Camper Success Story

Before & After

My Name is Jenna Oswald, and I am 36 years old.  I found Operation Boot Camp through my boss, who at the time was a camper.  He invited me to "bring a friend day," which I was very nervous about due to the shape and unhealthy state I was in.  I am 5' 4" and was 166 pounds and had several surgeries which obstructed me from working out and just plain gave me every excuse to do nothing. Over the past three years, I have struggled to get this weight off with no such luck, and I have tried every diet pill known to man. Nothing worked, and it all just gave me constant migraines.  I was an avid Coke drinker, at least three a day, they were my favorite...loved fried foods, bread..etc..all the BAD foods that I found out that we should not be eating.  I got in the habit of not eating, then eating the wrong things when I would.  The worst habit I had was eating snack right before bedtime, then crawling into bed and wondering where this weight was coming from.  In November 2009, I decided I was going to go to this "bring a friend day" and see what this was all about. Seriously, what could it hurt?  I was very nervous considering I had never been a runner, nor was I good at pushups, sit ups, or any of these things they had us doing.  I had no idea how to even breathe; I was so out of breath I thought I was gonna pass out.  I left "bring a friend day" thinking these people have lost their minds, but I think I could really do this.  So for the next month I talked to my boss about getting a gym membership, and I saw how expensive it was and that I would have nobody to work out with.  I then checked out this Operation Boot Camp, and the prices, and had no idea how I was gonna pay for it, but knew it was my only hope to get this weight off and keep it off.  Well for my Christmas BONUS, my boss gave me a month to Operation Boot Camp...which was perfect because that particular time we actually got 6 weeks for the price of 4! I was ecstatic.  I started on January 11, 2010 weighing in at 166 pounds.  When I finished my first six weeks of boot camp, I had lost 20 pounds, learned how and when to eat all the right foods, and could run a 5k while still breathing! I immediately signed up for another three months, and as an added bonus, one of my best girlfriends who had watched my transformation joined this month.  I helped her learn how to eat better even before she started boot camp and got HER off SODAS as well, so together we will continue this journey of health and fitness. I truly hope to become an instructor one day so that I can help someone who was once like me transform their life, too.  

To date: January 9, 2010 I was wearing a size 10 jeans; March 19, 2010, I am in a size 7. My shirts were all extra large, now I am a medium. I have more energy and run any 5k I possibly can now. I work out each and every morning with Operation Boot Camp, and on the weekends I spend my time running around the lake, the track, or in a 5k. I cannot say enough about how Operation Boot Camp has CHANGED MY LIFE!!!...Thank you!!!

Sincerely,

Jenna