My weight loss (and gain) journey
In 2003 I was diagnosed with coeliac disease after being ill for quite a while. It was the end of my first year of teaching and I was going through my divorce so it was a very stressful time as well. My weight had dropped to 8 stone and I was having difficulty buying clothes that were small enough!
It was a relief when I found out what was wrong because I could then do something about it and all I had to do was change my diet. I left teaching in 2005 to start a business selling gluten free food. My weight had risen again to just under 9 stone which is what I had been for most of my adult life. After starting the business I then had access to a much wider variety of food and was eating a lot more cakes and biscuits. I also felt guilty about throwing food away that had gone out of date so I would eat a lot of that too. When I was teaching I ate a lot of salads and vegetables but having pies and ready meals to hand made it a lot easier to reach for those instead. I knew deep down it wasn’t doing me much good but I had quite a lot of stress running the business as well and wasn’t in a very good place. By 2008 my weight had gone up to over 12 stone which is what I weighed when I was 9 months’ pregnant! I then decided I was not going to put any more weight on but I didn’t lose any either.
Earlier this year my weight crept up again to almost 13 stone so then it was time to do something about it. I started by cutting out sugar and lost half a stone in a month but then I hit a plateau. I had closed my business and was working with a mentor; we did a survey of my clients and found that a significant number of them were struggling with their weight.
I decided to contact a hypnotherapist friend of mine because I knew he helped people with weight loss and giving up smoking and had achieved some amazing results. Although I had cut out sugar, crisps were still my weakness and I knew I also wasn’t getting enough exercise. Andrew taught me about eating consciously and within the space of literally a few minutes I realised that crisps weren’t actually that nice! A few weeks later I joined a gym, which if you knew me a few months previously you would never have believed of me. It was a huge step outside my comfort zone but I have been going regularly ever since.
I then started reading about alkalising after talking to a contact I made through a mutual friend and since I started this diet the weight has been falling off me and in a space of about 6 weeks I am almost back to being a size 10 again. He had been through a similar journey to me so we are now working together to help others achieve the results that we have.
A lot of people are sceptical but once you start eating mostly vegetables you don’t feel hungry any more and you don’t want to eat rubbish. I get up in the morning and look in the mirror and see all the cellulite is gone from my hips and thighs so there is no way I want to go back to being fat again!
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