I really don’t know how to write this as I am still in shock!! My sister phoned me yesterday to say she was nominating me for Slimmer of the Year and I still can’t take it in ……….I’ll give it a go though!!
My journey with Unislim began on 18th January 2010 when I joined the Newbridge class with the wonderful Annemarie Sheehan at the helm. Between my determination, Annemarie’s support, advice and guidance and the support and friendship of the many friends I have since made in Unislim, I am delighted to say that I am 11/2 pound away from having lost 5 stone.
I joined at the best time because the Maximising Plan had just been launched. What a plan! I think the not having to count “points” or “units” is the success to the plan. I love it…And thankfully it has worked / is working for me. The best part was realising that I could have my cake and eat it!! i.e. by doing an extra walk I could go out and enjoy having a few drinks. I have been on countless diets throughout the years but Unislim is more of a lifestyle change and that’s what I had to get my head around. So with the plan I increased my exercise and that is what is really helping me along. I now do a rebounding class once a week, Step Aerobics twice a week and I try to get out for a walk everyday – ranging from 30 mins to 90 mins.
I have always struggled with my weight and since giving up cigarettes three years ago, I thought it might make things more difficult. Thankfully it hasn’t. I have two beautiful sisters, who both have lovely figures and I used to always envy them and the gorgeous clothes they wore. But then I realised, I was the only one who could make the changes. I was the one who had to decide between good choices and bad choices. I am the one who has made those changes and I am now the one who can wear my sisters’ clothes!!! Nobody will ever realise how much that meant to me. I still have a bit to go but now I know I will get there. Now I know that I will never go back to the size I was.
I’m still the same Audrey only now I don’t duck when someone takes a camera out of their bag!! Sometimes I’ll see a picture of me now and think it doesn’t look like me but that is only because it doesn’t look like the old me…. I need to get to know the new me a bit better!!!
I will get to my goal weight and I will never look back.
