How a 28-day weight loss challenge can score you a $7000 dream holiday: 'I dropped 16kg and four dress sizes'
Worried it's too late to get in shape for your beach holiday? Don't stress as Aussies have found a simple way to lose weight in as little as 28 days.
Many dieters are swearing by The Collagen Co's tasty protein-packed supplement shakes for helping them banish the stubborn fat.
To make things even more rewarding with your weight loss journey, the brand is set to give away a free $7,000 luxury holiday - flights and accommodation included.
The Collagen Co has teamed up with Luxury Escape to give one lucky Aussie an epic tropical getaway as part of its wildly popular 28-Day #ShakeAndGlowChallenge.
The winner with the best body transformation will be awarded the Luxury Escape holiday to their dream destination, valued at $7,000.
The runner-up will take home a Luxury Escapes credit, valued at $2,000, and third place will score a $1,000 holiday voucher.
There's also a $2,000 Luxury Escapes voucher up for grabs for the 'dynamic duo' couple with the best physical transformation.
So if you're ready to invest in yourself - and go in the draw to win the trip of a lifetime - all you need to do is commit to the 28-day challenge from July 28 to August 25, 2025.
Need inspo? Take a page out of Aussie mum Tamara's book after she wowed everyone with her astonishing body transformation.
Her pictures, taken almost four weeks apart, shows the incredible results of how the mum slimmed down between May 12 and June 9, 2025.
Tipping the scales at 106.4kg at her heaviest, she decided to incorporate The Collagen Co, touted as one of the best meal replacement shakes on the market, into her daily diet.
As part of the brand's Shake & Glow challenge, the mum dropped nearly four dress sizes after losing 15.8kg in just four weeks
'I started at four months postpartum with a goal to get into double digits and I got there after two weeks,' she said.
'That motivated me to amp things up with everyone's support and bring it up a notch and I didn't look back. I'm now nearly breaking the 90s and have gone from a size 20 to size 14 - with the size 12 in sight.
'I can't believe the transformation - not just physically, but mentally and emotionally too.
'Thanks to the Shake & Glow Challenge, I've lost 15.8kg and dropped three, almost four dress sizes - but more importantly, I've gained confidence, energy, and a glow I thought I'd lost for good.
'To anyone thinking about starting, this challenge might be exactly what you've been waiting for.'
Her pictures, taken almost four weeks apart, shows the incredible results of how the mum slimmed down between May 12 and June 9, 2025
During the four week challenge, the mum said she had the shakes twice daily, alongside a clean, high-protein, low-carb meal plan - consuming a maximum of 1,200 calories per day.
'I was shopping the perimeter of the supermarket where the fresh and refrigerated items are, and keeping aisle visits to a minimum to avoid preservative sugars,' Tamara said.
'Grazing and sometimes not even snacking as the shakes filled me up most of the time so just listened to my body and only ate when I felt like it as I was an emotional eater normally.'
She cut out sugar, bread and alcohol, drank only water, had one cup of coffee or tea each morning and practiced intermittent fasting from 5pm to 7am.
Her workouts consisted of boxing, HIIT sessions at the gym and Peloton or Yesoul cycling in her spare time - often while watching TV or when her newborn was on the play mat.
'Walking up the stairs multiple times a day often carrying weight like my 16kg toddler,' Tamara explained.
'I kept moving, especially at night when I woke up with my bubba so that may have helped too.'
Now almost 16kg lighter, the mum said she will continue drinking the Glow Shakes as part of her daily diet to keep the weight off for good.
'I don't want to fall off the bandwagon as I had such rapid loss so I will continue the shakes at one per day,' she said.
'And I'll continue to exercise as I have had a whole new lifestyle change.'
For anyone looking to lose weight but don't know where to start, Tamara said: 'I hope that my journey motivates someone just like I have been motivated from others to show up for myself every single day, nourishing my body with the right support, and realising that real change is possible with consistency and belief.'
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