Tanya W.
Tanya lives in Baar and works for a well-known technology company. She is also the founder of WE SHAPE TECH, the Swiss Network of Women in Tech. Tanya loves spending time in the great Swiss outdoors with her husband and two young children. She works out with Viviane once a week and is a keen runner. Raising two girls, Tanya feels that a healthy lifestyle and positive outlook on body shape and image is crucial. She wants to teach her girls that a healthy body is a strong body, a body that is capable of amazing things without having to conform to impossible standards set by the (social) media.
What made you try Metabolic Balance®?
I had been training with Viviane since the birth of my youngest daughter, and while I felt that I was getting fitter and stronger, I had some abdominal fat that simply wasn’t budging no matter how much I was careful with what I was eating. Viviane suggested that the Metabolic Balance programme would help me understand what my body truly needed, and to help me regain balance.
How did you feel before Metabolic Balance®?
I felt healthy, but somewhat unhappy with my body. I wanted to have the strong and lean body I had prior to both my pregnancies. Viviane helped me understand that my body had undergone big change, and that some things would just never be the same again (and that this is ok!), but that this didn’t mean I couldn’t feel fit and strong again.
How did you find the programme?
I found it challenging to start with. I suffered with a little dizziness and the five-hour breaks felt long. But I stuck to it, and after two weeks I had already lost the weight I had set out to lose, which although wasn’t very much, I had not managed to do it on my own. I felt a sense of excitement and happiness that’s hard to describe. To go back to me pre-pregnancy weight felt incredible, and I couldn’t have done it without Viviane! Her kind and supportive approach made the real difference. I now feel full of energy when I get up in the morning, and she has played a massive role in this. It’s been over a year now and I have maintained the weight loss and vitality that came with it.
What is the biggest change since starting Metabolic Balance®?
I am happy with how I look and feel. I can maintain my weight with small adjustments to how I eat most days. I overall feel healthier, more energetic and happy. I can keep a healthy distance from too radical views and a strict lifestyle that focuses purely on body weight & appearance. This is a habit I would like to teach my girls. At one point they will be exposed to supermodels and wanna-be supermodels on social media and other platforms. If they learn to keep a critical view on what they see on social media regarding weight and appearance, that sport and a healthy nutrition matter more, then I will have achieved my goal.