Success Stories - Jane Smith

I train and trial cocker spaniels. It is my passion. I gained weight over the years really by being very busy with my family and dogs, and not giving any consideration to my diet, just grabbing quick and easy foods to satisfy hunger, and eating was just something that I had to do, but took no care over. High sugar, high fat foods and no fruit and veg, as I was too busy for preparing and thinking about food. Unlike my husband who enjoyed rich tasty meals, food was not my friend, and for me it was quantity over quality.

I have been all or nothing in my approach to food in the past, and the idea of balance and moderation had been beyond me. However, with exante, I feel that I have achieved an understanding that in order to keep my weight off I have to have a balance and allow myself to indulge in a little of something I like - but compensate for this afterwards. In the past, once a morsel of chocolate passed my lips I was off the diet and the same old eating patterns were back.

I have varied my days with exante, if I feel able I have stuck to 3 replacement meals, black coffee and water, but I listen to my body now, and if I feel hungry I have an evening meal with my family, avoiding carbs. I have to say that I have really been enjoying my salads, adding things like olives, feta cheese and egg and bacon to lettuce tomatoes peppers and carrots. I get that lovely full feeling that satisfies me, but I also feel really well, that I have been good to myself choosing good food. I have been very surprised that having a meal like this in the day has actually boosted my weight loss.

Last year I was at a trial and the judge asked me if I needed a minute to catch my breath. I was red in the face, puffing and wheezing struggling up a hill in a wood trying to show my dog off. I knew I wasn’t winning anything when I held up the line because I was struggling to keep up. I knew then that if I wanted to be successful with my wonderful little dog, I had to get the weight off....but my morale was low, and I felt so incapable.

I have high hopes for this year now I have lost so much weight, and I have much higher energy levels and confidence! My doctor is thrilled with my weight loss, I was knocking at the door of diabetes and had had a serious lecture from him about my health, and now my sugar levels are normal and I'm feeling so well in myself. I will go on using exante to maintain my weight loss, and generally I will continue to make healthy choices in what I eat.

If I am going out I take a bar with me, so that I don’t need to grab the junk that I did before. Even my nails and hair are in much better condition now that I am getting all the nutrients that I need from exante. Thanks Exante!