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This is me, and its time to Salubritise me!

Hi, my name is Sarah I am 24 years old and I have 2 young boys. I live in Kent were I met and married my husband Steve.   I have always suffered with my weight, and was often bullied at school, which I found was my catch 22 situation. I relied on food to help me get through the bullying, yet it was doing this that caused me to grow to the size I was which just hindered the situation I was in. When I left school I did something very silly, I went on a crash diet that I came up with myself and exercised every spare minute I had and within 3 months I had gone from a dress size 20-22 down to a baggy size 12!  Some people would say I was on the verge of becoming anorexic, which scared me. Unfortunately there came some events in my life that caused me to turn back to my comfort foods, this caused me to rocket straight up to a size 24!Myself and my husband the decided that we would lose the weight by going on a “diet”. I say “diet” because I feel that when we use this word people automatically think of it as a product that will help you lose weight and get you to the size you want to be, but then it’s up to you. So after jumping from one “diet” to another we lost a good amount of weight between us but for me it still was not enough.   I have polycystic ovarian syndrome which caused us to have fertility problems, and being “over weight” was just hindering our success of having the baby we both desperately wanted. So I found a diet (similar to the Salubrity Diet) that I was not completely happy with but it helped me to lose a few more pounds and after having a little ovarian surgery I finally fell pregnant with our son Michael. During my pregnancy I did the usual thing a pregnant woman does, and ate what I wanted when I wanted and said “I will lose the weight after I have had the baby”.Well it was about Michaels 1^st Birthday that I decided that I really needed to get stuck into my weight loss again, but having Michael around me just made it that much harder. Because of course you have to “try” what you’re giving your little one to make sure its good enough, and nothing is to be wasted! In December 2006 I was rushed to hospital as My Dr thought that I had a cyst on my ovary that was about to burst. I was in a lot of pain and discomfort, and was scared of what could have happened. But I got the shock of my life when I was told that I was in-fact pregnant again.  

I was determined not to put on as much weight as I did in my first pregnancy, and my friend Leigh told me about a diet she has been researching and sent me over some details. To be honest it looked scary! But I really wanted to keep control of my weight gain, especially as I was diagnosed with Gestational diabetes, which meant I had to check my blood before and after every meal, and inject insulin at every meal time. Although this sounds scary, I believe that by slowly introducing myself to the Salubrity Diet I was able to keep the amount of insulin down to the very minimum and keep my diabetes under control. I kept in close contact with my Midwife, Doctor, Nurses and Consultant and they monitored me, and were very happy with the way my diabetes was managed by myself.  Now after having Luke on 16/05/07, I am determined to lose this weight more than ever!I am currently a size 26-28! Although this is too big for anyone’s liking I feel that it could have been a lot worse!  So I am now going to change my lifestyle and be salubritised. This blog is going to be my Diary and I will keep you up-dated with good days/bad days, my progress and any tips I may come across.  My Starting Weight: 21Stone 13 1/2lb (307.5 lbs)Dress size: 26 – 28 (US: 30 – 32)