My Weight Loss Story Will Shock You

My name is Mandy Alexander and like so many people, I spent months desperately trying to lose weight. This blog is dedicated to everyone who needs to shed some weight, has tried and failed. But as someone once said “you have not failed until you give up” So don’t give up.

I never used to have an issue with weight at all because I regularly swam, cycled and was generally very active.

However, in January 2008, after being a work at home mum for so many years (with quite a lot of time on my hands!) I started working for a local charity. Even though I enjoyed it, the problem was I didn’t have any time to keep myself slim anymore.

The Inevitable Started To Happen…

I slowly began to gain weight and due to lack of exercise and stress eating, I gradually put on 25 pounds over the course of 8 weeks and things didn’t get any better from there.

I didn’t need fast weight loss, if only I could find onesystem that worked from the many weight loss programs available, which would help me lose 10 pounds a month, I would be happy.

After a few months the work eased off slightly and I actually did have the chance to start swimming again, which I hoped would help me lose weight. However, after trying on my old swim suit and standing in front of the mirror as a ‘confidence test’, what I discovered was horrific. I looked repulsive. My belly fat was hanging out and my thighs looked enormous. ‘Thunder Thighs’ I named myself!

That was the point when I realized I had to do something about it; and by means that avoided exercise at all costs!

I Tried Hoodia & Failed... At the time, Hoodia was the ‘in thing’ to do and after speaking to three of my friends who had had moderate success with it, I decided to give it a go. At first it worked out reasonably well and I began to lose a few pounds each week; and although that wasn’t exactly something to get too excited about, at least it was a start. And any ’start’ was good!

However, after a few weeks, things began to go downhill. One of the major issues was that I was spending so much money on Hoodia pills.  I was going back to their website what seemed like every two minutes to purchase yet more bottles because it seemed I needed up to 2500mg per day for it to have any real effect.

In fact, I was working my way through hundreds of dollars which was becoming a problem, especially with 2 kids. This was the point where I realized I had to stop.

I Then Tried The Atkins Diet But Was Forced To Give It Up…

After only 14 days on the Atkins Diet I began to feel unhealthy and extremely ill presumably because of the high levels of protein that I was consuming. Even with no medical expertise at all, I recognized that my digestive system was running into problems and for some reason the diet was also bringing on terrible migraines.

The most worrying thing of all though was that in the short time that I was following it, my cholesterol had sky-rocketed and after getting a friendly warning from my doctor, and deciding that the pain and suffering I was experiencing wasn’t worth it compared to the amount of weight I was losing, I quit.

I then tried a range of low fat diets plans such as the Scarsdale and Lemonade diet but because the suggested calorie intake was almost ridiculously low, I became incredibly weak and felt like I was going to fall over all the time. I soon realized that if I was actually going to lose weight and keep it off for any length of time, it just wasn’t realistic.

This is what finally did the trick. Fat Loss Secret

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