Participants in The Fitness Bay Resort all-inclusive fitness and weight loss program learn how to make simple lifestyle changes, including becoming more active, that deliver results. Guests will be introduced to energetic hikes, spinning, core conditioning, and nutrition advice that is tailored for all levels of fitness.

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She trained several of the top finishers in the recent 100-Day Challenge weight loss and fitness competition and had similar success with competitors in past years.

She readily admitted that she might have been a little mean at times, if only because she was so determined to help her clients.

She said of her experience with the competition’s overall winner, Mollesia Joyiens: “I went to [her job] because Mollesia had got frustrated last time she hit her wall and ate pasta; I called my clients if they missed the gym; they HAD to work out twice a day. I was very mean. I think I have this reputation as a taskmaster because every year my clients win. I pull the results. I love what I do and I know what I am doing when it comes to obesity. My contestants are very happy with their results.”

Mrs Berry has been fitness director at Sandys 360 for the last three years. She is originally from Sunderland, England. She became a professional trainer in 1990.

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The Fairmont announced yesterday it has partnered with Norma Thomson’s Fitness Bay Resort to offer wellness vacation packages starting at $900 a person.

Ms Thomson left her job as events manager for Bacardi last year to launch Fitness Bay at Cambridge Beaches .

She said she decided to relocate to Southampton after the Fairmont “expressed extreme interest” in her program for guests wanting to exercise on vacation.

To make it more convenient, shorter half-day and full-day programs have been added to the full-week and weekend programs already offered.

Ms Thomson said the weekend packages have proved popular among Bermuda residents and a number of her full week clients who have lost between 6 and 11-plus pounds.

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She and her friend Sita Stirling had seen Cambridge Beaches’ advertisements depicting happy people working out on beautiful beaches they thought it was a great idea at the time.

“It was intense,” Ms Hayward-Harris said of their weekend at the Sandys hotel. “I am not a particularly fit person, although I thought I was fitter than I was.

“We hit Horseshoe Bay for a hike at 8.15am. By 8.30am I was asking myself if I was out of my mind.”

The Fitness Bay Resort programme was created by Norma Thompson.

Participants spend five hours a day exercising, hiking around Bermuda and learning about better nutrition. Two certified personal trainers work with them.