I was killing myself to get skinny.

“My whole life, I’ve struggled with weight – up and down, up and down. I really honestly thought that the only way that I could be skinny was by not eating – starving myself, which is not healthy.

I was actually hurting my body.

As a chronic dieter, I tried everything under the sun. After my second child, I tried the prepackaged meals. It was terrible. I ended up just giving it away. It was just not good. I tried diet pills, and they just made me jittery. And they’re actually appetite suppressants, so they down my metabolism and made everything worse, but I didn’t realize that at the time. Plus, I discovered that I had Osteopenia as a result of extreme dieting and the diet pills. So, I actually hurt my body trying to be skinny and healthy.

And it was so frustrating because every trick in the book that I tried didn’t work. My body had completely changed and none of the starvation stuff that I did before, none of the quick-fix diets actually worked. So, I was at a standstill. I got very used to wearing black mom sweats. It’s a terrible place to be. You kind of rationalize that, ‘Well, I have three beautiful kids. So what if I’m a little heavier or a lot heavier.’

Trying Food Lovers changed my life.

And then I saw Food Lovers, and I thought okay, it looks kind of a little bit too good to be true. You know, how can you eat all day? I mean, I’ve never been able to eat all day and lose weight. The only way I stayed skinny was starvation or diet pills.

But, I thought, it can’t hurt. I’ll give it a try.

The first thing noticed was more energy.

And when I first started, I thought, this is amazing – because as a busy mother of three, you’re completely exhausted all the time. But after the first week on the program, I had all this energy. I mean, amazing energy that I hadn’t had in probably four years!

And then the inches starting coming off.

So I thought, even if I don’t lose a pound and I have all this amazing energy, it was so worth it. But then, the pounds started coming off, and the inches started coming off, and my pants started getting a little bit too big, and I was like, ‘Wow! I have energy. This is wonderful. I can keep up with my kids, plus I’m starting to see that I can get skinny again.’ And that happened within 21 days.

I ate a dessert every single day

And on the Food Lovers Fat Loss System, I did not have to give up anything. Nothing that I loved. Ice cream, chocolate, chocolate cake, pasta, pizza. All of the wonderful foods. I ate a dessert every single day, and I was still able to lose 25 pounds in 12 weeks.

Everything is better now that I lost the weight.

It’s food that I’m going to be eating for the rest of my life, and I’d recommend it to everyone. It was nice to know that I could still have that flavor and that delicious quality of food, and be losing weight. I mean, it’s kind of crazy when you think about it!

And now I’m wearing color. I’m wearing things that are more figure flattering. I’m wearing fun things. The pants I have on now, I was actually shopping and saw them on a mannequin, and the store didn’t have them on the, on the rack. And I said, ‘There’s no way I’m going to fit into the pair on the skinny, little mannequin. And I got them on and they fit me. And it was like, I can’t believe that I’m wearing these again. I can’t believe that I’m able to wear this size again!

The best part? I’ll never have to diet again.

I made really simple changes that happened to get drastic, positive results. And this is something that I’m going to keep with me for my entire life. That’s huge because I want to grow old gracefully. I want to be healthy. I want to be there for my kids and my family. And as a result of Food Lovers, I’m probably going to live a lot longer, so I’ll be there for my kids and my grandkids. And that’s what life is about.”