Barbara lost an amazing 18 lbs (8kgs) WITHOUT exercise!!

Hi, this is Nagina Abdullah, and I am here with Barbara, who lost 18 pounds in Spice Yourself Skinny after retiring as a teacher for many, many years. Barbara, please say hello. Introduce yourself. Tell us how much weight you lost. Tell us about yourself.

Hi, I'm Barbara, and I'm a retired special education teacher, and I've lost 18 pounds and 11 inches with sports Yourself Skinny.

Oh, my gosh. That is amazing.

Wow.

That is so, so incredible. Oh, my God. So, Barbara, tell me a little bit about, like, your life. Like, are you. So I know that you just retired. Tell me where you are in life right now.

Well, right now I'm trying to get my health in order so that I can live the rest of my life with a lot of energy and vitality.

Oh, my gosh. That is so. Oh, yes. I love how you're saying that. It's like you want to. You're in it. You're in a place where it's like, okay, now it's time for the rest of your life, like, you want to be energetic. You want to be happy. That is amazing. So now, how many years were you teaching? And, like, when did you. When did you retire?

Well, I've taught special education for over 35 years, and I retired this May 2016.

Oh, my gosh. Okay, so how. What made you decide to join Spice Yourself Skinny? And why did it work for you? Like, how did. Well, first of all, before I even ask you that, did you exercise to lose this £18?

Well, I have to exercise for medical reasons, but I can tell that I would have lost weight without exercise. What I did, I was on the Web, and I found something that you had placed on YouTube about pinch yourself, pinch a day, different spices that you try daily. And I tried those each day. I tried one of the spices, and I continued to eat the way I had continued, was already eating, and I got on the scale, and I had lost some weight, and all I did was try the spices that you said. And I was shocked. I said, I didn't do anything but do these spices. Spices. So that made me think. I said, well, let me look more into this. And so I actually joined your other program first, the one for busy women. But it didn't quite fit me because I'm like, well, I'm not as busy as I used to be, but I am still busy. I found out about spice. You're so skinny. I said, okay, that's going to be the one for me.

Oh, my gosh. So you were just adding spices onto things. Like, was it, like, were you making any massive changes or were you just, like, adding spices to what you were eating anyway?

Just adding spices. I just added cinnamon to the tea I was drinking or I added whatever spice you said to use that day. That's the one that I used. And like, I say I saw some pounds come off and I hadn't done anything differently except add spice.

Oh, amazing. Oh, my gosh. That's so amazing. So, okay, so tell me how, like, why do you think Spice Yourself Skinny worked for you? Like, as you started going into it, like, what. How did it help you lose 18 pounds? I'm like, you look so different. You look incredible. You looked incredible before, but you look like a new woman now. It's like 18 pounds off, and I know that it's gonna keep going as you keep doing it. So how did you, like, what are some of the things you did that you think. Why do you think it works for you?

Well, Spice Yourself Skinny worked for me because of all of the support, the Spice Yourself Skinny Facebook page, all the emails that you send, all of the trainings that you provide, and the food is delicious. I was very excited to try different meals every week. Every Wednesday. I looked forward to see the new week and what I needed to go to the store and buy and what I needed to cook and prepare. The thing about Spice Yourself Skinny is you prepare for the week so you know exactly what you're going to eat. You don't have to worry about it, and everything is already done. You prep your food and you just go throughout your week.

Yes. Oh, my gosh. That makes such a difference when you just have that time to prepare. Otherwise, the alternative is that it's Monday and you're just trying to think right then about what you're going to eat in five minutes from now because you're hungry. And of course, what ends up happening is you grab the wrong thing or you grab the thing that you're tempted for because you don't have the healthy options. But. But I think also it's that you're planning, but you're getting food that you actually like, that you're actually going to want to eat. Right?

Food that's good for you and healthy and what your body needs. And also your before and after pictures are phenomenal. And I just. That was also a very high motivator.

Well, thank you. And, I mean, I'm so that's why I'm trying to share what I went through, because I tried literally every single way of eating healthy, of dieting, of working out all the Time and nothing even worked for me until I started following spice yourself skiing before. And so then I felt like I have to teach this to the world because it's so easy and it's so good. So thank you. That's where my before and after pictures came from. It's the same exact method that you did as well. So, Barbara, what do you see in your future? Like, you've lost 18 pounds. Do you feel like it's hard to keep this 18 pounds off? Do you think you can keep going?

