Success Stories

- Valeria

My name is Valeria and I’ve decided to tell my story in hope that I might inspire others to lose their weight and become healthier, happier and more active.

I’ve been overweight all my life, even as a small child and over the years the weight had taken a great toll on my body and with the development of osteoarthritis in my spine, my movements had become more and more restricted. I was unable to do any exercise and house work was becoming a challenge. The way I was going I was facing the possibility of ending up in a wheel chair. I lived on strong pain killers and anti-inflammatories just to function and hold down my job as a registered nurse.

Like most others, I tried all sorts of diets over the years with limited success. When I reached my 60’s I was becoming desperate and even considered stomach banding, however after talking to people who had been through the experience and consultations with my doctor I decided there must be a less drastic way.

Around this time my brother joined SureSlim, which I hadn’t heard of before. When I saw the success he had and how well he looked, I decided to make an appointment for myself.

A trained consultant explained the program to me and how it worked. Their professional approach impressed me and it was all done on a 1 on 1 basis and in confidence.

I decided I owed it to myself and my family to be healthier and improve my quality of life.

An individualised eating program was made for me, taking into account my lifestyle, food preferences, medical history and medications. A blood test was also taken to see if there were any conditions present that may affect my weight loss.

I joined SureSlim in November 2005, my weight then was 158.90kg, and I wore a size 24-26 in clothes. One year later in November 2006 I reached my goal weight, weighing in at 79.5kg. That was a total of 79.40kg in 12 months.

My mental approach to this daunting task was to concentrate on 5kgs at a time and reward myself along the way. I was taking a short time out of my life to learn a new way of eating and make the sacrifices necessary to achieve the goals I wanted.

I found the program easy to stick to and was never hungry. I had wonderful support from my family and friends and the trained consultants weighed me each week and gave me the motivation, support and assistance to help me along the way as well.

My quality of life has improved, I am healthier, no longer take any pain medication, I am going for brisk walks every day and as a bonus I have a whole new wardrobe of clothes in size 12 -14.

I strongly recommend SureSlim to anyone out there that has a weight problem, you will be amazed at the results, it has been an answer to my prayers.

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