Vu lost over 10lbs in Spice Yourself Skinny! Hear why it works

Hi, this is Nagina Abdullah and I am here today with Vu, one of my star sys sisters. Vu, please say hello. Tell us a little bit about your lifestyle and tell us how much weight you lost in Spice Yourself Skinny.

Hi. So yes, I have lost 10 pounds in your program. So thank you so much for that, first of all. And I have really enjoyed myself, especially the food. But I am a mom of two girls, 2 and 5, so they keep me very busy and I have a full time job and I'm part of the education team for a hospital, anesthesiology and I also run my own business. So as you can imagine, a super busy lifestyle and still I was able to do it. So I'm really thankful for that.

Oh my God. I'm just like, wow. And so such surprise that you did it. I mean, what a life. Like two kids, full time job, so starting something on the side sounds like my life. Okay, so I understand it is not easy. There is a lot to do and that's why I always say if I can do it, I feel like anyone can do it. Because like, and you have a very similar lifestyle and you did it. So one quick fun question I want to ask first. What is your favorite spice, Vu, and what do you use it on?

Okay, so I actually don't like cinnamon. I'm like the only person in the world that I don't like cinnamon. But I do use it on everything. Because ever since this diet I'm just like, okay, put a little bit cinnamon on everything. A little bit cinnamon. You know, I love cumin and everything else. I'm an easy person, I have a few things. But even though I really don't like it, I've gotten used to it. Because when you see what it does, you're like, oh, you're right, I don't crave sweets like that. I feel more like, you know, even kale with my cravings. You totally do it.

Yeah. That's so crazy. You would never imagine that you'd want.

To eat kale, right? Like that would never happen.

Usually, yes. But when you put the spices on it and then you see what it does to you, that's what happens. So. Ok, amazing. Ok, so you've got used to cinnamon and now you realize you don't have as many sweet cravings, which.

Absolutely.

It's so true. Ok, so tell me, Vu, what was the moment that you decided that you wanted to join Spice yourself Skinny? Like, what was going on in your life and why Spice yourself Skinny?

Right. Okay, so I have done many Detoxes very successfully. I actually love the detoxes. And it turns out that spice yourself skin is very similar in a way where I just want to be told what to do and just when to do it. So even though your program has a lot of freedom, I can just follow it to think of it. I don't have time to think. I just want someone to tell me this and that and then I'm done, you know? So anyway, I was losing great weight with detoxes, but they weren't staying on because as soon as I was done with it, I would just go and do whatever thing I couldn't have, and then I'd be like, oh, I've done so well. Here's a treat and here's a reward. And next thing you know, you're completely not doing anything, and then everything's back on. So on again, off again for three months. And I also have pcos, so I needed something that would treat my body well and be healthy for me, so I have to be careful of that. And it sounded like the stuff that I saw from you prior to joining was all about eating well, treating yourself kindly, and being healthy. So I decided to do it.

So you decided to do it and to take the leap and. Awesome. And now you like Cinnamon, even. Wow.

Yeah, exactly.

So, okay, so Vu, do you feel like, are there things that you can wear now that you couldn't wear before? Or are there things that you could do or that you. You feel different about yourself? And, you know, one thing is, like, I just want to mention, you posted this picture of you with your two girls and you bought. You had like, a cool scooter, like, and you were just with your girls and you just looked, oh, my God, so slim and trim with your daughters, and it looked like you just were having such a carefree time. So I just thought that was so fun. But tell me about what has changed for you now, even with losing the £10.

