Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed my day in Saks. It was lovely, they couldn't do enough for me. I was well chuffed with the whole thing, and think its a great goal for people to look forward to. Very good idea. Thanks again... Sheila C
Hi Gwen,
I have stayed at the same weight, 9st, for 3 weeks and am absolutely delighted to have lost 12lbs. I can now fit into clothes I have not worn for 5 or 6 years. I feel so much better and quite trim for an almost 70 year old!!
When I started your Eating Plan I had real doubts that I would succeed, having tried other diets with no success. Your plan has been easy to follow and I have not felt hungry. I think focusing on the Orange or Lilac routes helps so much with planning what you eat and has made it very easy for me. Your recipe books are a real boon and I have enjoyed cooking many of the dishes.
I did not want to disappear without thanking you for your Eating Plan and your encouragement. You have never made me feel pressured and I have so enjoyed your Newsletters. It may well be that I will rejoin if I cannot go it alone, but in the meantime, very many thanks and all good wishes for the future.
Helen G
On 23rd March, I went along to Karine's Brechin class weighing 11st 12lbs 7ozs. Thirteen weeks later I had reached my target weight of 10st 4lbs. I found the eating plan very easy to follow. I still stick to either Orange or Lilac days and have a 200 cal. treat every day (sometimes more!!). More than two months after reaching target I weigh 10st!! The eating plan is something I can follow forever as it just doesn't seem like a diet and I am never hungry. In fact I am eating more and healthier than I have done for years. On reaching target I took up the offer for free hair style, skin analysis and make up at Saks in Dundee where the staff were delightful. I came away feeling I had been really pampered. Eleanor
Just to say that I reached my Goal Weight at the Brechin class. I’ve been to my skin analysis and make-up treatment at Saks where they did my hair too. The whole experience was just wonderful and the girls in Saks were fantastic. What a treat. Thank you so much for gifting this to me on reaching my Goal. ED, Brechin
Just been to Saks this morning for my makeover and I really enjoyed it. Thank you very much for all your help and encouragement. It is well worth it. HT, Newtyle
By sticking to the Eating Plan I lost very easily. You never feel hungry and there are loads of things to eat and drink whichever route you are on. Planning what you are going to eat in advance is crucial for planning how you are going to go throughout your day. This is the second time I have done this now and have lost on the Eating Plan. It is great! LF (male)
I can confirm that if you pay attention to the plan and work through it as per the routes ‘Orange or Lilac’ you do lose pounds. ICR (male)
Eating plan is clear and easy to follow. The support of the class is excellent, loads of different examples each week of free food and different meals. Sharing of ideas is highly recommended. You can lose weight easily by planning and following the plan. The class advisor provides the motivation for us to go on. MM (female)
Irene
I joined the gwenmccreadie.com class in Letham on January 2010 and reached my target in May 2010, losing 1 stone and 5 1/2 inches. I have found this Eating Plan very easy to stick to and also easy to follow and understand. Staying for the talks I found was a great help as well, as Moira always had some new tips and recipes to try out.
AF - an online client
Hi Gwen, I have decided not to renew my subscription just now - I am not saying I will never do it - just not in the meantime. I am hoping that now I have started to lose weight I will be able to continue on my own. I do not need to lose a huge amount of weight so I am quite hopeful I will be able to manage it. Thank you for the encouragement you have given me as well as the rebukes when needed!!
I have really enjoyed your weekly emails and found them very encouraging. I have kept them and will look back to them every now and again. I also like the recipes and find it handy to have things suggested that are suitable for other members of the family without them thinking they are 'on a diet'.
I actually quite liked the fact that there was not a class near me! I probably would not have joined if there had been one. I really needed a kick up the backside to get me going so thank you Gwen for that!!! I think my main problem is that I wanted to lose weight without doing exercise but since I have found I can do some that I enjoy without going to a class it doesn't seem to be so bad.
Many thanks for all your help, Gwen.
