Give your body a positive boost with my super Summer Challenge https://t.co/LKhi35KpZB

Give your body a positive boost with my super Summer Challenge https://t.co/LKhi35KpZB

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) Jun 14, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Give your body a positive boost with my super Summer Challenge https://t.co/LKhi35KpZB #Slimmer

Give your body a positive boost with my super Summer Challenge https://t.co/LKhi35KpZB #Slimmer

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) Jun 14, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Give your body a positive boost with my super Summer Challenge

OUR super Summer Challenge starts today (Monday June 14) so get set for summer and boost your body positivity by taking part in my three-week challenge!

This could this be the push and focus you need to get into those smaller summer clothes. Take some action now and max your motivation.

It’s all very simple (of course!) and free (of course!) The challenge is going on in our private Slimpod Club group on Facebook, so if you’re not part of that, now’s your time!!

Just look in Level 1 of your Gold programme and you’ll find easy instructions on how to join Slimpod Club.

Each week for three weeks, we’ll set a new challenge for you.

The word ‘challenge’ can sometimes be scary, so first of all I want to assure you that the next three weeks are going to be a hugely positive, enjoyable and motivational experience!

The only condition of joining in is that you stick with it!!  We’ll be doing our bit to help you with that part!

You can take part in my Summer Challenge on your own or if you’re part of Slimpod Club, you can join in with the rest of the community and we’ll be doing some special motivational stuff in there, too!

The Summer Challenge is all about having clarity about what you want to achieve and then focusing on the process which will get you there.  It’s about taking action and being accountable.

Now I know some people struggle a little with taking consistent action so I’ve found a very simple and effective way of holding you accountable and that will involve simply posting pictures or videos in Slimpod Club.

Don’t panic, they won’t be pix of yourself in your swimwear or anything (I know what kind of response I’d get to that request!!!). 

Just show everyone a nice pic or video of where you’re out taking exercise in the summer fresh air. Lots of pix of lovely scenery will be a real tonic for us all.

The Summer Challenge is about body positivity and feeling good about yourself, because this is at the heart of our Slimpod system.

So let’s get some positive energy going! The idea is to keep listening to your Slimpod and stay engaged in the challenge for the next three weeks.

Please give the Summer Challenge a Like on Facebook if you’re taking part and let’s get cracking! Most of all ENJOY yourself!!

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At 63, Bridget proves weight loss IS possible post-menopause https://t.co/lIxwyy1gGi #Slimmer

At 63, Bridget proves weight loss IS possible post-menopause https://t.co/lIxwyy1gGi #Slimmer

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) June 2, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

At 63, Bridget proves weight loss IS possible post-menopause https://t.co/lIxwyy1gGi

At 63, Bridget proves weight loss IS possible post-menopause https://t.co/lIxwyy1gGi

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) June 2, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

At 63, Bridget proves weight loss IS possible post-menopause

EVERY now and again, a Slimpodder comes along with a story about weight loss post-menopause that makes my jaw drop. The lovely Bridget Bartlett is one such person and I know that so many of you will be inspired by what she’s achieved.

At 63 years young, Bridget has lost 35 inches off her body measurements in the 11 months she’s been listening to Slimpod – and she’s gone from an 18/20 to a size 12 and taken it in her stride!

She’s living proof that weight loss post-menopause is possible providing you retrain your brain to make healthy food choices.

She’s a beacon of hope for everyone because she’s smashed her limiting beliefs and is now aiming to be a size 10. I just know she’ll do it, too!

Bridget and I chatted over Zoom to produce this inspiring video for you. I loved it when she told me: “I see my reflection in a shop window now and think ‘Ooh, she looks alright for an old bird’.”

Bridget tells her full story of weight loss post-menopause in the video and has some great tips for anyone who’s just starting out or whose weight loss may have hit a temporary plateau.

Click on the picture below to watch the video on The Slimpod Channel on YouTube.

Here’s a recap of Bridget’s weight loss post-menopause story in her own words, plus some extra details which aren’t in the video:

“As a teen and young woman I was normal weight for my tall frame and size 12 no matter what I ate. The weight gain started in my mid thirties and as I have three  older sisters I could see what my genes had in store as two of them were very overweight.

“I started with the F Plan diet, then Rosemary Connolly, cabbage soup etc and continued on this yo-yo for many years…faddy diets, Metabolic Weightloss plan (very expensive ), magic smoothies, meal replacements, personal trainers.