Yes, I can keep going. I've made a lot of the. The in Spice Yourself skinny. Some of this techniques, their lifestyle change for me now. So I get up in the morning and I drink my water. I make sure that I have. Whether it's lemon water or different spiced water, I make sure I have that every morning. I make sure that I plan my meals, and I know exactly what it is I'm going to eat. I have lost more weight, though.

You have?

Yes.

How much?

£25 now.

Oh, my God. You lost £25. And it's just like, keeps coming off, right?

Just keeps coming off. I've had some setbacks with some physical limitations where I was not able to cook the way I wanted to cook. I made sure that I followed added spices to whatever it was that I was eating.

Oh, my gosh. It's like, you really just got to get on the spice. That's it. Just get on the spice. And that makes you lose it. That is awesome.

My doctor said, what. What are you doing? And I told him, and he wrote it down, and he was so excited. He didn't. He was really elated because some of my blood work has changed and some of my medication will be dismissed soon because of losing weight.

Oh, my gosh. I'm so happy to hear that, Barbara. That's like. That's like a life change. That really is a life change that. That's happening. Like, your levels are getting better, your blood work is better. Your doctor is happy. Oh, my God. That's amazing. So, and then tell me, like, have you been like. Like, for you to go from 18 pounds to 25 pounds, did you exercise during this time? Like, tell me about that.

Yes, I have to exercise because I have arthritis. I have rheumatoid arthritis. And my doctor told me that I must exercise if I want to get off the medication. So part of the losing the weight and exercise definitely helped.

So what kind of exercising have you been doing? Is it a lot of exercising or is it, like, what kinds of things?

Well, I do weights, I do cardio. I. You do aerobics in the water. Those types of things.

Awesome. You're so healthy, Barbara.

All around.

Oh, my God. It's like, this is the new life that you're having. Wow.

It's wonderful.

So how do you feel? Like, what are some of the ways you feel right now that are. Since you've lost this now 25 pounds, how do you feel differently?

I feel differently every time I go in my closet. So now I can find something that fits and I could just put it on. Whereas before, I was like, okay, does this fit? No. Does that fit? No. And now it's like, grab it and go that.

Oh, my God. That's like the best feeling when you have to. Like, when you have to go through five outfits just to see, like, does it fit you? Does it hide you? Does it hide this? Hide that? It's like, oh, nobody wants to do that. It's like, take so much extra time out of your life, you know? So now you don't have to do that. And how about, like, how do you feel? Like, do you feel more different in your energy levels? Like, tell me about that.

Yes, definitely. I have more energy. I feel lighter. I'm able to eliminate really, really. Well, I've had. I have some digestive issues, but the different. I would. A lot of times I would have to take a pill to help with my elimination, but I don't need that. With spice yourself Skinny. Because of all the different spices that we use and all the different waters and smoothies that help with all the vegetables that I eat now.

Oh, I love that. It's like, you can eat vegetables more. It's, like, not so hard to eat vegetables anymore. Right.

I actually crave vegetables now.

Wow. Oh, my God. That's like. That really is a lifestyle shift right there to crave vegetables. Because a lot of times you just. That's the last thing you want to eat. You eat a little bit of it just so you can say that you ate it. I know how you feel, because now if I don't have my greens, I really feel like I'm not myself. I don't feel the energy that I would feel, but I do need a little bit of that spice on it to make it taste good. I need to roast the vegetables so the flavor comes out, but once that happens, it's so tasty.

Right, right, exactly. All that grease or all that butter to make the vegetables taste good. You use the spices, and they make the vegetables taste good.

Exactly. Like, we think we have to use cream and butter for it. But no, if you use spices, it replaces cream and butter and it also replaces sugar. Like, you don't need sugar in things as much anymore.

Right, Right. And then you also are. You get full faster when you eat healthier and you're not eating all those preservatives and all that sodium. So you feel so much better.

Oh, amazing. Well, Barbara, thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's been so nice talking to you. Is there anything else you want to share? I mean, you look amazing. You sound amazing. Is there anything else you want to share before we say goodbye?

Well, I think everyone should at least give it a try and see if it works for them. I've tried numerous diets over the years and I would gain all the weight back, but I know for sure because of Spice Yourself Skinny, I won't gain this weight back.

Amazing. Oh, my gosh. Well, thank you, Barbara. Thanks so much for being here. Keep it up and I'm going to see you in the next round of Spice Yourself Skinny. And you're going to. Well, you already lost £25, so it's like. No, it's absolutely going to keep happening. I can't wait for your after after picture. Okay, thanks, Barbara.