Incredible lifestyle transformation for Kandanga woman Rebecca Johnson.

Awaiting the results of her husband’s spinal surgery, Rebecca Johnson made a promise to herself to shed her extra kilos – here’s how she did it.

Before and after: Rebecca Johnson's weight loss transformation can be revealed.

Locked down because of Covid in a Brisbane hotel room awaiting news about her husband’s spinal surgery, was the wake up call 43 year old Kandanga woman Rebecca Johnson needed to change her life around.

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She made a promise that if her “warrior” husband made it through this surgery, she would lose the extra weight she’d gained over Covid inactivity.

“If my husband was absent or even if he made it through this major surgery. I needed to be doing something as well to help change our health and our life,” Mrs Johnson explained.

“I had to pull my finger out and become fitter and healthier.

“I knew that meant I needed to be lose a few kilos.”

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Thirteen months later, Mrs Johnson’s life has turned around and she’s dropped almost 30 kgs. Her husband is once again active and barely feels pain in his back.

Thanks to her “stubbornness” and help from the 1:1 Diet to combat her “laziness and comfort eating”, she’s now able to keep up with her husband and their 15-year-old son.

Rebecca Johnson's weight loss journey has been revealed.

“For the first time as a family, we went out into the ocean and we went paddleboarding. It was the first time my husband was able to do that since his surgery, and I was able to keep up with him and my son.” she said.

“It’s little moments like this that are so normal for everybody else. It’s just such a huge achievement for me personally because I feel fit and well enough.”

Her son has given her the title of “weight spotter” for his weight training, and under his encouragement, she sometimes tries lifting weights as well.

Rebecca Johnson was inspired by her husband and son.

Mrs and Mr Johnson met as teenagers in their home town of Devon, England.

When they got the chance to travel around Australia in a campervan 12 years ago, they fell in love with the Mary Valley and eventually bought the property they now call home.

It was in Kandanga where Mrs Johnson got the chance to follow her passion and started Hot Tree, a book editing business.

She is now an established author and runs Tangled Tree Publishing, alongside her original editing business.

She recognises keeping healthy eating habits is a “battle.”

“Keep at it. It’s as simple as that. It’s a journey and there’s no end to that journey. Keep going,” she advised.

Originally published as Incredible lifestyle transformation for Kandanga woman Rebecca Johnson.