Over the years, I’ve struggled with my weight and I’ve tried every diet possible to find a way to control it. I’m a strong, successful career woman and I’m also a single mom, so I’m used to juggling a busy career and an active lifestyle. Adding the demands of a diet was not going to scare me in any way. I know that people think the only thing holding you back from succeeding with a diet is willpower, but that isn’t true. I had the will, but these diets just weren’t giving me the way to control my weight and the worst part was that with each new diet I tried, I ended up gaining more weight and started suffering from severe back pain that was keeping me up all night. Juggling my work and taking care of my baby were manageable, but the weight gain and associated problems became too much to handle.

At that point, I couldn’t see myself being on painkillers for the rest of my life. That was when my doctor recommended that I lose weight. I knew I needed to find a solution that would work and that solution ended up being Slimband. I admit, as a responsible single parent I was worried because I had another life to think about, and being surgery, I had to make sure to pick something safe. The Slimband doctors explained the risks involved and helped me to understand the procedure. I was in and out of surgery within 30 minutes and home to my daughter later that day.

After years of yo-yo dieting, Slimband finally gave me a solution that worked. I’ve not only lost 80 pounds, but also the judgmental stares of strangers and friends alike. I’ve always been a confident, determined woman, but now my outside matches what’s been hidden inside and I’m finally free to be the real me. In the years since my surgery, I’ve kept off the weight and my back pain is gone – along with the painkiller medication. I’ve become the role model and mom I always knew I could be, and I couldn’t possibly ask for anything more.