AF
Lou
I have had a bit of a start, stop, start to my gwenmccreadie eating plan. I did initially lose 2 stones (which I thought was great) but have since put back on 7lbs due to not attending class weekly and thinking (much to my dismay on the scales) that I could manage to do it alone, now I know I can't really manage and that I need the support of Moira at class.
I have now started attending Moira's class again where we always get great tips and chat every week. She always has some brilliant recipes in with her from the recipe books and encourages us to try new things and vary what we eat, as that is my problem I do tend to eat the same things and really there are no foods we can't eat.
Seeing other members reaching their target weights has been a real inspiration and Moira has really spurred me on to reach my target weight this time.
Thanks Moira
Catherine S
I put on over 2 stones after stopping smoking and tried the usual starvation diets but that did not work. I was at the hairdressers and saw Linda who was looking amazing. She told me about the gwenmccreadie.com healthy/slimming/lifestyle class she was attending and I went along the following week.
Everyone was very friendly and Moira (who runs the class I attend) inspires us all with her wonderful sample meals and talks. The Eating Plan is so easy to stick to and very satisfying – diet – what diet I say. I can honestly say I have never felt better and my cholesterol level is down so that is a bonus.
I am now at target weight after losing 2 stone 5 lbs and also 14 inches. I am now attending class free of charge.
Anyone with a weight problem, do not hesitate to come along and join the gwenmccreadie.com classes now. If I can do it, anyone can.
A comment from Rona
Gwen, I have very much enjoyed our chats and your classes and definitely feel I'm on the right path now. Perhaps I'm fooling myself and won't be able to keep to it myself, in which case you'll hear from me again!!! I wish you continued success though. Keep motivating ... it seems just what you were born to do. Thanks again.
Mary's story
I just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU for all your help and support since I began my journey with you in August 2009. It's almost three months since I reached my target of 9 stone and I am pleased to say I have managed to maintain it without ANY difficulty. I am so glad I took that leap and embarked upon the gwenmccreadie.com diet. I am just sorry that I hadn't heard of you earlier when I think of all the yo-yo dieting I've done in my life! My eating habits have totally changed since joining you in August 2009 and I cannot imagine going back to them now. It has been a welcome eating lifestyle change and so much more healthy. I can personally vouch for this since I no longer suffer from regular bloatedness and associated digestive problems. I honestly cannot thank you enough for all of the good work and research you must have put into your eating plan and for educating me in food combining. It really is amazing and I would never have believed that it all worked until I lost 32lbs myself while being able to eat and eat and eat!
I am sure you will continue to be a huge success and I wish you all the very best for the future.
Keep up the good work and my thanks to you once again. Here's to food combining!
Mary, Forfar
Dawn's story
Hi Gwen
Just to let you know how I am getting on. As you know I joined your Healthy Slimming Lifestyle programme a couple of years ago. I did take it very seriously and followed it conscientiously, finally reaching my target weight. I have kept up your regime and have managed to keep my weight reasonably steady in the knowledge that I can contact you at any time or attend any of your classes. It definitely improved my health and I felt so much better. However, now that I have learned about the nutritional products you recommend, this has been the icing on the cake. I have always had periods where I felt a bit flat or not much energy but that has all changed. This is the perfect combination for me and I feel fantastic. Not only is my weight great so is my sense of well being and I have so much more energy. In addition when something is not quite right I have the answer in my own hands.
Keep up the good work!
Kind regards Dawn M.
Stephanie’s story
I have been dieting since the age of 16; I’m now 32. I have tried numerous diets, without success! Have even tried other slimming classes which did not help me. Then I joined Moira’s class in Arbroath and it was the best decision I have ever made. I started in February 2009 and so far I have lost over 5 stone. I have still got a bit to lose, but I feel a lot better within myself.
I cannot thank Moira enough for helping me to achieve this so far, because without Moira I would still be failing all these diets and getting upset every couple of months.
I love going to class every week and seeing the people I now class as friends. Moira’s tips and advice over the past 8 months have been priceless; they always encourage me for the week. Even the other class members have helped as well. I am now reaping the rewards mentally and physically.