“Finally I resorted to the weekly humiliation of Slimmimg World and lost a stone quickly.

“Disappointed as ever it all went back on so I tried WW on an app, at least there was no weekly meeting ! I knew the calorific value of any food.

“My wardrobe had three sizes, 14, 16, 18 depending on where I was on the up and down see-saw of dieting. When the 18s got too tight I borrowed from my larger sister, determined not to buy a size 20.

“Every holiday and celebration was a tug of war with food, I was depressed.

“I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.  osteoarthritis and osteoporosis and take a heavy dose of toxic medications, including steroids, which increase my hunger levels and lead to bloating.

Weight loss post-menopause – it was a chore

“I was told to expect weight gain and that certainly happened. That, coupled with the normal slowdown of metabolism during the menopause, made my battle with weight a daily chore.

“However it also coincided in 2008 with a new job, a new man and a house move out of London !!

“The job was  exciting , involved international travel and a lot of black tie dinner events, but I had little time for exercise except weekend walks .

“When stressed I relied on alcohol and chocolate. I dieted strictly for the next “big event ” be it our wedding in 2010 , an international conference or a family occasion.

“My body suffered and I had a period of hospitalisation with kidney problems and three surgeries. I was wiped out.

“I knew my body was telling me to take better care so I reduced to part-time  and took a serious look at my rheumatoid arthritis and improved my lifestyle. I joined a gym and did yoga and Pilates, which I enjoyed.

“My husband and I retired four years ago and we travel a lot, so dieting is often challenging . We spend winters in Spain usually where life is very good, and a holiday mentality leads to over indulgence.

“I was 13st 9lbs when we returned in June 2020, the heaviest I had ever been. I was disgusted with myself and when faced with all my old diet remedies I was lost and confused.

“I found Slimpod on Facebook late one night in July 2020 and what struck me most was that Sandra was working with NHS; this gave credibility and hope.

“I saw immediate changes in my attitude to food when I started listening. I engaged with the FB group and really enjoyed the mutual support.

Weight loss post-menopause – my goal map

“I lost weight easily in first couple of months, which gave me hope. With lockdown the gym was closed so I started doing longer and longer walks and my knees coped.

“I found inspiration in Sandra’s videos and lives. I completed Gold and progressed on to Extra and started to believe that I could be fit and slim again. I’m really enjoying weight loss post-menopause.

“I signed up for a half marathon hike for Macmillan Cancer Support and started training for that with gusto. I found a lovely Buddy, Tina who is 74,  and inspired by Ava Brodie’s story, we supported each other to give up sugar – and succeeded.

“My goal map is focused on health and fitness. Three of my siblings have diabetes so this is a big driver for me.

“In Slimpod Club, Lynn and Kate have always been there with helpful advice and kind supportive words when I have had wobbles and long plateaus.

“Now nine months later my life is very different: I manage pain well, I move a lot more and make healthy choices 90 per cent of the time. There is no chocolate in my home!

“I jump out of bed and into my gym gear, do Lucy Wyndham-Read and floor exercise with weights before my first cuppa!!!! Who is this sweaty woman???

“I still enjoy a glass or two of wine at the weekend and I still eat carbs most days as I find it too diet like to deprive myself of them, but small portions.

“I have added all the additional healthy foods from Michelle Budd’s special project in Slimpod Extra and my weight continues to go down.

Weight loss post-menopause – results so far

“So far I have lost a smidge under two stone and 35 inches from my body, seven inches from my bust and eight inches from my waist.

“All the 18s and 16s in my wardrobe have gone to the charity shop. My 14s are baggy and my 12s are now very comfortable.

“So I am smashing my limiting belief that size 10 is impossible….watch this space. At 63 I have finally found the right solution to weight loss post-menopause.

“I am enormously grateful to Sandra , Trevor, Lynn, Kate and all the lovely supportive Podders who have helped me get here. I am enjoying helping others as a mentor now.

“I love Goldgatherings which was a social lifeline when shielding through lockdown two. I am thrilled  to be just 5lbs from my goal weight – and I know I’ll hit that soon!

Bridget’s story is so wonderfully inspiring and remember, if you need help we have LOTS available.  Just hit the ‘Need Any Help?’ button in the members’ area.

If you’re on Facebook – hit the Like and Share buttons on the main Slimpod for weight loss page and it will then notify you when I’m live.  Also please connect with me on Instagram – I’d love to see you over there if you’re on that platform.

