The weight loss journey that has started, but not yet complete.

TR90 has been ordered and the anticipation of my delivery begins.

I am very excited about this program because of my experiences with my weight, dieting and quick fix weight loss pills. This is extremely personal to me, but I feel that sharing is a way of reaching people who may have, or are feeling what I felt.

Now, in sharing my story, I’m not going to name and shame any of those diets that I have done, yet I will share my experience.

So my journey begins 9 years ago, Christmas of 2004. I was 19 and extremely overweight for my age. Someone had told me about a weight loss diet, which consisted of meal replacements and no food. Like many people who have gone onto these diets, everyone around me thought I was crazy. Luckily (or not so) I’m not one to be guided by what others think is good for me, and went on the diet at the beginning of January 2005.

Day one consisted of headaches, fatigue, hunger, moody and I had no energy, but I saw this has a stepping stone to what I wanted. My first weigh-in came and in one week I lost 10lbs. I was amazed and felt amazing. My journey continued through until March, with similar results on a weekly basis; 10 weeks into the diet and I had lost 5 stone (70lbs).

Due to unforeseen circumstances, of drinking too much water, I had to come off the program. I had not had a chance to learn the correct habits and went back to eating food. It felt surreal, but I was ok, because for that year I maintained being a healthy size and weight. Until 2011 my weight yo-yoed, up and down, up and down! I tried acai berry tablets and other weight loss pills from every corner of the planet. Like most of us that have tried them, I didn't get anywhere near the results of what they had claimed to do.

It wasn't until September 2012, that I actually stopped and realised that not only had I put all the weight back on, but I added an additional 3 stone; (36 lbs.) I was now at the heaviest and largest I had EVER been and will ever be. It took me some time to decide how I was going to tackle this, a second time around. But I did. In October, went on another weight loss program, it was not the same as the last one, but it was similar. So round two begins and again, same results. Day one migraine, hungry and moody; I was not tired this time around and I can only put that down to what is now known as R².

This time I stayed on the program until the week before Christmas, where this time round I had an introduction to food, a couple of shakes and portion control. I did have the intention of going back on the program in January.

In January 2013, I came to find out about the aspartame sweetener that has serious consequences; this sweetener was in the shakes I was taking.  I could not and would not take these shakes knowing that they used the ingredient. I had only lost 2 ½ Stone, which was nowhere near the goal I wanted, so I had to find something to see me through. So I decided to go with Juicing, a lot of people around me were doing it; it seemed to be a great way to build anti-oxidants, pure health, weight loss and vitality. It worked for me and I enjoyed making and tasting some amazing juices. Nonetheless, like my other experiences, I had migraines like there was no tomorrow; I was restricted to my juices only, and I had to build myself up to do the next detox; knowing that for 2-3 days I would have migraines. I know that the migraines were due to toxins releasing, but it felt like poison had been poured into my water; I found it extremely draining.

So I continued through the year and to date (7^th October) I have lost 4 ½ stone (63lbs). By no means is this the end of my journey, as I have more weight to lose. In a few weeks’ time I will be starting the weight management system.  Which I feel will change the way I understand everything that I want to; most importantly changing the way I relate to food.

I must say that my focus has changed from the idea of weight loss; I’m more invested in being healthy, understanding food – proteins, carbohydrates, portion control and being supported by great supplements.

I am so happy where I am today, not because of the weight I have lost, or the dress size I can now wear, but for the way I feel when I look at myself in the mirror; which a year ago, I could not do.

Stay tuned for the upcoming journey, results and images; as I embark on this exciting and life changing challenge.

Thank you for reading and please share with people you love and care about.