The Journey Begins

Hello.

I'm 'Sami'. This blog is all about my journey to regain my long lost figure.

I'm 49 years old. I don't have an underactive thyroid, I'm not diabetic, my cholesterol and blood pressure are perfect. The only thing that's different about the last four years is that my estrogen levels have declined steadily although I still get periods and all the premenstrual symptoms. And I've gained weight - about 4 kgs a year over the last four years. That is FAR too much!!


I'm starting to look just like my mother, who is in her mid-seventies and has hips, butt and thighs the size of the Titanic but with a reasonable bosom. I, on the other hand, have no boobs to speak of so this kind of weight gain makes me look like one of those dreadful toilet ornaments:



It's disgusting.

I've been going to gym 2 - 3 times a week for the last 18 months. My eating habits are no different than normal. Yes, I snack now and then, and yes, I have a fondness for bread-and-butter, and for the occasional chocolate, but I never binge eat or even overeat. It seems so unfair ... but unfair or not, I have to do something about this if I don't want to end up a Fat Fifty in the middle of next year. I've tried various diet programs over the last few years, with little success. This is a final, somewhat desperate attempt and I'm going to record it all here, as anonymously as possible but with pictures, so try and motivate myself into staying with the Program. And the Program is something called BeTrim.

BeTrim is all-natural. It's pills and potions and a healthy eating plan. It's manufactured locally and I just bought my first month's supply:


Three pills in the morning, then one before lunch and one before dinner.
A shrink wrap cream to apply twice a week, specifically to reduce the cellulite.
Another cream to apply twice a day to the really troublesome cellulite spots.

This morning, alone in the bathroom with a scale, a tape and a digital camera, I weighed, measured and finally, took some of what I hope and pray are going to be the Before shots.

A sneak look at it all:

Weight: 70.3 kgs
Worst measurement: Hips at the widest point - 114 cms
Goal weight: 54 kgs.























Updates will follow.

Sami.