Weight Loss Photos - About Judy - Overweight from childhood

My journey in photos

Overweight from childhood, I had done every diet; you name it; slimming clubs, diet books, low carb, low fat, calories, fat units, food combining, slimming pills, liquid diets and more. Many times I had lost weight only to put it all back on again, usually with some extra. In fact, as the years went by, I just got fatter, reaching 15 stones in 2002. Weird that, because I always felt that I was, "On a diet".

• Before the Programme Before the Programme
• Not much fun Not much fun
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I was very depressed with the endless cycle of dieting followed by disappointment. I was fed up with thinking about it so much. I was becoming a diet bore and somewhat a recluse too. I felt like a failure, and my body image and self esteem were at rock bottom. I knew I had to do something different. I had begun to realise that dieting was not the answer. I decided I would rather be 15 stones and proud than 15 stones and full of misery and self-hatred and constantly battling with myself. However, I still hoped that I could be slimmer. I knew I had to stop dieting though, and find another way because dieting was destroying me. Firstly, I knew that I had to get relaxed around food and build my self worth up. I had to stop focussing on the problem, and focus on the solution and on what had to change in my life.

I began working on myself, in the way that you will if you embark on the programme. I did a lot of personal development work, in conjunction with taking a relaxed and balanced approach to eating. I did not diet or deprive myself, in fact I started eating foods I had banned under the “dieting mentality”. I also started to move my body a bit every day by going out for a short walk with my walkman on.

I didn't weight myself for a while because I knew that the scales were terribly harmful to my state of mind. They could destroy my day and I didn't want anything to sabotage me. So I got rid of them and weighed myself in the chemist instead. After a few weeks I was thrilled to see that I had, easily and enjoyably, dropped 11 pounds of fat.

But I was even happier about my increased self-esteem, energy and good health.   It was wonderful to wear nice clothes again, and to move without aches and pains. I went on to shed over 4 stones. Not only that, I got super fit, going from couch potato who could hardly walk ten minutes along a flat street, to doing aerobics every other day. I can't tell you how much it meant to me the day I walked for 6 hours across the rolling hills of the countryside.

• After the programme After the programme
• On the Beach On the Beach
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Now, I am not skinny. I don't think I have the genetics to be so without extreme food restriction. I am a happy, healthy weight. My body image and confidence are so much greater. I feel good in my own skin. 

I think we should accept ourselves at any weight, and have a balanced and healthy relationship with food. 

We must develop an awareness of the undermining images from the media and reject those. They create insecurity and poor body image (and that makes money for companies that prey off people's insecurity and low self image).

We should be nurturing and honouring the person within, the soul that lives inside the body. It is who we are and how we live that is so important.

Dealing with our relationship with food, our bodies and our selves is incredibly healing and will impact not just on your weight, but your relationships and your happiness and fulfilment in general. Life is too short to waste a second on bad body thoughts.

To get started you can call me for a chat to see if you feel safe with me or to arrange personalised therapy/coaching by phone or face to face. 0844 8001197 local call rate.

Alternatively, you could order the Undiet Yourself home study programme.