Listen how easy Nancy found SYS and spices even to the point of adding it to her cheesecake!

Hi, this is Nagina and I am here today with Nancy. Nancy, please say hello. Let us know how much weight you lost in Spice Yourself Skinny and how you feel.

OK. Hello everybody. And I lost 13 pounds and I feel very energetic, in control of myself. I work a lot and I tend to have this strong stress eating from probably working too much. And the spices really, really kind of helped control that a lot.

Wow. Oh my gosh. And so, Nancy, if you don't mind sharing your age, we talked about it over email and like, how did the spices help your hormones? Like, what, how did it, like, how did it change your hormones?

Well, I am over 50 and I just started packing on weight and then that would just kind of make you feel stressed and tired and sweating and I guess you call those hot flashes because I'm always hot anyways. But I couldn't quite get a handle on it and it was driving me crazy because I still have to work and work with people and there's nothing worse than just feeling like sweaty and clammy when people are looking at you like, what is wrong with you? So I tried this and I've been reading that spices help a lot. So it really just. They kind of went away. It all just went away. And I don't really. The only time I kind of have hot flashes now is when I have cheat day. And I know I eat too much sugar, which, yeah, the spices seem to help. Not like your body doesn't even want the sugar anymore, which really helps the hormones a lot.

Oh, amazing. I know. It's like just by sprinkling on these flavors and then also combining it with healthy foods, it's pretty amazing how like our body can change. Like so many things can happen and it almost seems magical. So I'm so happy that you have experienced that. So Nancy, tell me what made you decide to join Spice Yourself Skinny versus joining anything else out there? There's a million programs out there. What was it about Spice Yourself Skinny that attracted you that made you say, I'm doing this?

Well, I have a physician that's been following me for. He's a specialist and he wanted me on a anti inflammatory diet, which is. He gave me a list and he had a nutritionist there that went through it. But you get a list and ideas, but you don't get a program or recipe. So I tried to manage that myself and then working so many hours, it's really hard. And I did actually go to a personal trainer. And so part of that is I got a free. I don't Know what you call it, but, like, a free trial into this other system that gives you emails every single day. So every single day, I was getting these emails, and I don't know people who work a lot like me. It's like, the last thing I want is more emails I have to respond to and take care of. And so it really caused me a lot of stress because then I started falling behind. But I was getting all these emails, and I was just like, I have to stop that. I can't. I can't do that. And so when I saw your program and I tried the. The little taste things, you know, you.

Have that pinch a day challenge.

So I did that. And then I just been kind of watching your stuff that was mailed out, and so I just decided to try it. And it was really a big step for me because I looked at the calendar, and it was starting, like, I think it was right after, in October, and it ended on Christmas Eve. And so, you know, anyone who goes through the holidays knows that's like, big challenge. But I did it, and it was great, and it made Christmas so much easier and better because I felt so much better.

Oh, my gosh. I love hearing that. It's like you just. You just did it. You just said, like, look, I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna take this step. And now how do you. How do you feel? Like, what are things that you can do now that you couldn't do? Or what are things that you can wear now that you couldn't do that you couldn't before?

Well, yeah, I had this pair of pants I had bought brand new. I don't know. And I never really got aware of them because I just kept expanding for some reason. So I actually wore them yesterday because I was like, I'm not getting rid of these pants. They're brand new, and I love them. And so I had tried them on before, like, in the middle of this system, and I still couldn't even zip them. So yesterday I was like, I'm just gonna try these. Like, I don't know what's going to happen. And I put up, and they zipped and they sneak. I'm like, oh, my gosh, I'm wearing these pants. So that was great. And I don't know, it's just even being at work because we are super, super busy, and I'm not getting fatigued and relying on coffee all the time. I mean, I still love my coffee with my cinnamon, but I actually can go the whole day telling everyone I need to Go get my coffee. And I never get to the coffee pot because I'm so busy and I'm so functioning.

Just, oh, my gosh, you have enough energy. Like, you feel good, and you're doing it. Wow. Wow. Oh, my gosh. I love that. So I want to ask you your favorite spice, but before that, I want to ask you if you can share. What is your. What's the thing that surprised you the most about spice?

Yourself. Skinny, I think. Okay, so I didn't. I know I read about your program, but I didn't understand it exactly. So when I first got the first week, I was surprised to see the shopping list, like, what I eat every day and just everything there. I didn't have to really think or design anything. And so that was. That was one big shock. I think that was probably the biggest thing that I didn't know. Well, the second thing as far as using your spices was I love spices, but I didn't have any idea to put two tablespoons in, you know, like a recipe. Usually it's like fourth teaspoon or half, and it tastes good. It just doesn't have that pow factor, wow factor. So that shocked me because I kept looking at the recipe going, 2 tablespoons. I wonder if they really mean that. I was like, put it in. And yeah, it was really good. So now when I make stuff on my own and I'm not even following your recipes, I kind of do that. Like, I'll say, well, in these recipes for the last eight weeks, this is what we did. So I'll just put two tablespoons, a teaspoon of cayenne. And I guess one of the last things that shocked me was or that I figured out is I can actually tolerate heat, because before, I couldn't even take cayenne pepper. And I'd go to restaurants, they'd say, mild, hot, spicy, and I'd be, blam, nothing. And now I can drink my cayenne water, and I'm putting more and more in it because it's not even hot.

I love it. You're really adding some spice to your life there. That's so good. So now tell me, what, out of all the things, out of all the spices you tried, all the recipes, what was your favorite spice?

I think I. Well, I kind of liked spices all along, so I think they're all my favorites. But I'll tell you the one I use the most, and that is the red pepper flakes. And I've discovered chipotle red pepper flakes now. So I put it on my cheese. Okay. I shouldn't be telling you guys this, but honestly, I was eating cheesecake after Christmas. I have still lost, like, another two pounds. But we had cheesecakes. I put chipotle flakes on my cheesecake, and we had this three pound Hershey bar. So every time I'd eat it, I'd sprinkle chipotle flakes on the Hershey bar and eat it because I'm like, I'm getting my spice and my metabolism is rubbing. And honestly, I've been kind of pigging out and I still losing weight, but chipotle goes on absolutely everything. The red pepper flakes goes on everything.

Oh, I love it. And it's super easy because you just sprinkle it. Like, you don't even have to use a spoon or anything.

You just sprinkle it.

It is just right there. So that's so good. Wow. I love it. Well, thank you so much, Nancy. You have helped to explain the program, the benefits for you. And so just to be clear, so you lost 13 pounds. Did you lose all of that in the eight weeks, or has it been coming off even after.

I lost 13 pounds in two weeks and I've lost two more pounds since it ended, and that is with eating this darn cheesecake. Because, you know, it's like after Christmas, my daughter's like, we want a cheesecake, and I couldn't not eat it. So, yeah, I have not been for the last four weeks, been like, following it to a T. I'm following all the protocols, if you want to call them, and ideas, but I haven't been, like, serious about more weight loss, and they are still dropping off, so. But now I am like, okay, my daughter's back in college and I don't have all these temptations, so I am going back onto the program because I want to lose some more weight and then just maintain it with the ideas of what the system is.

So you lost 13 pounds in the eight weeks and you lost two more pounds after that?

Yeah.

Amazing. Oh, my gosh. Well, keep it up, Nancy. I'm going to see you in the next round.

Round.

We're going to keep this going. But you already are great right here. Oh, my gosh. Congratulations.

Thank you.