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Simple steps you can take to control your hormones and your weight https://t.co/DRUxkU3CWa #Slimmer

Simple steps you can take to control your hormones and your weight https://t.co/DRUxkU3CWa #Slimmer

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) May 18, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Simple steps you can take to control your hormones https://t.co/DRUxkU3CWa

Simple steps you can take to control your hormones https://t.co/DRUxkU3CWa

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) May 18, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Simple steps you can take to control your hormones and your weight

CONTROL your hormones! You might think that’s easier said than done – but our minds are funny things.  They can lead us to amazing success or they can keep us stuck in the same old, same old.

One thing I’ve noticed in the 10 years since I launched Slimpod, is that many people get stuck in a pattern of doing the same thing over and over again but expect a different result each time.

That’s why the Slimpod programme is so different.  It opens up your mind to help you see different routes to go down and helps you find solutions to why you’ve been stuck.

It helps you look at things from a different perspective because instead of throwing in the towel and screaming ‘It’s not working’ – I’m confident the answer is there for you.

You just have to allow yourself to become unstuck and then look in a different direction.

So if you’ve been a bit stuck and the fat isn’t budging as quickly as you’d like it to be doing, this week’s video about how to control your hormones could well be exactly what you need to watch!

Control your hormones – Nicki’s expert advice

Recently I asked my friend and hormone expert Nicki Williams to share her knowledge with our Slimpod Extra group and what she told them about how to control your hormones is so useful, I felt I needed to share with my whole Slimpod community.

Even the edited version is over 40 minutes long so I highly recommend you find a good chunk of “me time” and settle down for a fascinating and valuable bit of viewing.

Nicki is an award winning nutritionist, the author of It’s Not You, It’s Your Hormones, a podcaster and founder of HappyHormonesFor Life.com, so she certainly knows her stuff about how to control your hormones.

We have more than 100 hormones pumping through our bodies but in the video, Nicki identifies what she calls the Feisty Four hormones because they seem to rule the roost!

When you’re heating healthy food to control your hormones, it really is so useful if this becomes a habit.

Join me on my live chat tonight (May 18) on our main Facebook page (Slimpod for weight loss) at 7.30pm UK time when I’ll be talking about how to make healthy habits stick.

If you like to FB page you’ll get a notification when I’m live!

Also, do follow me on Instagram where I post an IGTV every week which will also help to keep you on track.

Now click on the image below to watch Nicki’s video on The Slimpod Channel on YouTube:

Nicki explains the role each of the four hormones plays in your body and how you must get them all into balance. Once you can control your hormones, you will improve your physical and mental wellbeing.

Nicki is such a fountain of knowledge that my interview with her just seemed to fly by and I’m positive everyone will find it extremely useful.

By the way, there’s an additional pod you can buy called Balancing The Menopause. There’s £25 off if you use the discount code GOLDTHANKS, making it yours for just £14.99. Click here to try it

Control your hormones – it’s for men, too!

One important point, by the way: we tend to associate hormones with the menopause and so we assume they’re just a cross we ladies have to bear. But in fact, much of Nicki’s advice about how to control your hormones and their effect on your weight applies to men, too, so don’t be put off watching, fellas!

While you’re watching the video on The Slimpod Channel on YouTube, make sure you hit the Like and Share buttons. And if you’re new to Slimpod, please follow me on Instagram.

And please leave a comment below to let Nicki and I know what you think of our interview.

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Losing the desire for sugar is all about freedom of choice https://t.co/m5RQlda9KX #Slimmer

Losing the desire for sugar is all about freedom of choice https://t.co/m5RQlda9KX #Slimmer

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) May 4, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Losing the desire for sugar is all about freedom of choice https://t.co/m5RQlda9KX

Losing the desire for sugar is all about freedom of choice https://t.co/m5RQlda9KX

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) May 4, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Losing the desire for sugar is all about freedom of choice

I WAS so proud and excited to appear on the ITV Tonight programme Giving Up Sugar For Good last Friday. It was all about the crucial role Slimpod has played in transforming the health and well-being of staff at Tameside hospital, Manchester, and how we changed the restaurant into a sugar-free zone.

My dream is for every hospital in the UK to follow Tameside’s example because our wonderful NHS staff need all the help they can get when it comes to losing the desire for sugar and staying healthy.  But sadly hospitals are full of sugar which is making them sick.

