When I first met Tammy about two years ago in Feb 2007... When she contacted me, she was a miserable student who weighed 70kg at only 164cm. "I am miserable!!! I hate the way I look in my clothes and my biggest fear is that I will only get worse!!! You are my beacon of hope!" she said in her email..
Being overweight since she was 16, Tammy set a goal to lose 15kg and look beautiful for her 21st birthday. Her biggest challenge when I met her was her weakness for food.
"I think food is a comfort thing for me and I find it very hard to say no to foods that I know are bad for me. My mom is very overweight (around 120kgs, 1.58cm), so I know that if I don't do something now, I could end up the same and it scares me!"
"I want to lose this weight because I think that I am breaking my mom's heart. She doesn't want to see me end up like she has... on fad diets for the rest of my life that don't work and a life full of painful failures when a diet doesn't work. Also, I know that I can look better and feel better as well. I think I hide behind my weight and it prohibits me from doing things... I don't like going out dancing with my friends because I hate getting dressed up... we always take photos whenever we go out and I am tired of feeling like the 'ugly duckling'."
But the detox is not the only thing she attempted to try. Since 16, she has been trying all sorts of stuff... high protein diets, Jenny Craig, Limited Carb diets... And for a while, they seem to work. She would lose like 5kg but afterward, because the diets are not maintanable, back comes the weight.. and most of the time with a vengeance too.
What one thing Tammy had that all people I know who are very successful in weight loss is a strong determination to succed. When asked about her budget, Tammy said, "I will pay whatever it takes! I am unhealthy and unhappy! I was paying around $100 per week for food from Jenny Craig. That may be a stretch for me now as I am a student, but I can make it work!"
So because of her strong desire and enthusiasm, I arrange for a long distance FREE consultation with her. During the consultation, I talked to Tammy about her mindset and about healthy habits. We spent some time also going through her daily diet and found the culprits to her weight gain. Since she barely had money and because she was so far away from me, she took my advice, did her homework (to prepare herself mentally and psychologically) and changed her diet somewhat to lose some weight first while she saved up for the detox.
Over the next few months, we exchanged emails and discussed what sort of old mindsets were simply not working for her and we sorted out all the mental blockages that she has in her mind...
Over months, she still did not manage to save up much.. but following my suggestions, she DID manage to lose some weight and at this point, she met a body sculpting coach who helped her set a goal of taking part in a competition 9 months down the road.
The rest, they say, is history...
9 months and alot of trainings and many kg less later, she came in 2nd in a body sculpting competition!
And I only found out about it about a year and a half later when I emailed her just to ask her how she has been doing... and here's her reply..
"Hi Angel!
WOW! This year has been crazy! I've been so busy with university and training :)
I finally got off my big butt and saw a personal trainer who is amazing and my journey began... she insisted that I compete in a 'body sculpting' competition and 9months (and many kgs less) later, I've competed in two :)
I've attached a photo from my latest competition. I also read the book 'The Secret' and I feel that my whole life is changing for the better... and it all started with the emails from you :)
Sorry that this is just a very short email... I have to rush to class!
Hope you and your family are well!
Tammy
xoxox
Well, if Tammy can do it, so can you! :)
And with her sheer determination, Tammy inspired me to start exercising on a regular basis.. haha.. she has also proven that irregardless of what body shape you are, you are worthy of a beautiful body and it is possible as long as you work towards your goal ;)
Email Angel and find out how you could prep up your mind, get starting with the detox and lose up to 5kg within 5 days and learn how to MAINTAIN it ;) Contact Angel at +65 96909119 or verityy@yahoo.com
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