Peter Vervoorn
OUR TEAM WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PETER VERVOORN’S WEIGHTLOSS JOURNEY HERE AT TIGER MUAY THAI, PETER IS A
45 YEAR OLD IT CONSULTANT FROM THE NETHERLANDS. DURING HIS YOUNGER YEARS, HE WAS INTO PLAYING SQUASH REGULARLY AND WAS INTO VOLLEYBALL, FOOTBALL , SWIMMING AND FITNESS BUT IT CHANGED WHEN HE STARTED WORKING.
PETER SAYS HE NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT HIS WEIGHT BUT IT CHANGED A YEAR AGO.
“ I noticed that I was out of breath after climbing stairs. My company had become the most knowledgeable company in The Netherlands for our specialization and grew very fast. It resulted in me making even more hours every week eating in restaurants – or ordering in- far too often. None of that helped and my fitness further declined. My fitness level became too low for my increasing weight.”
PETER THEN DECIDED TO GET A ROWING MACHINE AS A START OF HIS JOURNEY TO GETTING BACK INTO FITNESS.
“ I bought a rowing machine as that was one of things I liked when I did sports. Rowing in the attic is quite boring when you row for at least half an hour. So, I barely used the machine, only every once in a while so I could tell myself I didn’t waste the money.”
He grew quite frustrated with that and then he stumbled upon an online article about an English bloke who was refused to board a plane because he didn’t resemble his picture anymore.
“ I read that he went Thailand for a year to lose weight and so I started looking at more information. I found out that he went to Muay Thai Camp but I felt that the place that he went to wasn’t for me so I searched for other options. I then found Tiger Muay Thai and decided to go train for four months (which became three due to visa issues) I wanted a long stay to reduce the risk of falling back into the same bad habits after my return.
PETER DID HAVE A FEW WORRIES BEFORE COMING TO TIGER.
“ The only worry I had was how it would be without the friends and family back home. I did miss them, especially after the first month but you meet a lot of people at Tiger and some of them have become really good friends.”
“ The first class I went to was Ocean’s BodyFit. I was amazed at the number of people and all of them so different. I had imagined it would be only fighters and weight loss clients, but it was a very eclectic mix with mostly friendly open minded people.”
DURING HIS FIRST FEW DAYS HE AS ALREADY MET A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MIND SET AND GOALS AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOW CLOSE FRIENDS.
“I started out doing only a single class per day. As I was going to be here for a long time, I didn’t feel the need to rush myself into injuries.
“The first class I did was BodyFit, wth Ocean Bloom. Ocean is really great because she is very keen on having fun while making progress and she also encourages guests to learn to know the people you are training with.
“ The second week I added Western Boxing which was something I really liked watching and hoped to enjoy here as well because I can do that at home too
AT THE END OF HIS STAY THERE WERE THREE THINGS HE COULDN’T GET ENOUGH OF….ROWING, SWIMMING AND MUAY THAI.
“My reason for this was simple, these are all things I like and can do back home. Chris Allen Mitchell gave me some great challenges on the rowing machine, which brought back the fun in ‘staring into the deep abyss of pain’ as he likes to put it.”
“ With Muay Thai it took a few tries before I found the instructor that makes me want to go the extra mile. That instructor is Sanong Wongsuwan, for me he is a true hero.”
PETER WAS CLEAR ABOUT HIS GOALS, GET FIT AGAIN AND CHANGE HIS LIFESTYLE.
“ I wasn’t here for a holiday. Therefore I decided to get a room on camp and not leave the camp the first month, resulting in no distractions or temptations whatsoever. “
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE BIG BUDDHA RUN…
“I would definitely advise that to anybody here for fitness/weightloss the first time. What I should have done more is the Buddha Run.”
“ The first time I didn’t make it to the top but apparently got quite close. The second time (in my last week) I made it easily. I didn’t do it because I don’t like walking and running, but it is a great way to measure yourself and also partly a group effort”
HIS ADVICE TO OTHERS STARTING THEIR WEIGHTLOSS JOURNEY
“ Determine your goal, make a plan and go for it. Focus on regaining fitness and don’t focus on what the scales tell you, don’t worry too much about the numbers.
“Whatever your goal, start now and do not let yourself get distracted by others or your own worries.”
“ From Tiger I would like to thank first of all: Sanong. A close second is Joey Angeles. The entire Fitness Team, John, Ocean, Sam and Woody, and Muay Thai Coaches Ner and Pong. “From the office Jolen has to be mentioned, he made sure the few glitches that occurred during the three months were smoothed out.”
“Because of my experience at Tiger, I now get up earlier and have made eating well and sport a priority in my life. I made a big change in my life and I’m not willing to let it slip again.
Physically the changes are huge. I went from jeans size 50 to 40/42 in three months.”
PETER LOST A TOTAL OF 40 KILOS IN HIS WEIGHTLOSS JOURNEY
“ I also spent time at Atmanjai, for a green juice diet. I was surprised at the amount of energy you have while living on only fresh green juices. Living on green juices I could do the Buddha run, swimming a rowing session and boxing, all in one day. “
“ From Atmanjai I like to thank Chris, Ocean, Tang and Izzy; all great people that will make sure any time spent there is well spent.”
“There are some guests and other people I like to thank too for making it the best three months of my life: Nong Sow, Nadia, Faith Joey, Mark, Patrick, Cass, Lucy (freak ), Chip, Roya and Steven.”