How Jenny went from a size 22 to a 10 after 42 years of battling with her weight!

I suffered from impostor syndrome but now I have gained some self-confidence. Incidentally I have lost 76 cm, 3 1/2 stone, too.

Completely reversed my arthritis. I went from a size 18 to an 8.

Maris Pombo speaks about: “I’ve lost 6 Stone, my resting heart rate has dropped from 80 to 59 and after all of these years I can finally walk properly again. Most importantly I feel this is genuinely sustainable”

Deborah Hunt speaks about: “My asthma is dormant and my blood pressure is now under control. My HBA1C dropped from 68 to 41 and my medication has halved. My health has been completely transformed.”

Denny Phillips speaks about: “Suffered a spinal cord stroke, leaving with no sensation below the waist and legs that could barely hold me up and diagnosed with lupus. Day after day I would wake up and feel the same but now I am standing without assistance and waking every day feeling better than the last. I am squatting and losing weight, I am more mobile than ever, and I am happy again.”

Judith speaks about: “I lost over 5 stone and My IBS symptoms were gone within two weeks. My blood pressure has gone from high to now, a normal level and my eating habits have completely changed”

Health issue/s addressed by tsd: Poor self-image and feeling disconnected from herself

Clare Louise speaks about: “My physical and mental health has never been as good. I was just in this cycle of piling on weight. It was just stress and all the rest of it. I put on this weight and I could not shift it and then that had a huge knock-on effect. And then I lost two stones and that’s two dress sizes. I found myself again as a woman. I lost part of my identity as a woman with the weight and she’s back and I love it”

Debbie MacQueen speaks about: “My cholesterol and blood pressure are now at normal ranges. It was the same old roller coaster – lose a bit, gain some more, this was going on for some time… I had no energy … But THIS is different, the whole concept of a lifestyle change, the support and the accountability are the big things for me. The ultimate changes that benefit me and grandchildren – I can now play with my grand kids, go to the beach and YEAH I could actually wear a bathing suit and go in the water and swim with them!!!”

Health issue/s addressed by tsd: Body image, self-confidence, negative self-talk

Mish Burgess speaks about: “My mental health has been completely transformed. My cholesterol and blood pressure are now at normal ranges. I was very good at putting a mask on. I was great at saying I don’t care, I’m fat and happy. I’m always the first to say derogatory words to myself because then nobody else can hurt your feelings if you’ve said the things first. But I was miserable and thought I’m just destined to be a big lass. Then everything changed. I lost like 3 stones in the end. I’ve gone from size 22 to about 16. By the time I finished working with you, I’d dropped from a size 16 to 8. I printed my end picture and the very first picture that I sent to you. The one where I just looked so miserable and old. And I put them side by side on the canvas. It’s the first thing I see when I wake up and the last thing I see when I go to bed. And I don’t want to be that woman anymore. I like this one.”

Health issue/s addressed by tsd: Stubborn weight gain, physical pains and aching joints, self-esteem issues

Samantha Smith speaks about: “I was just in an unhappy place and after I got divorced, I sort of hung on to that weight. It was like a security blanket for a long time. I was really hurting and my joints were aching and I just couldn’t go without medicating. Now, I take absolutely nothing and I don’t have those aches and pains in my joints anymore. When I went under 100 kilos, I thought, oh my god I’ve done it. I thought right away, where do I want to go? Right to the very top of the hill in the woods, there’s a really sunny place where you can just look at all the fields. I just went off straight up a huge hill that I would never have gone up before. As I got there, my god, I was so overwhelmed with emotion and I was so proud of myself.”

Tina Thomas speaks about: “The biggest health change is my resting heart rate which has come down from 72bpm to 59bpm.”

Health issue/s addressed by tsd: Body image, persistent weight gain

Tsitsi Danai speaks about: “As you grow older, the pounds just tend to pile on despite your best efforts to try and keep it off. I was noticing it in my clothes, my confidence, and you sort of lose yourself. But with all the tools that you gave me, I managed to lose the weight. I lost about 8 kgs by the end of it which I would never have thought I would have done. I went from a size 12 dress size to a size eight. Then I decided there’s no reason why I can’t take this seriously. Some of my friends urged me to join 10k runs and half a marathon. I ran half a marathon in 2 hours, 7 minutes which I would never have done.”

Health issue/s addressed by tsd: Consecutive physical injuries, weight gain, body image issues

Delyse Taylor speaks about: “I was completely confused by what food is okay and what food isn’t. I think my body was equally confused. I spent quite a long time just not knowing what food plan to follow. Then I had a knee operation that took me to 12 weeks on crutches. I became really disconnected with my body not just for the fact of being on crutches but just putting on so much weight. After 4 weeks coming out of crutches, I then had a car accident and ended up with a major hand operation. So I spent most of 2019 just feeling really detached from my body. That just escalated into lots of different feelings being out of control. I didn’t like what I was seeing in the mirror, very rarely looked in the mirror. Now, I proudly stand in front of a mirror. I just feel different and I think the program has guided me through that.”

Laura Call speaks about “I’ve done it! I am over the moon with the results. 8.1kg down in total and I’ve lost 37.8cm all over. Not to mention how amazing I feel physically and mentally! “

Julia Rye speaks about: “My blood pressure is now in the normal range!”

Health issue/s addressed by tsd: Mobility limitations and difficulty keeping active

Mandy Wait speaks about: “I lost a lot of confidence in my own ability and the way I looked. But I think the main thing was about my health. My blood pressure has gone up. We’ve talked about me looking after my grandson and my daughter said, I don’t know if you can do it. You won’t be able to keep up with him. It’s incredibly sad really. If I’m going to have a part in their lives, then I need to get myself back on track. I’ve lost 6 (to over 9) stones and gone 5 or 6 sizes down. I literally ran into the gym once and my trousers fell down. My coach says to me, just stop for a minute and celebrate. I do celebrate but now I’ve had a piece of it, I’ve been quite relentless because I wanted to commit to it.