Poster Girl

I am the new poster girl for Alizonne!

The clinic (Alizonne) have featured me in their latest advert, which is in Janary's Cheshire Life, Yorkshire Life and an inflight magazine somewhere.

I've recieved lots of lovely feedback - from people I know and from some I don't - and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you.

The photos are real - there is no manipulation or air brushing going on here - I really was that big (and that's not even my biggest) and now I really am that slim! And yes, I love it.

Someone did ask my (proud showing off the ad) mum which one of the ladies was me - I clearly look soooooo different in the pics.

And my boss got a shock when he was just about to turn in for the night and his wife (in bed next to him reading a magazine) suddenly yelled "OMG, it's Dawn. Look!!"

And do I have a copy of the ad framed? You bet - my husband made one for me for Christmas.

Alizonne Documentary

For those of you more curious about the treatments and it's effects, I found a documentary about it on the Alizonne website today - it follows one girl as she loses 5 stones in 20 weeks. It's about 10 mins, so if you do want to watch, just click the link on the right to Alizonne TV Documentary.

And yes, I have to wear one of those white body stockings that makes me look like a tic tac too! (Not sure I'd let a photographer in though!)

Enjoy

Embarrassing Bodies

Just been watching C4's Embarrassing Fat Bodies - Back to the clinic. If you haven't seen EB before, basically members of the public go on TV to talk to doctors, on screen, about their most embarrassing issues. I think they are hugely brave, and think it is helpful to others who might be too scared to air their issues.

The "Fat bodies" special obviously focusses on those who are morbidly obese, and generally the recommendations are diet and excercise, bariatic surgery and skin reduction surgery - generally in that order.

I think it's a real shame that they never cover alternatives such as the Alizonne plan, which can help with the weight loss and the skin reduction - not that it will completely eliminate excess skin in those with a lot of weight to lose, but it certainly reduces the need.

If you want to see the dramatic effects of being overweight, or of losing 20 stones and what happens to your body without other help, then this is definitely worth a watch.

It also stops me feeling hungry, and makes me very happy about the path I've chosen.

Rituals

It's Sunday night - and that means my weekly Alizonne rituals.

First of all, I sort out all my supplements for the week - putting them into 7 pots and checking that there's at least 7 left in the bottle. If there are fewer, I add it to the list to get when I go to clinic.

Then I count how many Quinton I've got left, and add that to the list if necessary.

Next, I go through my three boxes of sachets and order any of my favourites that are running low.

Finally, I read the whole list and add any I fancy trying, based on recipes or recommendations that I've read on the forum.

And then I'm all done for another week!

Alizonne Therapy

I squeezed into a white body stocking and looked like... well, I'm not sure what I looked like - but then I remembered the marshmallow man at the end of Ghostbusters and had the perfect analogy.

The ultrasound tingled and tickled a bit, and it was strange to have a beeping noise in my ears, but it wasn't painful or too bad at all. Then the hoovering began! The LPG (or wobbly-bit-sucking-machine) was quite uncomfortable, especially on my very flabby bits. The pain was very short lived though, the discomfort stops almost as soon as the machine moves on to a different bit of me.

I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually - I might even be able to think of it as a massage and enjoy it! (I hope)

Alizonne

I've decided to try a new diet - having put on over a stone in the last year. A friend of mum's recently lost lots of weight successfully with Alizonne, so I've decided to give it a try.

It's a meal replacement programme, with 5 high protein sachets a day, with a salad at lunchtime and veg in the evening. The treatment also includes ultrasound therapy and a kind of massage to help the skin produce collagen - which should help the skin tighten and reduce any need for surgery to remove loose skin afterwards. This is a concern for me, as I have about 7 stone to lose, so I have a mental picture of a very baggy birthday suit!