Week 81: 188 lbs
Week 1: 301 lbs
“The staff is supportive, encouraging, and happy for my success.”
Jill lost 113 pounds!
Jill's Weight Loss Story
In May of 2008, my daughter became engaged. Right then and there I knew that I had to do something about my weight. If I didn't, I would be the "giant person" in the wedding pictures for all eternity! With that thought as my motivation, I started Medi-Weightloss Clinics®. In the past, I'd lost large amounts of weight, but never really reached my goal nor changed my attitude toward food. Right from the beginning, things were different! The weight seemed to peel off. I couldn't believe it! About every month I'd drop another clothing size. I loved relocating food to the back of my life. Not needing to track points, plan shopping trips, or count calories just gave me a sense of freedom and helped put food where it belongs. I ate to nourish my body. Thinking about my next meal or making my every action revolve around my eating became a thing of the past.
Finding the perfect dress in the perfect size
When my daughter was first engaged we went dress shopping. Before I lost the weight, I couldn't fit in a size 24, ugh! As the weight came off I found a beautiful dress. The 18 didn't fit, but I bought it anyway. Before I knew it, the 18 was too big! So I bought a 16, a 14, and a 12 just in case!
As the weight came off, I just kept returning the larger size dresses. Two weeks before her December 7 wedding, I walked into the bridal shop and fell in love with an entirely different dress. It was a size 12 on the mannequin in the window! Needless to say, I felt beautiful at my daughter's wedding, but that was just the beginning. I've gone on to lose so much more since then. I wear a size 8 now. People literally do not recognize me! I picked up my baton and became a member of the "Awesome Original Second Time Arounders Marching Band" from St. Petersburg, Florida! After being morbidly obese for the majority of my adult life, I was able to twirl a baton once again and march in the Grand Prix Festival of States Parade. Wow!
The staff at the Lakeland Clinic has been wonderful. They are supportive, encouraging, and seem genuinely happy for my success. I can never satisfactorily express my gratitude! I never intend to go back to a body that doesn't do what I want it to. I walk three miles a day, work out at Curves, ride a bike, and happily get dressed for any occasion, even the beach! In February 2010, my daughter and her husband will become parents. Thanks to Medi-Weightloss Clinics®, I will be able to do anything I might need to do to keep up with my grandchild. I love being thin enough to be able to look at myself in pictures and see a regularly weighted person. For a number of reasons, I will always be happy my daughter became engaged in May of 2008. It was my motivation to take charge of my life and look (and live) the way I'd only dreamed of. Medi-Weightloss Clinics® became The one that works!® for me!
— Jill from
Lakeland, FL
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