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My Journey from Summer 2008 to Summer 2009
Summer 2008.....
Summer of 2008, I remember sitting at a bar at
a campsite in France, thoroughly depressed ...
couldn't walk far without losing my breath ...
wouldn't go swimming with the kids as I felt like
I realise now that I had never learnt to live without certain foods (carbs and chocolate) or the affect food especially sugars have on our bodies leading to cravings.
On the 12th September 2008 I picked up my plan, my blood tests had come back ok except for my cholesterol, so apart from red meat being restricted
and no shellfish, I had no other limitations. I spent the weekend studying the plan, planning my meals for the week and buying the seeds and
Another few pounds bit the dust over that period and in early February 2009 I started on Lifestyle. I was still about 7 pounds over my original target but was happy with where I was and from past experience thought I may lose a few more pounds. This proved to be the case and over the next few weeks the weight continued to disappear whilst I adjusted to Lifestyle and another dress size bit the dust. I had my bloods redone in January 2009 and my cholesterol was OK and I could reintroduce shellfish.
It's now almost two years since that camping holiday, I have maintained my weight though it does fluctuate slightly but I have learnt what I can and can't eat. If I have treats, which I do, then I have to balance them with good days. I stick to the basic rules that Sureslim taught me, plenty of water, leave 5 hours between meals and no snacking. I wish I'd walked through those doors earlier. At last I've found a way of eating for life.
& the size 8 white linen trousers fit perfectly. What a difference a year makes!
a beached whale ... was having to buy bigger and bigger clothes, even size 18s were straining! Fast forward 12 months and I’m sat again in a bar at a campsite in France; walking no problem, swimming with the kids great fun, even brave
enough to wear a bikini and the size 8 white
on earth was I to survive on it and no snacking on fruit, my lifesaver in the past! I'd paid my money ... had faith ... and stuck with it. I had my
first weigh-in 9 days later and 10 and a half
pounds had gone, it made it all worthwhile. Over the next few weeks I stopped feeling
on Monday I started. I do remember looking at
even brave enough to wear a bikini
the amount I had to eat and nearly crying ... how
t linen trousers fit perfectly. What a difference a year makes!
Whilst on that holiday, I mentioned to my husband that I was thinking of going to Sureslim in the high street, but it was expensive. I then did some further research when we returned,
hungry, soon adjusted to the plan and
fortunately didn't suffer from detox. The pounds
Mandy
have got to goal with Weight Watchers a number of
last I've found a way of eating for life.
continued to melt away
and the clothes got
bigger eventually to be
planning my meals for the week & lbouoykinegd tihteuspeoendsthanedwoenbM, fonudnady tshtaertfeodr.uImdoarnedmember slohokpinsgaantdthrepalmaoceudntwI hitahd to
e read the posts ... sent off for an information pack and finally (about a month later) phoned for an appointment, signed up and had my blood tests taken the next day. I have always been able to lose weight easily once my head was in the right place and have got to goal with Weight Watchers a number of times in the past but have never been able to keep the weight off.
smaller sizes. I was going down approx 1 size per month. Christmas came and went spent at Centre Parcs having great fun on the waterslides (this holiday had been my motivation to date).
Summer 2009
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With summer on its way don’t delay!
Call
01908 611140
73 High Street, Newport Pagnell, Bucks MK16 8AB email: newportpag@sureslimuk.com
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