Cindy appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, in Woman's World
Magazine, and in several commercials to tell how she lost over 107
pounds. People are enchanted
by this hometown beauty, but what people really want to know is...how did
you do it? Cindy always tells the same story:
"C'mon", I heard a voice behind me say.
"She's been a non-breather for a couple of minutes now." I could
feel my CPR class staring at me, waiting. I looked at the dummy on
the floor. Even if I could kneel, there was no way I was getting all
250 pounds of me up again. Not without help. "C'mon, Cindy,"
the  voice urged, "You're
running out of time to save her life." And my own, I thought in
sad embarrassment.
Growing
up, I saw dieting as something women just did. So even in
high school, at 5' 7" and 135 pounds, I ate salads and skipped
meals. And I'd lose... but, oh, how I craved real food.
I'd end up bingeing on candy bars and chips. That's why my weight
constantly yo-yoed between 125 pounds and 150 pounds. After
graduation, the needle on the scale stopped bouncing and started
climbing. Dieting seemed impossible after I got married.
Anxious to please, I'd make my husband's favorite foods: fried chicken,
mashed potatoes, and biscuits. "What's happening to you?",
I'd ask myself, standing on the scale, watching the needle climb past
160...180...190.
Soon I
had a great excuse not to diet: "I'm eating for two." After my
second son was born, I weighed 250 pounds and was a size 26!
Meanwhile, my marriage was ending. "What's the point of losing the
weight now?", I'd think scooping out another bowl of ice cream.
The bigger I got, the angrier I became with myself. The
angrier I became, the more I ate. I was on a merry-go-round that I
couldn't step off.
"But
maybe", I told myself, "if I had a goal to strive for, I could
be happy" I thought being a nurses' assistant would be a
wonderful career choice because of flexible hours.
And now I
stood, in utter humiliation in my CPR class. How can I help others,
when I can't even help myself? I was anguished, I had to lose the
weight. How could I stop the cravings and eat
healthy?
That's when I
saw the ad in the paper: "Stop the cravings...finally lose
weight." I wanted to know more so I dialed the number to
DHN. The nutritional advisor told me all about how their weight
management products could aid me in living a healthier life. They
would help me curb my appetite and boost my metabolism. It was worth
a try!
Soon, I
started on the DHN weight management products and soon I was shocked to
hear myself say, "No thanks," to sweets. I was losing weight, in the
first month, I lost 12 pounds! Then another 12 pounds in the second
month!
"You
look pretty," my sons would say as the months passed and I shopped for
size 20...18...12...I didn't just feel different physically; I felt
confident again. My fiancé, Bob, says on the night we met, it was my
confidence that attracted him.
Thanks
to the DHN products that aided my resolve to live healthier, I will be
wearing a size 10 wedding dress now that I am 107 pounds
thinner!
- as told to Diana Mignatti, Women's
World Magazine
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