Yvonne – 4 Stone in 16 Weeks

I first joined the Howard's Way programme in January 2005 along with 9 other members; my starting weight being 92.6 kg with a BMI of 30. We met up twice weekly initially and shared our experiences. We soon became very close to one another and helped each other through high and low feelings. I was amazed at how quickly I was losing weight and the many inches; together with how well I was feeling. My hair and nails were the best they'd ever been and I slept so well too. I didn't feel tremendously hungry and soon found that the more water I drank, the more weight I lost. I went onto lose a total of 4 stone in 4 months on TFR and very close to 5 stone during the re-feeding and maintenance stages!

I continued to pop-in to Howard's Way on an almost weekly/fortnightly or even monthly basis and was able to buy TFRs whenever I wanted to so that I could have controlled days following a possibly not so controlled weekend. I love my wine, takeaways and dining out and could do this quite easily at the weekend as long as I had 2 or 3 days of 2 TFRs and a sensible meal in the evening during the week.

Following three "all inclusive" holidays to celebrate my silver wedding and other reasons to be bad, I enquired about joining a Recovery group in September 2007, having had 2 all-inclusive holidays that year! My husband and I began to slip into bad habits often eating out, a glass or two of wine with dinner at home and gradually my weight increased by 21 lbs – but that was over almost a 3 year period which I don't think was too bad.

But before it got much worse, I started TFRs for 6 weeks with the once again tremendous support of the staff and other 'recovery' members, one of whom I started the programme initially with in January 2005. Within 7 weeks, I had lost 24 lb and have gone through 6 weeks of refeeding and now maintenance.

I truly recommend Howard's Way to anyone who has, like me, tried the many other diets out there and lost and gained in a yo yo fashion. The staff, and in particular, Kim, Helen, Jean, and Natalie, other members and my friends and family have always been of the utmost support and the results are rapid. I will continue to pop-in to keep an eye on my weight, buy my lifesaving TFRs and remain in touch with all the people I have met along the way.

Howard's Way have not paid me to write any of the above but I have been delighted to pay them for what really has changed my life. Thank you!