If you work in an NHS hospital and would like us at Slimpod to help make your workplace healthier, just like we did at Tameside, please ask your occupational health department to contact me and I’ll be glad to help!

On ITV, Tameside’s director of transformation, Angela Brierley, who’s a type 2 diabetic, told her inspiring story of how Slimpod helped her lose six stone and keep it off for over two years. She’s now been able to drastically reduce her diabetes medication.

If you missed the programme you can catch up with it on the ITV hub.

But good as the programme was, it wasn’t able to tell whole story in just 30 minutes so I thought it would be a good idea to explain some of the background.

This was me on the ITV programme

 

I was asked to run a Slimpod weight loss project at Tameside for 100 hospital staff to change their eating habits and help them lose weight by losing the desire for sugar.

To support the project, a “Slimpod Special” healthy menu was offered as an alternative to the other things on the menu.  This was a roaring success. The staff loved it!

This was then extended gradually over six months, as the head chef Simon Smith severely reduced the unhealthy food on offer.

The desserts disappeared from the menu for a trial period of three months and Simon says no one missed them.

They’ve now gone for good, being replaced with fruit. Finally, confectionery and sugary fizzy drinks have also disappeared for both staff and visitors.

Here’s one of the special recipes Simon created for Slimpodders.

A happy Angela Brierley on the ITV show

 

Tam Fry, Chair of the National Obesity Forum, said the initiative was “trailblazing” and should be spread across the whole of the NHS.

You can read lots of the Tameside staff’s success stories and watch a whole host of videos the nurses made by clicking here: Making a difference in the NHS

Losing the desire for sugar – the explanation

But there’s always a lot of confusion and debate about sugar and I’d like to explain in a bit more detail the way Slimpod gives people the freedom of choice about cutting down – and in many cases, cutting out – sugar and how this differs from making a conscious decision to stop eating sweet things by using willpower (as you would on a diet).

Remember, the sugar we’re talking about here is refined, processed sugar, not the natural sugar that comes from fruit and vegetables (in which the healthy nutrients and fibre more than compensate for the small amounts of sugar they contain).

For a start, should sugar be cut out or cut down?

The answer is that refined sugar has no nutritional value and the body is perfectly happy without it.

But even if you only reduced your intake by half, you’d be making a significant contribution to better health.

If you cut down or cut out – surely that’s dieting and restrictive behaviour, which is the opposite of what Slimpod is all about?

Well, if you were on a diet then you’d be using willpower, or conscious control, to restrict your sugar intake. This creates cravings and it all becomes very hard.

But Slimpod is very, very different. It works with your subconscious and your brain’s reward centre to make sugar less attractive – so you find it far easier to reduce your sugar consumption and stop snacking.

Slimpod helps you with losing the desire for sugar.  It flicks a metaphorical switch so your brain learns it can get pleasure from healthier food and exercise, rather than just sugar.

Then having a piece of cake or some chocolate becomes your choice rather than something you have no control over or which is banned by a diet.

But two things may make losing the desire for sugar a little more difficult.

ONE: If you’re in an environment where you’re constantly surrounded by sugar and snacks – for example, hospitals!

TWO: If you have a strong emotional connection with sugar and your brain is getting intense pleasure from it. In other words, sugar is an addiction.

Losing the desire for sugar if you’re addicted

If you discover you’re a sugar addict, Slimpod will still help to reduce the desire but you may have to go one step further and decide you have to eliminate sugar completely.

This can be difficult for a few days but then it gets so much easier and eventually you’re free.

In Phase Two of the Slimpod programme you’ll find lots more information about the neurotransmitter dopamine and how the brain gets hijacked by sugar.

In my Live tonight on our public Facebook page tonight (May 4) at 7.30, I’ll be explaining in a lot more depth how Slimpod helps you to ditch sugar automatically.

I’ll also be diving deeper into how you can tackle sugar addiction.  If you’re new to Slimpod, do follow me on Instagram too.

And please let me know in the comment section below how you’re getting on with cutting down – or ditching – sugar for good.