Thank you. Yes. So the biggest reason I want to improve anything in life is my daughters. I don't want them. I don't want to pass on any issues that I have, like body image or anything like that. So I do my best to be kind to myself around them. However, as you noticed, even though I try to be positive, regardless, you can't help but feel good when you feel sexy and you feel trim and you feel like, you know, anyone knows, like, I'm fit, you know? So, yes, I hurt my ankle really badly. I'm actually not healed yet. It's been quite A while. It's. We're in the fourth week, but I was on my scooter, and I said, okay, girls, let's do, like, a full body picture. And, you know, let's say how cool the scooter is. So we all pose. You know, that's. That's the life I want to live. I want them to love themselves as well. Yeah. I wear my skinny pants to work, and I tuck them in my boots. Because in the hospital, we walk for a long time, so I don't really wear heels or anything like that. But, you know, I love wearing those with like, a, you know, cam sole and, like, a shirt over it, and I'm not sticking out everywhere. You know what I mean? Like, from my bra or, like, my pants. I'm not muffin topping, so it feels really good.

Oh, gosh. I bet. And, like, when you have to walk long, like, long distances, it just, like. I'm sure you just feel, like, tighter and stronger as you're walking. Right. It makes a difference in how you just carry yourself.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. So.

So good to hear. Okay, so I just have one more question that I want to ask you, and tell me what you. What surprised you about Spice Yourself Skinny.

I am someone. I feel like I'm low maintenance as far as food goes, and I will do just about anything. But when I started this diet, I was like, whatever I gotta do, you know, I'll do it. And then I. Every night, I was so surprised at how great the food was. I mean, I loved the taste of it. I was like, you're gonna put that with that, and it's gonna taste good. Are you kidding? So, like, I started asking my husband to, like, make the Thai curry more because I was like this. I can't get enough of it. You know what I mean? And I'm like, wait, am I like, I'm healthy Lifestyle. What? You know, like, it just feels too good to be true. But it was so delicious.

Oh, good. So you. Oh, my gosh. That's so funny, because that's one of the things I was most surprised when I did it for myself is I would sit down with my husband and we would eat together, and I would say, there is no way this is healthy. There is no way to lose weight because it tastes too good. Good food makes you put on weight, not lose. But it's like, I feel like we all indulge together in Spice Yourself Skinny, but we indulge in taking care of ourselves and having good flavors, and then we indulge in watching the scale drop. And that's amazing.

So absolutely. One thing I really, really love is that the treats are figured in. Love that it's, it's very much different. And, you know, there's great recipes that you're like, we make now, even though, you know, I mean, it may not be necessarily the recipe of the week or the kids love eating, you know, some of the treats that are in your program because we love it. And having that just kind of like, instead of like no treats, nothing sweet or, you know, whatever that I think makes a huge difference in trying to keep with the program as well. Like, that definitely helped me know, like, no, you know what, Saturday I get to have my treat and I'll be good.

Oh, I'm so glad you mentioned that because it's like, you know, we have a mandatory cheat day that we can eat whatever we want. And then I put a weekly dessert in the menus as a suggestion, like a spice dessert. And it's so important to be able to have that week, that day every week to let go because, I mean, it's just reality. Like, we have families, we have friends. We're going to do it anyway. And if you give yourself that one day to be free, then it's so much easier to be on track for the week and you can actually stick with it. And that's how I've seen sys become a lifestyle, because it's not about, like taking food out. It's about just balancing things. So in Vu, do you feel like this is weight? Like, I know you did the detoxes and you would lose weight and then put it on. Do you feel like this is weight that has this stayed off? Do you think it's stay off?

Yes, it has stayed off. Even though I haven't been able to do anything, I hurt my ankle really badly. I've been, you know, and I thought for sure, oh my gosh, I'm going to gain all this weight. Like, literally I am in bed. I was bedridden for over three weeks. I thought, it's coming right back. And as soon as I could stand, I got on a scale. I'm good.

All 12. Yes. Yes. The weight is still off. Oh, my gosh. Well, thank you so much, Vu, for sharing. Congratulations to you. You've lost ten pounds. I hope you feel a lot better with your, with your foot. It seems like you're doing better now, but. And, and great, great, amazing job. And your girls are just, you know, looking at, looking to you as an example. It's like, especially with girls, they look to their moms as an example. And you're being. You're being healthy and treating yourself well, and that's, like, the absolute best way to teach them to do the same. So congratulations, and it's so much fun having you in the program.

Thank you so much.