Page 47 - January Phonebox Magazine 2012

WOW! Look at me now!
November 2008 was a turning point in my life. Three separate occasions in November highlighted my weight problem was getting worse.
Firstly, my husband had tried to say in a nice way that I was putting on weight, in my defence I just argued back and said I wasn’t (even though I knew I was). Secondly I was attending a golf presentation evening where photos of me winning an event were being displayed, one of the members turned to me and said “You’re not very photogenic are you?” and when I looked I thought “No I’m not, but when I was thinner I was” and thirdly playing golf the following week I struggled to get my golf ball out of the hole, I had to kneel down on the ground as I was too fat to bend over. I thought then that I had to do something but knew it wasn’t the right time to start just before Christmas, so decided that straight after Christmas I was going to diet, but then the dilemma came as to what diet to chose.
January the 21st 2009 was D-day - and I weighed in at 14 stone 7lbs and if anyone needed convincing that I could lose 3 1⁄2 stone, which was my target weight loss – it was me! In the first week I lost 8 1/2 lbs, in
the first month 16lbs and I was a SureSlim convert. This has been
the only diet, which I have found
so easy to follow, I never once
felt hungry or craved for food - it
was a miracle and I was sticking
to it. Then came the 9 week mark
when I had lost 2 stone and 15
1/2 inches and I was reminded of
my initial conversation with
Alyson, my original target weight
loss and there was no hesitation
in going forward for the 3 1/2
stone. By July I had reached my
target of 3 1/2 stone and 24 inches and wanted to lose more so I went for the 4 stone mark and reached this in November 2009.
I went very quickly down to a size 18, seemed to skip size 16 and went to a size 14 - I was in my element - who would believe it, me in a size 14 - and to put the icing on the cake (so to speak), I bought my first size 12 pair of jeans and just to double check that they were not sized wrongly, I went to a couple of different shops just to make sure. The help, encouragement and one to one support that I have received from Alyson and her team at the clinic has ensured that I achieved my goal and I can’t thank them
I did it!
enough. My aim now is to follow my lifestyle plan and maintain my weight. After all not only do I feel great but I have thrown all my BIG clothes out! SureSlim has changed my life so much that I know I will keep the weight off. One last thing, two months ago I saw the guy who made the comment about me not being photogenic, he could not believe the difference in me, when I reminded him of that comment he said that he didn’t mean it, he doesn’t know what a favour he has done for me by saying it. Oh and by the way, my husband is very happy as well!
Val Mafham
SureSlim Newport Pagnell Clinic
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