TESTIMONY TIME.........IG BEFORE......

IG, as I was popularly called by my mates, skinny size 10, able to wear anything in vogue and look really good, this was before I got married in 2006. I had my first child in 2008 and shredding the baby weight wasn’t difficult, it just went as time went on after delivery, 'case closed'.

Then I had my second child in 2010, at the time of delivery I was wearing a size 16 and months after the birth of my child I was still a size 16. I wasn’t helping myself with the type of food I eat, I was addicted to coke, drinking at least one bottle a day, McDonald was my favorite food(burgers and chips). When I ate rice, my plate will be hipped as if there was no food for tomorrow, so let me eat all today. I love my pounded yam and Ogbolor soup topped with assorted meat, to name but a few.

My husband wasn’t complaining. When I wear cloths and look at the mirror, I know something is wrong, I don’t look nice. When I go out with my sister, people ask if I am older than her(in fact she is 6 years older than me). My friends see my sister picture on my facebook profile and they begin to call me and saying 'see as your sister fine, see her shape, she nor de help you shred your weight?' I constantly laugh it off. 

The last straw was when my husband and I went to a friends party. We meet a mutual friends' wife whom was previously a size 18, she was now size 12, my husband could not hold his surprise. This was what he said “Madam, how you de, na you be this, see how you fine, wetin you do? Ahhhh, this is really good”. Mind you I wasn’t far away. To say the truth I was impress by her weight lost, because she looked beautiful.

On our way home I began to quized my husband, I was jealous because of the compliment he paid to the lady. His answer was 'Angle don’t worry I was simply complementing what I saw. I am not  complaining that your are fat. I like you the way you are” 'case closed'.

During this time, I went for my yearly check up to my doctor, My blood pressure was really high, When my BMI was completed, taking into account my height, I was in the bother line of obesity, trust me you don’t have to be fat like Michelin Tyre to be obese. Check your BMI. I was given a monitor for 24 hours to get an average reading of my blood pressure and it was 144/110, this showed that I had developed high blood pressure.  I was advised of my options, medication or lifestyle change? I choose the latter.

I made up my mind, I don’t want to be told that I was older than my Sister who is 6 years older than me, I don’t want to develop high blood pressure and put my health at risk when I have a lovely husband and two beautiful children. I don’t want my husband to be complimenting other women on their figure whilst I look like Michelin Tyre. Something had to give. I need HELP.

This support that had been offered to me over the years and I refused....I now have to succumb. I had to call BODY PERFECT, Princess Kathy Emiko, my sister and friend. She provided me with 'Princess Kathy Weight loss pack'  and a new eating plan/exercise. I started with the process on the 30^th of September 2012 and by first week in December I was down from a size 16 to 10.(see my pictures below). I haven’t put back the weight because I now eat healthy. I watch what I put in my mouth. No more fizzy drink, I now drink herbal tea and for an addict to coke, the taste of it can make me vomit now.

The good thing is my blood pressure is normal – I thank you Lord!!. It was like magic, the truth is the more weight I lost the more my blood pressure went down.

Now I wear size TEN, when I dress up, I look really good, I get complement from my colleagues, friends and family. My husband said to my surprise the other day ' fat nor good oh....I nor like fat person before' and I replied ' why you nor tell me' he said 'Angle, na for better for worse'

My people see Nigerian men........