Testimonials

My name is Myrna Lensen and I am 39 years old. I married my husband Kevin 15 years ago. We have four kids. Aron (12) Keystina (10), Nadine (7), Shawn (4). I work half time as a R.N. in a long term care faclity in Saskatoon.

I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have a weight problem. All through my school years, even in kindergarten. I had a bit of a tummy and felt bigger than kids my age. When I graduated I wore a size 16 or 18 dress. I did manage to lose weight but it always came back. Following the birth of my fouth child I had a tubal ligation and my weight really started to climb. During that time things got stressful at work and I ended up taking medications to deal with things. This didn't help my weight problem any. A little over a year ago my husband came home from his mom's house with a paper with the address and phone number for Gail's Weight Loss Centre on it. My sister-inlaw had been going there for a couple months and was doing well. I didn't phone right away but my husband asked every day if I had phoned to make an appointment yet. Finally I mad an appointment for a consultation at the 34th St. location I thought. My husband went with me but it turned out the 34th St location wasn't open on Tuesday at that time. We ended up over to the 8th. St. Centre to meet with Tony. My husband tried to encourage me telling me he would pay for my program if I wanted to try it. I set my weight loss goal at 100 lbs. even though I wanted to lose 118 lbs. When I left the office I felt really overwhelmed and depressed, could I lose that much weight when I never could before? My husband later on admitted he thought he had just thrown that money away. We went out to supper that night for the last time for a while. The next morning I started Condition One. I had to go buy a food scale first off and for the first while I felt hungry a lot of time. For the first few days I struggled alot with cravings but I was determind to do my best on this program. Right away the weight slowly started coming off but 100 lbs was alot to lose. I was encouraged to find an exercise that would fit into my lifestyle. I couldn't see paying to go to a gym and also paying a babysitter so I could go. Going for walks was easier and my husband bought me a treadmill for those really cold days. Slowly my energy increased and I was able decrease and stop taking medications to deal with stress. A little over a month into my program was Christmas, I worried about staying on my program and took food with me when I could. It wasn't until I wa on the program enough to actually eat out at a restaurant. There have been times when i have got frustrated when I hit plateanus and a few times when I even went up a few pounds. Usually at those times Terry or Tony would get me to change how I was eating for a while to kick start things again. As I got closer to my goal it got harder with my weight going up and down more. I have now lost between 103 and 106 lbs. MY body seems to be telling me this is the weight I need to be. My pant size had gone from a 20/22 down to an 8/10. A year ago I couldn't imagine myself this small. My husband talks about having a new skinny sexy wife. Family and friends hardly recognize me anymore.