Testimonials
‘Apart from all the nasty stuff Sally says about alcohol, the information she provides about general sports nutrition and pre and post race nutrition has been really useful and I believe it gives me the best chance at success on race day. I’d wholeheartedly recommend her services for anyone serious about improving in their chosen sport.’
Leigh (age group triathlete)
‘I gave you the task of getting my weight off and clearly, by looking at me in the mirror, you had your work cut out.
We set some clear goals firstly:
- What should I eat?
- How much to eat?
- What I would like my goal weight to be?
- Is it attainable?
With this in mind I think it was a bigger hurdle for you than me. You set me a meal plan that was able to be abided by but at the same time gave me enough food that I wasn’t trying to eat the kitchen bench. I also gave you another hurdle that I have lunch at a restaurant every day and thinking what will I eat here that would fit any “diet” yet you over came that for me – it was so simple.
I want to thank you for helping me achieve my goal weight for a race you know I have been training hard for. At the same time I have learnt how to eat properly which is really important which will be lifelong blessing. Your patience and kind professional manner has really helped. I will continue to recommend you to my friends in the future. One last question: how do you know all the answers to my questions???
Adam Baker
Grade: Master A rider
Team: QSM Racing
‘Sally has helped me reach my goal weight by teaching me how to lose weight in a safe, healthy and manageable way. The meal plan she created for me has helped me to realise and appreciate what a difference eating fresh, healthy foods can make. It has also seriously expanded the variety of salads and vegetables I eat.
Sally has helped me gain a better understanding of how my body works. She is very welcoming, easy to talk to, and made me feel confident about achieving my goals, while always being honest and realistic with me.’
Sally Medhurst, Queensland Representative Lightweight Rower
Sally, thank you, thank you, thank you… 8 weeks out from my 1st Olympic distance triathlon and so so sick. You gave me the correct balance with my meal plan I needed to firstly get back to full strength and what a bonus I dropped those 3kg I couldnt budge as well. Because of you I have been able to maintain my weight and have enough energy to put in 100% at training.
Tiffany Sheerin
My name is Catriona Rose, I’m 20 years old and I’m a competitive lightweight rower where weight management is an integral part of my sport. To be able to race, I must meet the weight requirements and weigh in 2hrs before every race. It is vital for me to be on top of my diet at every point during my season, especially coming into week long competitions such as the Australian National Championships.
I first met Sally at the Australian Nationals in 2009 where I had attempted to manage my weight on my own. This hadn’t worked quite well for me and my performance at the regatta was suffering as a result of the drastic measures I was taking to try and get down to competition weight, which is 57kg for females. With Sally’s guidance I was able to immediately rectify the situation and managed to make weight with minimal stress for the rest of the racing week, and even won a gold medal and two bronze medals!
Since then, we have worked together to structure my dietary needs in such a way that I am able to support the intense training load throughout the season, but continue to manage my weight loss healthily. I have an incredibly sweet tooth and often have trouble cutting out my favourite treats, but with Sally I have been able to find substitute certain foods so that I don’t feel as though I’m missing out on the things I love.
Looking back on seasons where I have struggled to make weight by myself, I realise all my shortcomings had to do with nutrition. I always found it difficult to know what I should be consuming to be able to perform and train at my peak whilst easily making weight, and I have learnt many core principles and techniques that have helped me develop a healthy eating pattern to meet my requirements.
Without Sally’s aid I don’t believe I would have the knowledge of the pitfalls that I was making in order to lose weight and continue training at the level I am accustomed to.
I never feel as though I am on a diet anymore, I have developed a healthy eating pattern and I feel that I am a better athlete for the changes I have made with Sally’s help.
Catriona Rose Lightweight Rower
Sally is extremely passionate about her work. This creates a very positive environment to define and ultimately achieve your personal goals through tailored nutritional plans. I thoroughly enjoy catching up with Sally and would recommend her services to anyone looking for proven results on living a healthier and happier life.
James Whittaker
Whittaker Macnaught Manager & health enthusias
I have been seeing Sally for nearly 12 months and cannot speak highly enough of the high quality advice and programs I have received from Sally. I have struggled with my weight and obesity throughout the greater majority of my adult life. I first started working with Sally with a goal to complete an Ironman which had been a lifetime goal.
During that time we have worked together and developed a meal plan for day to day eating and a race plan which is effective and resulted in me being able to finally complete an Ironman. Having a race nutrition plan that I knew worked and had been tested meant that I had a lot less stress for the day and could just concentrate on actually finishing not worrying about whether I was getting the nutrition right.
The day to day eating plan provides me both the structure and flexibility to adapt and has resulted in me losing a significant amount of fat and now being in the healthy weight range (PS Sal – hopefully I am in the healthy weight range…..). Being able to contact Sally in between appointments via email to get advice has been great as it has meant that I have been able to make constant improvements and adjustments.
The best decision I have ever made in terms of nutrition and healthy eating was visiting Sally and I can highly recommend her to not only athletes but anyone else who wishes to improve their lifestyle or race results. I am proof of the results.
Brett Sweeney
Husband, Triathlete, Ironman & ex-Bubble
The decision to see Sally was quite easy, especially as we decided to go to the first appointment together. Both of us participate in sport, cycling and triathlon and thought that as Sally was recommended due to her sporting background meant that there would be more than just weight loss with improvements in our sport as well.
Having tried for a number of years to lose weight, this program was different! Tailored specifically for our lifestyle and goals Sally structured program made us accountable to ourselves and each other and over time has become more of a coach/ mentor in our lives questioning and assisting in redefining our goals to achieve them.
Now it is a lifestyle we can easily maintain and our results have prompted many of our friends and colleagues to take the same path. We are always recommending now and will continue in the future Apple to Zucchini – thanks Sal!
Alicia Newman (Triathlete) & Adrian Cross (Cyclist)