Celebrities Before & After

 

As I struggled with my own weight loss I've looked up to some 'celebrities' for pointers and encouragement. Kind of like if they can achieve this, so can I...! Some would argue that I am setting myself up (trying to get celebrity results, when I don't have a celebrity bank account) - but hey, don't knock it till you have tried it.

Anyway, I've put together a photo feast for your viewing enjoyment... these are the pictures I look at myself when I need encouragement and want to assure myself that it is possible to DROP IT 4 LIFE. Pls don't get too caught up with the pictures that you forget to read through some of the things these celebrities do to DROP IT following.

Yemisi Ashimolowo







Venus Williams 

Star Jones










Adele 

Amber Riley










Chaka Khan 

Jill Scott










Jennifer Hudson 

Kirsty Alley







Monique 

Oprah









Queen Latifah 

Don't know this guys name, but he acts funny movies... I wanted to include him so the chaps that follow this blog don't accuse me of marginalizing them! LOL

Another inspirational weight loss is that of singer Patti Labelle - sorry I could not find any before and after pictures on the net. But I assure you, her story is worth noting.

That brings me to the 'WHY' they wanted to shed the pounds in the first place. Reading throgh articles and watching interviews of these phenominal women and men one thing stands out to me - HEALTH. They all wanted to get healthier. Someone like Patti had diabetes in her family, and realized that if she did not take control of her life/health, she would go the same way. Others battled with high blood pressure and were advised by their doctors to shed some weight. Did you know that you can drop your blood pressure by dropping your weight - almost point for kg? I am a testimony to this fact - as at January 2013 I was on Moduretic, Exforge and other such medications. And my BP was usually 160/110 or there abouts then. Now my BP is doing 120/80 and I am totally off blood pressure medication. If that was my only incentive to loose weight, it was well worth it, wouldn't you think?

So, you have seen the pictures, I want to share some of the things these people have done and do to lose the weight and keep the weight off.

Here goes:

• Drink LOTS of water
• Join & be committed to Weight Watchers (or some other weight loss assistance group - eg Swimming World, Jeny Craig etc)
• Reduce carbs intake
• Cambridge Diet
• Raw food diet (paleo - ie eating food as close to thier natural state as possible eg veggies, nuts etc)
• Cabbage Soup Diet
• Bariatric Surgery (by-pass, gastric sleeve, gastric balloon, gastric band etc)
• Insanity work out
• Hire a personal trainer
• Yoga to firm & tone muscles
• Zumba
• Kettlebelling
• Walking 1 hour each day
• Baby food diet
• Go Go Dancing

I wrote this post to encourage you & myself as well; and I hope that I have. Apart from being celebrities, I realize that these people are people like you and I, and if they can achieve such results what is stopping you and I from dropping it for life? I think the most important thing that we can learn from them is discipline and determination. Get a picture of your goal, and keep that picture in your mind, and no matter what (because I assure you, some times will come when you will want to give up) DON'T GIVE UP! As I always say (borrrowed from AA) 'it works, if you work it'.

 

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