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Star client of the month - Saara

Posted by on 28 February 2010 | 5 Comments

Saara lives around the corner from the park at West Pennant Hills and was doing some training in the park when she discovered my classes. I remember her distinctly. A small, bubbly, little lively person with such an outgoing personality! She asked me for all the details, as people do, and as she was working at some of the session times and it was going to prove difficult to come to class, I thought well maybe that was the last time I would see her. I received a call from her not too much later and she said she could come to Monday mornings and Saturdays and could she bring her son Sam, under 2 years at the time, to classes on a Monday? So she turned up that first day with Sam in tow, huffing and puffing and running after him apologising to everyone about the interruptions. Really no-one was worried except Saara. That was almost a year ago. Being an English girl of Arabic decent (go figure!) she is a lively character. More often then not she will trundle down the hill cussing and swearing, Sam following behind on a Monday. And when she hits the spot where we train, a vast array of expletives will usually escape indicating what she is currently annoyed with or has done on the weekend and so on. Everyone will break out into laughter and she sets the tone for the session. Saara is completely obsessed with her training. Even when she had issues with her feet she pushed through it, refusing to heed the specialist’s advice to give up training for a while, all the while grimacing and cussing in classes. She is the noisiest, the one who pulls the most faces, the one who grunts the most, and is quite simply the most delightful person I have ever come across! Even when she is in a bad mood she is fabulous to be around. She makes you laugh and her accent brings a smile to your face ever time she utters a word. Her two key goals in life are to lose weight and to fall pregnant again, and not necessarily in that order! She is determined, wears her pedometer and is constantly giving us an update on the number of steps taken in class, and attends Weight Watchers with some dismay on a Saturday morning when she has consumed a pint or two of ale down the pub on a Friday night!! Recently she had to attend a conference in the city and to make up for not being able to attend classes, she ran the steps up to the Sydney Opera House every day. When I asked her to be my Star Client she said “But I haven’t lost any weight!” I said to her “Are you fitter that you were?” “Hell yeah” was the reply. “Are you consistent and never give up on training?” “Yes” was the retort. “Do you absolutely give your best in class each and every time, and never miss a session?” “Yes I guess so” she said. Well I know so. I call her my little Pocket Rocket. She is gutsy, determined and so dedicated. And that is what being a Star Client is all about. Congratulations Saara. You are a winner in my book!