I want you to understand before you read this post that I am NOT selling anything. lol. I'm simply answering questions that I get a lot of and figured this would be easier. Yes, I know it's not about books or food! lol.

About 3 years ago I went on this, whaddyawanna call it, a spiritual quest. I was tired of living the way I was and not only did I want to see my life and the experiences I was and did have differently, but I wanted to be plain better. In that amount of time, I did a lot of healing of myself both in and out, BUT the one thing I did NOT address was my weight. I suffer from very bad IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). I was getting to the point that no matter what I ate I was in pain, and if I didn't have diarrhea at any random moment (like a really awful gift that you can't find the receipt to return), I was constipated. It was flipping awful. Because of that and my growing intolerance to anything processed and containing any form of gluten, and then add in the IBS, I was packing on plenty of weight. Now, all of that sucked exponentially so because I'm Italian. We know two food groups: Pasta and bread. I had to give up both. Sure, there are gluten free versions, but when you are in pain and you know that your gut health is at stake, something has to be done. So I went on a quest! Besides, I wasn't only gaining weight, but the weight that I was putting on was adding so much stress to my joints in my legs that my knees started to ache at not even 37 years old.

So I started with diets. Didn't help. I am a binge eater. As soon as I tell myself I'm going to go on a diet or change my lifestyle, somewhere in my brain activates and decides it wants to eat all kinds of garbage that I didn't necessarily want before. It has been something that has been very hard for me to deal with. It's like the last addiction that is so hard to finally heal and move on from. Food has been my friend. It has comforted me. It has put me into wonderful food comas and then I take a great nap. lol. It's relaxing! When I'm sad or down I don't necessarily want to eat, but then when I finally do again? i want to eat it all. I imagine lining up all the foods that I love on my bed and then swimming in it. So diets did not work for me. I am so proud of people that have that ability to stop themselves. I honor and respect that they can!

Working out is great, too! I started with Shaun T and did T25, but didn't stick with it. You want to know why? Because I couldn't get my eating under control and it didn't matter what exercise I did; you can't out exercise a terrible diet. So I would see the scale not move or go up, get frustrated and give up. I can't tell you how many times I did that. Too many to count and it disgusted me, depressed me and made me give up on myself. Packed on more pounds, too. It was a vicious, endless damn cycle of hatred and love for food. I could feel my self worth slipping through the cracks and I had done so much soul work on myself! So much! And now it felt like it was disappearing.

How many times have you said to yourself, "I'm going to always be fat, so I might as well enjoy it"? or "Why bother, it's not going to work for me"? If you are like me, so many and 90% of them would leave you crying in bed at night with a Snickers and wanting so badly to be able to change. Seriously!

Somehow, I came across a weight loss group on Facebook about two months ago. The lady who was running it didn't sell anything to me at all. She was only there is provide support, great recipes and some laughs. I saw that and was like "that's me! I want to do that, too!" I love helping people. I'm an Empath, so I naturally want to be the person that lifts someone else. It makes me a nurturer built-in. BUT! I was not convinced in the least when I heard about how she dropped 100 lbs. Again, she never sold anything, but she would be asked about it and people were coming to her in droves or telling their story of how Skinny Fiber (the product) worked for them. So, naturally, my inner fat girl (and a little of the outter one, too) took a look at this product that "wouldn't work for me, so why bother". I still thought it looked like absolute crap. hahahaha I really did. But then somehow, it kept pinging me over and over again to try it. I figured what the heck, I can get my money back if nothing happens. I also looked at all of the ingredients and realized that the digestive enzymes were exactly what I was already taking that were working for me! I was spending $60 a month in good, quality digestive enzymes already that didn't include the fibers. So I ordered it. I told myself if it doesn't work, I can send it back and get my money back. Oh, and then I'm going to tell that Courtney lady who ran this damn group I'm quitting. hahahaha

I got the bottle 3 days later, followed the instructions and told myself I would not get on the scale for a week. I lost 8 lbs. I cried. I'm not going to lie to you. I cried. I had tried so hard to lose any weight at all and failed over and over again, but now? 8 lbs. in a week. A WEEK! What I also didn't realize until just that moment in between happy tears? I wasn't hungry either. I didn't binge eat my kids' ice cream at 2 a.m. from insomnia (or Doritos, for that matter). I had been so busy with work and the kids, and everything else, I never once thought about how I didn't do that and how I didn't want to eat to excess anymore either. It just happened. It wasn't thought about. I didn't have diarrhea once and I wasn't all backed up either. For a split second I thought that I was out of my mind for NOT noticing the very things that were driving me crazy and upsetting me down to my core. How do you NOT notice those things? I didn't. Since it is all natural, I'm not worrying about the jitters from stimulants. That was an added plus since I can get palpitations already.

So, yes, this worked for me. It has been working for me. I have lost 14 lbs. so far and the month isn't even over yet. I'm seeing about 2 to 3 lbs. a week now. The only thing that I've done differently in the last week was start to really think out my foods, plan accordingly, and started walking a mile a day on the treadmill. I plan to do more now, because for once in a very, very, very long time I feel like I'm getting somewhere. I'm not deprived. I eat a low carb, high fat diet with some fruits thrown in (a few cheat meals that I didn't overindulge in), and I'm pretty sure that all of this is because my bowels are finally working like they should be again. As a note, the diet I am eating was and is the diet I have been on even before Skinny Fiber. Only now, I don't wreck my diet from binge eating or ever eating, or telling myself "just this one time will be okay" and then it totally isn't! I don't have the feeling to do any of that. I finally just eat healthy like I have been and wanted to, and don't drive myself crazy.

I didn't want to tell anyone what I had done at first, because I didn't want to hear that it was a scam or that my efforts meant nothing because I was using this product. I believe myself to be a very confident woman, but I still didn't want to hear it. But now, everyone can see that I'm losing weight and they want to know how I'm doing it. They also see how happy I am! I get asked a lot in my personal life, so I finally took the leap to write a blog about it. I believe in this product so much that I signed up to be a distributor. One month, a hale Mary and 14 lbs. later, and my life is becoming night and day. I want that for others', too! I already know how to eat healthy and improve my entire life; mind and soul, so now it's all about the body. I only want to share that. I will never push it on anyone ever! I promise you that, but I know that people struggle like I do and I want it to be known that it is a possibility out there for you and it isn't chemicals; it's natural. It can help you, too, like it has me.

So again, you do NOT have to buy anything from me at all. I want to be the person that offers support, great recipes, and empowerment only. BUT! Should you want to try it yourself, you don't have much to lose. If it doesn't work for you, you can send it back for a full money guarantee. :) I posted the link below:

http://daniellegrenier.skinnybodycare.com/corp/products

If you have any questions? Please ask! If not, thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will continue to do so for other posts. As always, stay beautiful, empowered and inspired. D. (pen name Amelia Branch)