A Green Prescription helped Frank to turn his life around.

Frank was referred to Green Prescription by his doctor.  Aged 55, Frank was overweight at 146kg and borderline diabetic.

“I had to turn my life around, for myself, for my kids and for my grandkids.”

With the support of Green Prescription’s Georgia calling him and simply asking him “how are you doing” kept him going especially at the beginning.  “It was my rock to keep me mentally strong.  When I felt unmotivated it would be the kick to get me up and out of bed and down to the gym.”

A friend introduced him to Boxfit through Box Office, New Plymouth.  There was no holding him back. Frank's first Boxfit class broke him, and he thought he would never go back. But he did and he kept going back, increasing the amount of classes he did until he was up to six days a week.

“It is my new addiction. I have met so many beautiful people in the Boxfit family. People I would never have met before this.”

Exercising made him feel better and he became mentally stronger to accept change in other areas of his life too.  His diet changed too.  Frank lost weight and his pre-diabetic symptoms disappeared.

“If I had stayed the way I was I would have died.  Lots of my mates who were in the same situation I was in are dying, they have unhealthy lives and they are dying of heart attacks.”

“I feel so good within myself. I had the drive to want it and with the help of Green Prescription I did it. I now have beautiful connections with my kids, and I want to be around to share my life with them and my grandkids.”

Article added: 2019

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