Every now and then a member shares their story with me and I have to stop and take a moment, because it reminds me all over again why I do what I do. This is one of those stories, and I couldn’t wait to share it with you.
I’d love you to meet Lel, one of the most fabulous members of our community and this August’s Podder of the Month.
Her journey began when a friend posted a photo looking so much slimmer, and when Lel asked her to “SPILL!”, she was told all about Slimpod and that lovely feeling of drifting off to sleep listening to Trevor. Lel decided to give it a go, and is so glad she did, as it’s changed her life.
A lifetime of dieting
Lel spent her whole life being made to feel like “the big girl.” From a young age she was taken to every diet club going, and by 15 she was being prescribed tablets that left her feeling sick and all over the place emotionally. She’d lose a stone, gain it back, and go round in the same circle for decades. By the time she found Slimpod, she’d tried just about every diet under the sun, and she was taking 46 units of insulin twice a day for her type 2 diabetes.
What changed within days
Slimpod started working for Lel within just a few days. She still remembers sitting having dinner with her family and hearing herself say, “I’m full!” for what felt like the first time in her life.
She didn’t diet, and she didn’t restrict a single thing. Her tastes began to change all on their own. Her usual sliced bread lost its appeal, and she found herself reaching for sourdough and granary instead. Ultra-processed foods even started tasting of chemicals to her. This is exactly what Slimpod is designed to do, changing things from the inside out, so healthier choices become the ones you actually want, rather than the ones you’re forcing yourself to make.
Working alongside her diabetes team
This is where her story becomes really special. Using a blood sugar sensor recommended to her, Lel could see for herself what was affecting her levels. She took that information straight to her diabetes team, and her GP was so interested in Slimpod that she immediately halved her insulin.
Over the following months, and always under the care of her GP and nurse, she learned to reduce her dose safely, and she’s now come off insulin altogether. Her blood pressure is normal for the first time she can remember, and her eye clinic no longer needs to see her nearly as often.
I do want to stress, every one of these changes was made with her medical team, and if you take any medication, please always work alongside yours too.
Finding her freedom to move again
Lel has scoliosis, so she looks after her spine by swimming, which she calls her happy place, and by joining seated classes. She even invented her own “Kermie Shake” from a smoothie packed with my magic foods, avocado, broccoli, and spinach!
The bit that genuinely thrills me about Lel’s story is her new found freedom. With a little help from her rollators, she walks her dogs, Bruno and Denys, again, on the beach, across fields, and she recently made it all the way to the castle on Holy Island.
The number that says it all
Lel started at 16 stone 10lbs, and she’s now just 2lbs away from a 4 stone weight loss. That loss wasn’t done through willpower or restriction, it happened because her whole relationship with food changed. She still enjoys a takeaway when she fancies one, and she has ice cream whenever she likes, either homemade or as a little treat at the cinema.
Why our community matters so much
From day one, Lel felt supported by everyone in our community, and as she so beautifully put it, “The support we give each other reinforces the Slimpod message to ourselves. That’s the magic of doing this together.”
I am so proud of Lel and how far she has come on her journey.
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