 

 

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Break the hold food and stress have over your life in lockdown https://t.co/cuXXKhjHqo #Slimmer

Break the hold food and stress have over your life in lockdown https://t.co/cuXXKhjHqo #Slimmer

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) April 21, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Break the hold food and stress have over your life in lockdown https://t.co/cuXXKhjHqo

Break the hold food and stress have over your life in lockdown https://t.co/cuXXKhjHqo

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) April 21, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Break the hold food and stress have over your life in lockdown

FOOD and stress are inextricably linked in a remarkable way that most people would never imagine. This is especially relevant right now because lockdown has been super-stressful for most of us.

We’ve just been through the double whammy of winter AND a pandemic. Work lives have changed for lots of people, and we’ve been cut off from family and friends.

Many people have been homeschooling as well as working and we’ve been denied so many of the normal pleasures of life. All the time, the threat of the virus has been hanging over us.

The toll on our bodies has been immense and stress will have had a huge impact on the hormones cortisol and insulin.  These are both literally fat storage hormones!

They cause weight loss resistance which means the fat stays around your middle and is very slow to leave.

I call this lockdown belly!

But the good news is you CAN do something about it!  Watch my video and find out how…

Food and stress – the weight gain link

Food can change how we look, how much energy we have, what mood we’re in, how much sleep we get, how well our brains work.

If you’re going to get your hormones in balance then look at food as one of the main things to help you!

Don’t look on food as calories but as information for your brain. Yes, food IS information! It sends messages to the part of the brain that controls your cells and your hormones.

Food can tell you to burn fat or to store fat. It can tell you to be happy or to be sad. It can make you feel more energetic or it can make you feel lethargic. It can change how your brain functions. And it can even switch on the genes that cause disease.

Using your Chillpod (which is one of of the Slimpod programme tools) regularly will help to overcome the effects of stress. But one of the quickest and most powerful things you can do is to restore nutrients to your body.

The best nutrients are oats, nuts ,seeds, leafy veg, meat, fish and dairy.  These contain the B vitamins.  Then the C vitamins are crucially important.  Eat plenty of fresh fruit and veg, especially bell peppers, kiwi fruit, citrus fruit and green leafy veg.

Magnesium is also super important and is found in dark green leafy veg, avocado, brown rice, dark chocolate and again most fruit and veg.

Food and stress – the 28-day challenge

Here’s my stress-busting, fat-burning challenge to you:  For the next 28 days, add healthy superfoods to your shopping trolley. It’s as easy as A-B-S…

Avocado, Broccoli, Spinach.

Then every day make a superfood salad that will boost your entire system and help create more of the natural chemicals like glutathione which encourage the body to burn fat instead of storing it.

Are you up for the challenge? Let me know by leaving a comment below. And do share your tips for relieving stress – other people will find them very helpful, I’m sure.

Food and stress – making a superfood salad

Start with a handful of spinach. Add some chopped carrot, cucumber, radishes and some shredded little gem. sprinkle a teaspoon of flaxseed over it.

Chop some celery, pickled cucumber then add a touch of mayo, a little beetroot and a spoonful of sauerkraut

Try topping it off with half a pear, half an avocado and a chopped Brazil nut. Add a twist of salt and you have a delicious superfood supersalad.

Food and stress – your way ahead

Stress severely affects your immune system and causes all sorts of illnesses. The most important thing now is to prioritise YOURSELF.

During the past year, we have been all things to everyone and we often come way down the list.  But please take some time now to look after yourself.

If we’re not looking after ourselves and our mental health, we’re no good to anyone else.

Join me on our live chats

I’ll be talking about food and stress in my live chat in our members-only Slimpod Club tonight (Wednesday April 21) at 8pm so please do join me there. And I’d love you to connect with me on Instagram.

Last of all, when you’re watching this week’s video on The Slimpod Channel on YouTube, please subscribe and you’ll get priority notification every time I post a new video. And do hit the Like and Share buttons as this helps spread my important messages to lots more people.

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Denise’s amazing online brainwave boosts her Slimpod success https://t.co/wJaKqIkJLq #Slimmer

Denise’s amazing online brainwave boosts her Slimpod success https://t.co/wJaKqIkJLq #Slimmer

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) April 7, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Denise’s amazing online brainwave boosts her Slimpod success https://t.co/wJaKqICkCY

Denise’s amazing online brainwave boosts her Slimpod success https://t.co/wJaKqICkCY

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) April 7, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

Denise’s amazing online brainwave boosts her Slimpod success

GOAL-SETTING is such an important part of the Slimpod programme because it’s proven to contribute considerably  towards your success.  I frequently talk about it on my live chats and I know a lot of people don’t attempt to set goals because they trigger all sorts of fears and anxieties about previous attempts to lose weight.

