“What
can I say! It is a brilliant programme that works really well
for me. From the onset Hayley made it clear that the key to success was
steady progress and a greater understanding of what led me to gain
weight, lose it and regain it. I’ve been two stones over weight
for most of the last sixteen years and have been the typical ‘YoYo’
dieter – 8lbs off, 8lbs on, 6lbs off, 10lbs on. During those sixteen
years I have attended a number of well known slimming clubs, done
detox diets and drunk many replacement meal shakes! I tried just
about everything and nothing seemed to work for me. I always lost
weight, particularly if something important was coming up. However,
my very busy working life made it difficult to stick a particular
style of eating. I would get to my own personal trigger point of
losing 8lbs and then would really struggle to make any progress. The
pounds would creep back on and I would give up. I’m sure this is
a story that many will recognise.
In all honesty I learnt little about food and my relationship with it. With Hayley that has all changed.
Hayley is an absolute inspiration. Importantly, she is highly trained and qualified.
At the beginning we discussed what my goals were. I didn’t want a diet, I wanted
long term sustainable change that would enable me to understand my relationship
with food better, one that would enable me to make better food choices. Of course
I wanted to lose weight but I wanted to keep it off. I wanted this time to be
different and it is.
Her professionalism from day one was very evident. The traditional weigh in
was complimented a blood pressure and BMI assessment. Importantly, we had a
thorough discussion to ensure that I was ready to make the permanent changes,
both mental and life style, that would enable me to attain my goal of permanent
and sustained weight loss. Hayley provided me with lots of easy to read information
on food, calories, menus and exercise. Plus she recommended a brilliant little
iPhone application which helps me record what I eat. These became the tools
for my success.
With Hayley’s guidance and support, I now understand my relationship with food
much better, I have a calorie budget that I use each day and I stick to it.
I don’t starve myself and there isn’t anything that I can’t eat. My better understanding
of food enables me to make better food choices. I no longer exercise so that
I can eat more. I now know that doesn’t work for me. As a regular runner,
I now exercise to stay healthy and fit.
I look forward to every weigh in. I
believe, although I know only time will tell, that I’m achieving my goal of
permanent and sustained weight loss. Although I don’t lose weight every week,
I haven’t gained any either, I am well on my way to my weight loss goal. I even
lost weight on holiday which was a first! Of considerable importance to me has
been Hayley’s approach, as well as being very knowledgeable, she is empathic
and pragmatic. At no point have I ever felt guilty about not losing weight.
It is seen as part of the change process, some weeks you will lose weight and
others you won’t. For some weeks staying the same is an achievement.
I would
highly recommend Hayley to any individual who wants to lose weigh and keep it
off. This one to one programme works for me, and, as I said at the beginning,
it’s been absolutely brilliant!”
Christine Stephenson
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