Five NHS nurses share their results using SlimPod, a nightly audio program. One lost 13 pounds in 23 days, another over 28 pounds in five months. They report less hunger, smaller portions, better sleep, and more energy without feeling deprived.
It's been nothing short of a miracle. In 3 weeks, my life really has changed. The ever-present and voracious hunger that I always felt has gone. When I do want to eat, my portion sizes are smaller. I want to eat healthy foods. I don't want sweet stuff, chocolates, fatty things, even alcohol, not really very bothered about. And my sleep is much better, and just my overall sense of well-being is, oh, 100-fold what it was 3 weeks ago. It's really, really radical, the change that I've seen.
The changes have been absolutely amazing. I listen to the SlimPod every night, and I have 3 square meals a day, and it's always healthy food. I no longer go into the children's treat cupboard and pinch all their treats. I'm naturally wanting to eat healthy food and I do not miss eating all the rubbish. I feel absolutely fantastic. I'm sleeping better, so my stress levels during the day have reduced. I feel a lot more at peace in myself.
Using SlimPod has changed my life. It seems to have really changed my appetite. I've been a binge eater most of my life and it's like it's reached in and turned down the volume on my appetite so I could just eat like a normal person.
I did actually weigh myself this morning and measure myself to see how I was doing, and this is day 23, and I have lost 19.5 centimetres off my body measurements and 13 pounds in weight in 23 days without making any effort at all.
Right, I've been told not to weigh myself, so I'm trying not to, but I know by my clothes that I am losing weight, and it's just so easy.
I was going into a size 20, which was extremely embarrassing, but now I'm a size 10 and I feel great. So I'm very much looking forward to continuing with Slimpod, not just for the 12-week program, but using it as something that will take me through my day-to-day life in the future, to give me the happy and healthy future that I'm really trying to achieve.
I was cynical at first. I said right at the start that how can just listening to a recording every night help you lose weight? And, you know, I thought there must be something more than that, but the more you listen to the Slimpod, the more focused you become and you do want to exercise and, you know, cut down on your food intake. Since I started listening to the Slimpod 5 months ago, I've lost just over 2 stones, but it is ongoing and I'm confident that I can lose a lot more. When I started, I struggled to walk upstairs without getting out of breath, which is one of the reasons why, you know, I wanted to take it on, to try it out. My family have all adopted the same eating habits as me. My wife's lost weight as a result. The kids aren't even noticing that we're eating more healthily. You know, they're quite happy because, you know, you don't have to eat lettuce and salad for every meal. You know, you can eat good healthy food which, you know, they don't even notice that they are eating healthier because, you know, what you do have is just normal food.
Lost 2 stone so far, and like I say, in about 12, 13 weeks. Gone down 2 dress sizes. Got no clothes at home now, but hey ho, I'll have to go and buy some more. And I feel fantastic. One of the worst people to get a compliment out of is my husband. Never admit to anything, but even he has had to hold his hands up now and say, "Wow, you've lost loads of weight." which to me meant a lot.
Well, I joined Slimpod 14 weeks ago. I didn't really have many expectations because I've struggled with weight all my life and I've come to an age where I thought, oh, it doesn't matter anymore. And I've made lots of excuses throughout my life why I continue to put weight on, so I came without much motivation. However, my daughter is getting married next year, my first daughter to be married, and I thought, I don't want to be a fat and frumpy mother of the bride. So I thought, I'll give it a go. But from day one, from listening to Slimpod, I've just found it's worked for me. It's been absolutely life-changing for me. I've completely changed my whole lifestyle. I've cut out carbohydrates without any problem, and I was a— I felt I was a carbohydrate addict, and anything now that I eat or buy is just healthy food. And that, without really trying, I've lost 26 pounds in 14 weeks. And today, because I don't weigh myself very often anymore, I just know how I feel and I feel healthy. And today I weighed myself and I'm under 13 stone, which I've not been for over 10 years. I've been on many diets, I've done Slimming World, Weight Watchers, I've done so many things and I've lost the weight but then I put it back on again and I've always felt I've been depriving myself on diets but this isn't a diet, it's just a complete change of way of life and I'm really enjoying the food and my diet consists of vegetables, fruit, oily fish, lean meat and nothing else. However, I still like to have a gin and tonic and a glass of red wine, so you know, and I've not really— I've reduced it a little bit, but I'm still enjoying it. And now when I, you know, I can go out for a meal and I still enjoy it, but I leave food as well. That's another big change for me. My portion sizes have reduced dramatically because I just don't feel— when I'm hungry— sorry, when I'm full, I stop and As I say, it's just been a whole new change of life for me, and I think that will maintain. I've got every confidence by next August when my daughter gets married, I'll probably be even 2 sizes smaller than I am now. So that's where I'm targeting myself. I've bought a new dress and a lovely new pair of shoes, and they're not what I'd normally wear because usually I wear baggy clothes to hide all my lumps and bumps, but I thought, no, I'll wear something completely different And as you can see, it's very tight-fitting and it's quite low, Bardot style I believe it's called. And it's different colours from what I'd wear because it's nice bright colours and I feel fantastic in it. I feel so glamorous now that I've had my hair and my makeup done and I feel so slim and comfortable in my body. And for the first time in my life, I'm feeling in control of what I put into my body. And I might, you know, I wouldn't say, I don't binge anymore, I don't do that, but I might have an extra piece of bacon, a big piece of bacon, but then I'll make up for it the next day. So I'm in control now for the first time ever, and I just wish that I'd learnt this a long, long time ago. I wish that I hadn't waited until I'm 58 to find out that I can control my weight. Everything that I've done before has just been excuses. So we can all do it. I can do it, you can all do it.
