Do I Look Fat In This?

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Although my husband and I are both avid fans of your journals and have been for years, he is actually the one who asked me to order a bag of Mila after reading about the results you have had.  He is more overweight than I am, but we both have struggled with obesity and the health problems it presents for most of our adult life.  

We are well into our second month of taking Mila seeds and we have both had very positive results.  He has lost 22 pounds and I have lost 14.  We go for walks together for the first time our our 18 years of marriage.  It started off as just walking around the block and we would come home red-faced and gasping for breath.  Now, we are up to a mile and a half a day, which is unbelievable.

He claims to have no craving whatsoever and mine are minimal.  It’s as though a switch was thrown and our addiction to food was disconnected.  He has used a CPAP machine when he sleeps for years for sleep apnea and last week, he finally got up the courage to sleep without it.  We both slept well and he has not used it since.

Our doctor is amazed at the change in us.  At my appointment yesterday, he suggested that I cut down my blood pressure medication to half of what I was taking before and see him in a month to consider going off of it completely.  He had his nurse come in and re-take my BP because he did not believe what she had written down.

He asked what we were doing that had caused the change, so I told him about Mila and right there in his office, took him to your website.  He was thrilled with our results.

Thank you for telling us about Mila.

[Note from Katrina:  Please remember to never discontinue any prescription medications without first consulting your doctor, even if you are taking Mila.]

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I was beginning to think there was something wrong with me because I still had incredible food cravings despite taking the Mila.  You suggested that I go to 2 scoops a day instead of one and that really did the trick.  Now, as if I used SlimFast instead of Mila, I take a scoop for breakfast with some chocolate milk, a scoop at lunch with some rice or yogurt and eat a healthy dinner.  I make sure to drink lots of water and eat a very light snack at mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

One thing I noticed that changed my thoughts on Mila was that not long after I started taking 2 scoops a day, I found myself with a sandwich almost to my mouth about an hour having having my scoop of Mila.  The craving to eat the sandwich was strong, but just before I took a bite, I realized that while the craving was real, I was actually not hungry at all and felt quite full.  I thought, “This is insanity!  Why am I eating this and taking these calories in when I am really not hungry?”  I stepped back and realized that the argument I’d just had with a co-worker of a stupid issue had sent me to find comfort in food and THAT was the source of my craving. Not any kind of real hunger.  I refused to let someone else make my weight problem worse.  My cravings were almost always the result of me feeling bad about something someone said or did and me taking comfort from that in food.  Now, I muscle through those emotional cravings and I have lost 17 pounds so far and I rarely have cravings any more.  If I do, I go for a walk or take a break from work and clear my head and that does the trick.

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Constipation, constipation, constipation as I have never had before!  I was about to give up completely on the Mila because I literally could not have a bowel movement after taking it.  I wrote to you, desperate for help and you told me exactly what I needed to hear:  Water and fiber.  I started eating leafy greens at least once a day and drinking a minimum of 4 bottles of water a day and the problem was immediately cured.

My digestive system now feels clean and clear and I have lost 4 pounds in the past two weeks.  It may not seem like much to some, but I can feel that it is just the beginning and I am excited to be on the right road!  I only need to lose around 20 more pounds, so that 4 pounds is a great start.

I have also purchased the Wii Fit and EA Sports Active on your recommendation and I totall love both of them AND you.  Thank you so much for being so honest with your readers and for giving us recommendations that we can trust and that WORK.

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Dear Katrina,

I can’t thank you enough for sharing your weight loss story with us over all these years.  I was a reader back when it was “The Fatastic Journal” and your personal journal was “The Non-Soapy Journal.”  I know how hard you have struggled with your weight problems and I have been right there with you.

It seemed like the only way my weight would ever change was to go up!!  I waited for a little while after you first mentioned the Mila to see how it would do for you, but finally, I was convinced and I placed my order and received my Mila.

I must have been one of the lucky ones, because from the first day, I had fantastic results.  I just didn’t care about food any more and had to remind myself to eat, eat, EAT something at lunch to keep me going or else I’d get to feeling weak.

By the second week of taking it, I had gone from being totally sedentary to walking a half mile a day.  Now, I am up to a mile a day and I have lost 10 pounds!  My family cannot believe the change in me.  Before, I sat in my chair and asked them to bring things to me that I needed.  Now, just 10 pounds later, I make a point to get myself up and get things on my own.  I get out of bed much earlier in the morning because I’ve had a great sleep the night before and feel fantastic.

My blood pressure is considerably lower and I feel as though a fog has lifted.  This is great and I expect to be a life long user of Mila.  It has changed my life completely.

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