to looking at where I am now and how much my life has changed.

I now have so much more energy, I am enjoying being more physical. My weekends are now filled with walks, adventuring and fun.

Instead of hiding inside like a hermit I am venturing out and actually experiencing what the Gold Coast has to offer.

Unfortunately I have a current knee injury so I can’t push myself as hard as I’d like to. But I am proud of myself for still getting up at 5am to take the dogs around the lake before work.

Before this surgery I would’ve made any excuse to not exercise. I now enjoy waking up before the sunrise and making the most out of my weekends. I will forever stand by my opinion that WLSA changed my life.

WeightLoss Warrior,
Alex Thomson

From the CEO of WLSA:

I still remember my first conversation with Alex’s Mum. It was a Sunday when I was busy working in the office. Helping your own children become the best version of themselves is such a wonderful gift and Alex’s parents have played a major role in getting her to where she is today. It was not long after that first call that Alex came into the office to meet the team and set a date for surgery.

Not only can she wear any bridesmaid’s dress now and feel confident and look beautiful but this time next year she will also have reached a milestone in life wearing her own wedding dress. We can’t wait to see!

Alex is definitely an absolutely gorgeous girl. She now is a valued team member at WLSA sharing her own journey with patients’ every day. She is set for a healthy; happy future; living life to her fullest potential.

Congratulations Alex.

Felicity Cohen, CEO of WeightLoss Solutions Australia

 

13th July 2016:

On April 28th this year I underwent a life changing surgery, gastric sleeve. The photo on the left is from my sisters wedding 6 days before my surgery, weighing my heaviest at 108kg. Looking back now I cannot believe I let myself get to that point. I’d always been a bigger girl and I think i started to believe that I was just going to be obese forever. But after finding WLSA, and having this surgery I’ve started putting myself first and enjoying this lifestyle change. *

I am now nearly 9 weeks post op and I know I’m not 100% there yet but comparing these photos that are only 10 weeks apart made me realise how far I have come already. It hasn’t been an easy few weeks, there are some tough days, but I just look at these photos and it reminds me of what’s to come.

I’m now 20kg lighter, and 100 times happier. I cannot thank the whole team at WLSA enough for completely turning my life around.

 

29th May 2017:

Fourteen months ago I started a journey here at WeightLoss Solutions Australia, and in all honesty at the time I didn’t realise how much of an impact it would have on my life today. I’m now 13 months post op and I have lost nearly 50kg.

I will never be ashamed of my photo on the left, because that person was strong enough to take this life changing step. Admitting I was obese was probably the toughest thing I had to do, I was living in denial and that lead me further down the weight gain path. But here I am! 13 months later, 50kg lighter and so much happier!

 

I will forever be grateful of my amazing family & friends that helped me through this life changing year, and also a big thank you to the team at WLSA for their ongoing support. I’m also now training to enter my first marathon and I am so excited! I truly never thought i’d enjoy spending part of my weekend training for a marathon but here I am buying new running shoes and actually wanting to get out and be active! 2016 was a big year for me, but 2017 is going to be so much better!

 

 

I am also so excited to announce that I have officially started my career here at WLSA and I could not be happier. Before having this surgery I was working in retail with no real passion for what I was doing. 3 months after my surgery I was asked to come and speak at an information night and as daunting as it was for me, receiving messages afterwards from people thanking me for sharing my story made me realise how much I wanted to help people make this life changing decision. Now everyday, I get to talk to people that have made this decision for themselves or are looking into it and I can share my story with them too. I can relate to anyone coming through these doors and if I can make this whole journey a little less daunting by being here if they ever need to talk then I will happily do this for the rest of my life.

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*Disclaimer: Results may vary for each person