When I go shopping for clothes now, I can look in any clothes shop I want to, apart from the usual two shops that used to cater for my size.
I have a lot more self belief and confidence about myself now and the best thing overall is that my husband and my four kids are extremely proud of me.
Thanks again Moira for all the help and support you have given me so far, I could not have done it without you.
Yvonne's story
It’s Yvonne here from the gwenmccreadie.com class at Charleston, Dundee. I was extremely happy to reach my target weight recently and would like to thank you for helping me achieve that goal. I certainly did not expect to get to this weight and used being in your 50s as an excuse for growing bigger!!
I would also like to say that the Eating Plan is fantastic – it suited me totally. I have always enjoyed cooking for the family and love entertaining. Since joining gwenmccreadie.com, I find it even more exciting as I now cook both the foods I enjoy, and plan ahead much better. I am not a vegetarian but cook so much more with Quorn. My big thing has to be fresh fruit salad that I have constantly in the fridge, by the ton!!! I use all Lidl’s fruits with a carton of their fresh orange juice and it lasts about four days – it gets better by the day.
My cholesterol has also come down since I started the plan.
Many Thanks
Yvonne
Ian C's story
Being a male and overweight I was not keen to attend a class so I joined as an online member. I started using the Eating Plan in March this year and to date I have lost 2 stone 7lbs. Since starting the Eating Plan I can honestly say I have never felt hungry, and there is a wide variety of recipes so you do not get bored; something I never found with other eating plans. I am very pleased with my weight loss and people have remarked on how well I look. My health has improved and instead of being borderline type 2 diabetic, my blood sugar level is now normal.
Kath's story
Hi Gwen,
Just a wee note to thank you very much for helping me to reach my goal. Some people might think that one stone six pounds is not a huge amount but it was for me and I am delighted to be that much lighter.When I first met you I said that you were an inspiration and you really are - your eating plan is easy to follow and I can honestly say I have never been hungry. You talk such a lot of sense Gwen and I have learned so much by attending your classes.
Kind Regards
Kath
Margaret's story
Three years ago I joined Gwen McCreadie’s Fintry class and got into the swing of the eating plan and to my delight lost one and a half stones in weight. I then thought all I had to do was keep to the plan, but a couple of buffet-style holidays put paid to that, and within six months I had regained my lost pounds.
So here I am again, or should I say here we are again, because without Gwen at the helm we are lost souls drowning in a sea of pounds (nay stones) of unwanted fat. Seriously though, the plan is great, lots of eating choices, no hunger pangs but most importantly the support that’s always there. The encouragement and praise Gwen gives is second to none.
I’m very happy to report that I’ve come down two dress sizes and that has boosted my self-esteem no end, but I’m not about to make the same mistake as last time; I know I can’t do it on my own. So, even when I reach my target weight, which won’t be too long, I’ll still keep on with the classes.
Anyone feeling the need to shape up a little bit, or maybe a bigger bit, come and join us, and we’ll do it together.
Margaret B.
Nicola's story
For years I’ve struggled with my weight. I’ve tried other slimming classes in the past and none of them were successful, but … the eating plan is so easy to follow. I can honestly say on this eating plan, I am never hungry because you can eat as much as you want depending on what route you have chosen to follow that day.
I’ve now lost 2 ½ stone in 20 weeks which is a great achievement for me. I still have a long way to go but I also have the determination; I really enjoy the eating plan.
Going to class every week is now part of my routine. I like listening to Gwen’s tips and advice. Gwen has been so supportive since the first night I joined at the end of January 2008. Without her help and encouragement I would still be unhappy with myself.
At 2 ½ stone lighter, I have dropped a dress size and nearly into another one. There is no way I’m giving up now I’ve come so far. I just can’t wait to get to my target now and it’s all thanks to Gwen. ‘Thank you’.
Nicola C.
Marnie - an online client says:
Hi Gwen, the newsletters are great, especially for when I'm unable to stay for the class … they let me see what you’re saying that week.
