AN INSPIRING REAL LIFE SUCCESS STORY

Susan's Slimpod started out being about weight loss
but now it's become a real life-changing experience

Susan Mann		The beautiful titlepiece Susan has on her blog pages

SHE SAYS: I CAN'T RECOMMEND THINKING SLIMMER ENOUGH

Susan Mann, who lives in Scotland, has posted an inspirational and moving account on her blog about the way her Slimpod has helped her to change her life. Not only is she starting to lose weight because her eating habits have totally changed, she feels so much better about herself that her doctor has taken her off anti-depressants and she has stopped having counselling. Here's what Susan writes in her blog:

Like most people and especially mums we struggle with our weight. I don't know about others but I have a sweet tooth and I'm not a fan of exercise. There are always far too many other things I should be doing.

You know how the day goes, you get in from work starving, have a nibble from the sweet jar. At work forget breakfast come mid morning starving, reach for some crisps or a biscuit in the drawer. Lunch time, a ready made roll or sandwich from the shop with some crisps and a cake for afterwards. I'm not big on alcohol so that wasn't really a big issue for me on the diet front. Sweets were my biggest downfall. After every meal I looked for something sweet. I didn't eat huge meals and knew when I was full so left some, but I could always fit in a dessert. What is your diet like?

When I was offered a chance to trial Thinking Slimmer's Slimpod I thought what did I have to lose other than the excess weight. I chose to do the Drop Two Dress Sizes Or More. I would like to lose one and a half stone.

Thinking Slimmer is so easy to use, you sign-up, download your chosen Slimpod and print out your handbook. You fill in your goals at the start. Mine were to fit into my favourite jeans, be able to wear trousers to work all day and not feel like the waist band is cutting me in half by the end of the day and no longer have a muffin top.

The daily handbook is filled in at the end of the day with how you are feeling and any changes you have noticed throughout the day. This helps keeps you focused on your goals and positive about the changes you are seeing. And believe me you'll see them. Each day you receive a motivational email, telling you different things about the Thinking Slimmer life changing plan and helping you to achieve your goals. I have to say after the first 21 days I missed the daily emails when they stopped.

Each night I went to my bed and spent the first ten minutes relaxing and listening to my Slimpod. I worried at first about my mind wandering to other things but like the Slimpod dude says, "I am talking to the inner you". The voice recording is so relaxing and the voice is rather sexy if I do say so. It isn't a chore, it's enjoyable and I look forward to listening each night. It's some "me" time and it's doing me good.

Slimpod is a form of hypnotherapy which changes the way you think about food, the choices you make, how much you each and what you eat. You don't have to count calories, read packaging, weigh foods or limit yourself to what you can and can't eat. It all comes naturally. You make the choices and you find yourself eating healthy meals and no more snacking.

However the biggest change I noticed was regarding addiction to Diet Coke. I drink throughout the day and night and when you are substituting for Diet Coke that amounts to a lot of Diet Coke. There were days I was drinking 12 cans a day plus glasses of diluting juice. Just into week 2 of my trial I had cut out Diet Coke altogether. Of course I had caffeine withdrawal but 3 days and I was Diet Coke free. This was a huge milestone for me. One I was immensely pleased with.

I noticed I was feeling more positive about myself by the end of week 2 and felt I could come off my anti depressants, I felt I didn't need them anymore. So I made an appointment with my doctor to discuss this. I had been on them for over 1 1/2 years by this point and was attending counselling. This too I felt I could leave. I find it hard to describe but I felt like me again. I didn't need this, I didn't need to keep going over the same things at counselling or tablets to boost my moods.

By the end of the first 21 days, my clothes were looser, I had lost 3lbs and I was far more positive about my life and about me. Three pounds may not seem a lot in 3 weeks but it's a pound a week which is about the amount you would want to lose. Yes I would love to have seen more but it's steady and it's kept on going.

I've continued to lose weight and I have successfully come off the anti-depressants and counselling. I will keep you posted and will post some before and after pictures once I hit my target.

For me it started out being about the weight loss but it turned into an entire life changing experience and I have Thinking Slimmer to thank for this. I cannot recommend Thinking Slimmer enough, I really can't.