Victoria’s A Beautiful Bride Minus 54 Pounds!

Age: 33
Height: 4′ 11″
Start Weight: 207 lbs
Current Weight: 153 lbs (success in progress!)
Total Loss: 54 lbs
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I am 33 years and 4’ 11’’.  Last year I tipped the scales at 207 pounds!!  200+ pounds on a 5 foot; I mean 4’11’’ frame is nothing pretty!
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In years past I made my way through most other diets just like many of you that are reading this.  Even went as far as going to a “weight loss doctor” and getting the infamous Topamx/Phentermine cocktail!! I did lose weight but didn’t learn how to maintain it so I ended up heaver then when I started!!
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That is why I truly believe that Kimkins save my life! It not only worked it has taught me how to eat sensibly to sustain my loss and live a healthy life.  I am no longer “Living to eat” I am now “Eating to LIVE”.  THANK YOU KIMMER!!!
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I was truly in denial about how heavy I had gotten. Preoccupied with life my weight was not an issue. I have been blessed with a loving partner and a little girl who just couldn’t be any sweeter … why worry about my weight?
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Well one day I was cleaning up the house, listing to my little girl play in her room. My daughter ran into the kitchen asking for a snack.  I asked her if she wanted something that was a bit of a treat and she hurried towards me with a smile on her face and threw her arms around me!  She said “Mommy you are the best Mommy in the world!” At that moment she said “Hey, I can’t touch my fingers together.”  WHAT?  Honestly my brain didn’t compute what she had just said.  She squeezed me as hard as she could and with a strained voice said it AGAIN!!! I told her to stop as I got her snack together and hurried her on her way.
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She walked out of my kitchen and I burst into tears! I tried to cry quietly into a dishtowel … I leaned over the sink howling like a banshee trying to get a handle on my emotions, but I couldn’t stop!  I was doing that “trying to catch your breath breathe” thing that you do when you start crying really hard.
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I looked up and saw my reflection in the window!! I stopped crying.  I stood staring at myself looking at my double chin and my rosy red cheeks — I was looking at a person that I didn’t recognize.  I guess I must have been standing there for a while because before I knew it my beloved and daughter were standing behind me. “Did you hear me?” my love asked? I said NO, told them I had to go to the bathroom and off I ran!!
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That day was one of my lowest days in my life and today right now in this moment as I type this … is one of the BEST days! Today, thanks to Kimkins, I am at 153 pounds and losing!!! I found Kimkins, read the success stories and thought to myself, “IF THEY CAN DO IT I CAN TOO”!!! Now, 7 months later, I am 54 pounds lighter and have a whole new outlook on food!!!
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I have had my ups and downs with this WOE.  I have faltered and tripped myself up with down talk and justifications, so I am not at goal YET! There is a mental change that needs to take place and until that happens you will always justify your eating habits. I am just now getting to that place where I can say, “NO, I CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES,” then eat what is easy, convenient or right in front of me. If I would have gotten past the road blocks that I put in front of myself and dealt with underlying problems early on, then I would be at my goal now. But I’m not done yet!
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The encouragement and support I have found here with Kimkins saved my life!!  The friendships I have made are relationships that I will keep close to my heart for years to come.  I went back and forth fighting with myself about staying on plan and my [Kimkins] personal journal helped me though that.
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Posting my feelings and thoughts opened me up to the Kimkins community.  They embraced all 200+ pounds of me with out judgment.  Posting “before and after” pictures in my journal too keep myself focused really helped me too … looking ahead is the only way to go!
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I also went into the Chat Room and was welcomed with open arms! I found a community of people all striving for the same goals.  The information, encouragement, and acceptance I found with Kimmins changed my life for the better.   I will never go back to being that girl who was crying in the kitchen ever AGAIN!  I have a long way to go and I have come to terms with this being a new way of life for me and I understand that I CAN NEVER go back to my old eating habits. BIG BIG STEP FOR ME!!!!
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Soon after I found Kimkins something wonderful happened … my love PROPOSED!!! We are getting married October 11th 2009.  I am working towards the ultimate “after” picture  The one where I stand confident, happy and beautiful next to the man of my dreams in my wedding dress!!!
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Thank you, Kimmer, for helping me through all the “cheats”, and questions.  Thank you for giving me back the chance to run and play with my daughter and the ability to feel sexy in my own skin.  Thank you for helping me realize how strong I am and opening up a whole new world to my family and I … and making me understand that I can NEVER FAIL IF I DON’T STOP TRYING!!!
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Peace~Love~Light
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Vix