So when I was on a Zoom call with Slimpodder Denise Flower and chatting about how she had got into a size 10 dress, I was blown away by the amazingly effective online tool she used to help her. What a brainwave!

It’s called Trello and Denise tells you about it in the video we made together. Click on her picture to watch the video on the Slimpod Channel on YouTube…

This is Denise’s Trello board

Denise says: “I use the Trello board as a goal map/nerve centre of Slimpod which I love looking at and adding to. I can access links to my workouts and that sort of thing on this board.

The board is split into various sections in which she posts pictures of herself and her clothes, notes  her innermost feelings and records her inspiring thoughts and ambitions. The sections include:

WHY?

THIS IS HOW I LOOK

WHO AM I IN THIS OUTFIT?

THIS IS HOW IF FEEL

HOW I’M GOING TO REACH MY GOALS

GOAL MAP

HELPFUL/INSPIRING NOTES

THOUGHTS

MY REFLECTIONS

THINSPIRATION

To give you a flavour of the posts, the WHY? column says: To be confident to do anything. To have healthy habits as I get older. To be normal around food.

The THOUGHTS column includes: Challenge fears and identify limiting beliefs. Turn the obstacles into something you learn from.

Denise joined Slimpod in September 2020, so her six-month anniversary is coming up.

She says: “I haven’t ever really been super heavy, but over the last few years I got to a point where I just assumed I was heavier because of my age.

“I’ve never really had a regular sweets/cake/bread/chocolate habit, but I love cooking and I love drinking.

“I also went crazy over lockdown one – as much booze and as many delicious meals as I could fit in because I thought it would only be for a few weeks at most (wrong!).

“I hated the look of the fat on my face and hanging over my bra etc but thought I just had to live with it, but one day I was reading Popbitch and saw an ad for Slimpod. Clicked on the link and, to my surprise, signed up right away.

“I set what I thought was a bit of a cheeky goal of 9st 6lbs by Christmas and made mini goals on the way to fitting into a few outfits. I extended the deadline to the end of March as I started to be kinder to myself.

“But when I weighed myself at the end of January after cutting out booze, sugar/sweeteners/dairy/grains/legumes for the January Whole30 challenge, I was 9st 6lbs!

“I would not have been able to cut all those things out without the support of Slimpod. I actually found it easy and enjoyable. And I have only had a couple of drinks three times this whole year  – the alcohol pod is amazing.”

(There’s a special discount for this pod at the end of the blog).

Denise says: “The most thrilling thing is that I fit into size 10 tops. And also lots of lovely dresses that I was keeping because they are beautiful – didn’t think I’d wear them again. I still haven’t got my head round that because I didn’t believe it was possible.

“Even though I reached my first goal weight, I wanted to keep going so I can wear sleeveless things and maybe even confidently wear a bikini again! Strangely, even though I usually lose off my belly first, this time it has been coming off my difficult top half which makes me so happy.

“I have a deadline but it shifts if it starts feeling too soon! Also, when I get there it won’t be over. This is how I live now.

“I have never missed listening to pods at night, written down at least three wins a day, watched all the videos, at least attempted all the exercises, watched every live, and engage on Facebook. A few of my affirmations are: I am light and agile (my favourite), I have very beautiful arms and I crave exercise.

“I decided to trust Slimpod – when I thought ‘this isn’t working’ I said to myself ‘what’s the alternative?’

“I am going to be a butterfly coming out of lockdown – my skin looks lovely, I have been buying size 10 tops and dresses from eBay which I need to show off, I have never been this fit since childhood. I have a new lease on life.”

Please let Denise know how you’re going to reach your goals by leaving a comment below. I love reading them all and I know they inspire others.

Save £25 on our alcohol pod

Gold and Extra members can use the code GOLDTHANKS to get the alcohol pod for £14.99, a saving of £25.

 

 

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I lost four stone and changed my life in just six months https://t.co/dyVJMhlRFi #Slimmer

I lost four stone and changed my life in just six months https://t.co/dyVJMhlRFi #Slimmer

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) March 24, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39

I lost four stone and changed my life in just six months https://t.co/dyVJMhlRFi

I lost four stone and changed my life in just six months https://t.co/dyVJMhlRFi

— Cathy Fernie (@Cracenduch39) March 24, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Cracenduch39