Here's weight loss success to inspire every slimmer.
Jo has been voted female Slimpodder of the Year 2011

  SINCE THIS VIDEO WAS MADE, JO LOST ANOTHER 12LBS AND A YEAR LATER SHE'S NOT PUT ANY WEIGHT BACK ON

JO HALLAM was the self-styled Queen of Coca Cola. Every day she’d down five or six cans, and she loved her bacon sarnies and chocolate, too. Problems with dodgy knees meant she did little exercise and her weight crept up to over 12 stones, which at 4ft 11ins (“and a quarter,” insists Jo) meant her dress size was between a 14 and a 16. After 10 weeks of listening to her Thinking Slimmer Slimpod she’d achieved a remarkable transformation, down to a size 12, and now she's lost 26lbs and kept it off. “I’m eating like I did when I was a teenager,” she says. “I can’t believe how I feel so alive now. Full of energy, full of fun."

Jo started her Slimpod in July 2010. By March 2012 she had not put back on any of the 26lbs she has lost,  demonstrating that Thinking Slimmer weight loss can be permanent when done properly. Jo was voted female Slimpodder of the Year in the Thinking Slimmer Loving Life Awards 2011.

 Jo’s life changed the day she discovered the Slimpod. On Day Two of the programme she suddenly realised she no longer wanted to drink Coke and more than seven months later she still hasn't had one.

 “I couldn’t believe it when they built a wall out of the 160 cans of Coke I was drinking every month. It was taller than I am!” says Jo, from Balderton, Notts.

  “I used to be the Queen of Fizzy Drinks but now all I want is water. Even on a Saturday night at the social club I’m sitting here with my friend and we're drinking water together. I’m feeling great – and I’m cheap to take out now!”

 Jo knew her eating habits had changed when she went to meet her daughter in Lincoln. They arranged to meet in Burger King and her daughter ordered a burger. “But I said: ‘I don’t want one of those, I’m going next door for a salad’ - and off I went. It was delicious.

 “I don't know how Slimpods do it but I just don't think about food any more. It's the easiest way to lose weight ever.” Despite her dodgy knees, Jo has also begun to exercise again. "I've been swimming for the first time in years and I'm walking a mile and half to the shops and back, too.”

 Thinking Slimmer’s Voice of the Slimpods Trevor Silvester says: “Jo’s case is a brilliant example of how easily the mind can be retuned to feel differently about food and exercise. You can lose weight without the drudgery of diets, which never work in the long term any way.”

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		I’ve set my goals. One is to be able to fit into my size 10 jeans – maybe a bit ambitious – and the other is get my clothes to fit better. Anything smaller than a size 16 will be a success!
		I used to be the world’s biggest fizzy drinks guzzler but now I’ve noticed I haven’t had one all day. I just haven’t wanted a Coke, I’m drinking lots of water instead. I’ve also stopped eating bread three times a day. None of this is a conscious decision, I just don’t want it any more.
		Went into Lincoln to meet my daughter at Burger King. She ordered a burger but I said: “I don’t want one of those, I’m going next door for a salad.” Don’t know what made me do that but I really enjoyed it.
		I can feel my work skirt is a little looser. Weighed myself and I’m two pounds lighter already. Still no Coke, just tea, coffee, water and skimmed milk.
		It’s Saturday night at the social club and I’m sitting here with my friend drinking water together. I’m feeling great – and I’m cheap to take out now!
		Second week starting and I’ve lost a steady 3lbs already. If I keep this up I’ll be wearing those jeans again one day. I don’t want to be skinny, just comfy.
		ThinkingSlimmer’s brilliant. It’s working wonders for me. That work skirt of mine is starting to feel looser by the day. My kids can see a difference in me but can’t understand what’s doing it.
		I haven’t been swimming for years because of problems with my knees. Guess what I did today? I went swimming! Didn’t fancy trying lengths yet, but I managed quite a few widths and felt really pleased with myself.
		It’s a mile and a half to town and back, and I haven’t walked it for a long time. But I did today, and I think I’ll do it again tomorrow and again the next day. Still no Coke and no bacon sarnies!
		My daughter’s starting listening to my Slimpod and it’s working on her as well. I think I’ll have to get her own of her own so she can set her own goals, as they’ll be different to mine. I’m now eight pounds lighter and feeling better every day.
		Three weeks on and I’ve lost 10lbs and I’m feeling much fitter and happier about myself. I’m easily down to size 14 now and my target has been revised to a size 12. Fitting comfortably into a size 12 dress will make me very happy.
		Size 12 gets closer every day. I’ve now lost 12lbs and I know there’s still more to lose. Who needs Coca Cola? Not me!