I have been dieting on and off for the last 10 years. I would safely say I have tried every diet I have ever heard about. There has been everything from shakes, to syrups, to soups & certain food restrictions. I would start each diet with the same mind frame – this one is the one! Unfortunately this was never the case and my life had turned into a vicious circle of endless worthless dieting.

I would initially lose some weight and without fail I would have the weight back on in no time and in most occasions a few pounds extra to top it all off.

I wasn’t usually alone – my friend and I were dieting buddies! We would start diets together, reward ourselves together but most of the time munch away our sorrows when they didn’t work.

My friend joined Unislim in November 2009, whilst I had started another diet programme. As soon as I saw her incredible success I started to think about joining.

I started tracking my daily food intake, being conscious of my portion sizes, cooking really nice meals and exercising regularly to earn a few yum’s here and there! Within a few weeks people could notice the start of my weight loss. I felt incredible! And all the negative feelings I had about my body shape were slowly starting to disappear.

I was a little anxious because at this point I was frustrated from disheartening myself so much by numerous failures. I had a good look at the plan, spoke to a Unislim leader and decided to join my local class in October

At this stage my diet buddy had become a Unislim leader due to her passion of the Unislim plan and I had taken up weekly residence in Nicky’s Unislim class, Sandymount.