Catherine looks at the photographs of her taken recently and likes what she sees. Catherine says that she has never been a big eater but she did eat the wrong food, at the wrong times and with too long between meals. From her early teenage years until now, her weight problems have taken up a lot of energy from Catherine's life. Something that also ate away at her self-confidence. Catherine says over the years she has met lots of fantastic people who tried to help her in different ways. But it wasn't until xtravaganza that everything fell into place.

It was after she had her two children that she realised she needed professional help to sort out her weight once and for all. Catherine got in touch with xtravaganza through a relative. Before then she had tried practically everything, but it's only now that she has achieved permanent weight loss. In just a few months, Catherine has lost 15 kg and reached her target weight of 60 kg.  Catherine says that the scales, which used to be her worst enemy, aren't as important anymore; instead the most important thing is how clothes feel on her body. 

"I used to wear size 34 jeans, but now I can fit into a size 30! That's a great feeling!"

At the beginning of her weight loss journey, Catherine composed her target image together with her personal health consultant: to be able to visit the local water park with her daughter and feel comfortable in her swimming costume. As early as September this target was a reality. A proud mother did what she could only dream of before. "It felt so wonderful!" Catherine smiles at the memory. Catherine believes that xtravaganza has given her the tools she needs to successfully maintain her new weight. "The holistic idea, that body and mind go together, and that weight loss is also to do with the mental side where training is needed to change your habits."

Catherine also highlights the coaching by her personal health consultant as being a vital part of the weight loss programme. The unique xtravaganza environment is another. "No-one judges me there," says Catherine. "It's only the future that counts, not what I used to do. It's such a nice feeling! What used to be so difficult became easier with xtravaganza.

"Through xtravaganza, I found time for myself and was helped to break my daily habits," emphasises Catherine. "Time that I didn't know existed before." Catherine says she is aware that she will have to keep training her new lifestyle. The greatest gain Catherine made through xtravaganza is that today she has a good balance in her life.