Testimonials

Donna

XXXX gave me your email address and I am so pleased you allowed her to do so as I wanted to let you know what your book, Ditch the Scales, has meant to me because to just say "thank you" seems so inadequate, whereas "it's changed my life" does sound over-dramatic, but it has.

XXXX gave me your book on 27 May 2008 and I started reading it that night and could not put it down.  I have been overweight since I was 5 or 6 years old - not "chubby", really overweight (size 28/30 when I read your book).  I felt fat, ugly, unlovable - zero self esteem and after reading your book it explained why I couldn't lose weight.  On page 37 of the book it asks readers to list what they have been tolerating in their life.  When I completed this on 27 May I wrote:  being despised by others and myself, feelings of humiliation, being judged, having to make extra effort to be liked, being made fun of and openly laughed at, not being able to do the things I want to do (i.e. sport), being alone and lonely, feeling worthless, being unhealthy and unattractive and not being "myself".  I was in a bad place, no wonder I could not lose weight.

The idea of dreaming a dream and setting a goal, which I am responsible for achieving was an amazing revelation and I have gone from the person I described in the paragraph above, to someone who is happier and more positive than I have ever been.  Your book is the best "diet" book I have ever read and it doesn't even contain a recipe, which I have always thought unneccessary anyway because after years of dieting I know what to eat and what not to eat and "cheating" and "free foods" on diets widely advertised always got on my nerves - as if your body doesn't realise you've "cheated".  Needless to say, I have naturally gravitated towards fruit, vegetables and salad and have lost 13lbs.  However, I'm not going to keep weighing myself as, like you, I prefer to gauge weightloss by how my clothes feel but have weighed myself during the first few weeks to ensure I'm on the right track.  There have been days when I've wanted to eat something I shouldn't but before doing so I have always stopped in my tracks and thought of my goal (me wearing a size 12 shift dress I have at home) and it's always stopped me.  The affirmations every day have really helped anchor the dream.

When I reach my goal I will send you a photo of me in my dress to let you know I achieved what I have set out to do.  So, as you can see "thank you" is a bit inadequate to say to the person who has probably been the most positive influence in my life.  THANK YOU

D.S.