From Unfit to Biofit

Gary Muller believes “we don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!”

Gary’s motivation to change his life came to him one day when having a smoke on his balcony. Whilst he had convinced himself he enjoyed the habit, he had become conscious of the amount he was smoking and the ill affects it was having on his health. He decided to investigate cigarette patches, bought a seven day supply and didn’t look back.

Having now given up smoking, Gary started to gain weight, going from 105kg to 112kg in two and a half months. He tried to lose some of the weight by changing just his diet, but whilst he was able to drop a few kg’s, he lost motivation and gained the weight back.

The taunts and jokes that followed angered Gary. Frustrated with the situation he had allowed himself to be in, in October 2005 he decided it was time to join a gym.

“I started walking 20 minutes on the treadmill each day. I was huffing and puffing and sore, and thought everyone was looking at me, but I stayed with it and started losing a kilo a week. Before long, things were getting easier and easier and people would talk to me and encourage me to continue, which I did.” In what felt like no time at all, Gary had lost 32kg in 12 months. “I went from 112kg and fat to 78kg and buff.”

Gary now has much more energy, and every ailment he experienced when overweight and smoking had disappeared.

“When I started I wasn’t motivated. You don’t motivate yourself to start, you just have to start. You become motivated by your success each week, and each success fuels you for another week.”

Having experienced extraordinary changes in his life over the 12 months, both mentally and physically, Gary decided to pursue a career in fitness, and enrolled at the Queensland Academy of Fitness to complete his Certificate III & IV in Fitness to become a Personal Trainer.

Gary now owns his own Personal Training business ‘Biofit Australia’ Pty Ltd, and is dedicated to the fitness industry, sharing his motivation and passion for health and fitness with others to help them reach their weight loss goals.

Visit Gary’s website at www.biofitaustralia.com.au or contact him on 0418 876 661.