TAIslim Weight Loss Journey

I am starting this journal today to track my progress with TAIslim. TAIslim is a brand new product from FreeLife which has been shown to help people with weight problems in the following ways: 

By fighting abdominal fat - the fat that is known to be a higher health risk. TAIslim is clinically shown to decrease the body’s production of stress hormones that cause you to accumulate unhealthy belly fat.† Other ingredients act on digestive tract enzymes to help reduce the amount of calories absorbed from starchy or fatty foods. 

By enhancing your metabolism - 20 times the effect of coffee or green tea! 

By controlling appetite - TAIslim supports a positive mood, suppressing appetite and between-meal cravings to help you to cut unwanted calories. 

By cleansing and replenishing the body - gentle cleansing and detoxifying action to promote regularity and healthy microflora, while slowing the absorption of food to improve metabolism. 

I personally know people who have lost 5-12 pounds in their first week on TAIslim. This sounds amazing but keep in mind that the more people may have to lose, the more impressive the initial results will be. Average loss after the first week is 2 pounds per week. 

My first bottle arrives in 2 days and I am excited to begin posting results here as my TAIslim weight loss record. I have about 40-60 lbs to lose, depending on whether you are going to go by the BMI charts or my own personal comfortable zone. I am going to set my initial goal at 45 lbs. 

This is doable!

Weight History

I've always been overweight. Well, at least I've always thought of myself as overweight. As a child I never had that tight flat tummy that other children had. I was always taller than my friends so therefore I was also thicker. Looking back, I wasn't really overweight at all. I was just bigger than others my age.

I started to gain weight when I moved from Georgia to California right before 11th grade. I still wasn't what you would call "fat" but I gained a size or two. Probably partly because I was less active (we lived on a lake in GA, had a boat, etc.) and partly because of my Gramma's cooking.

Over the years I tried different diets to try to be slimmer - to be like my friends who were slimmer. I tried slim fast. That lasted a few weeks til I just got so darn tired of the shakes. I tried walking and the gym. I tried the Carb addict diet. That one, in my twenties, made me think about food all day long. Planning, buying, cooking, eating... and then all over again! I tried Weight Watchers and lost weight back in the 90's. I was doing great but then went on a 5 day trip to Hawaii, forgot about "points' for a few days, and was unable to get back into the habit when I returned. I promptly gained everything back and then some. I tried diet pills. I never did Phen Fen but I did Phen alone. That stuff worked!! UNTIL... I stopped taking them. Hmmmm... did I want to be on a pharmaceutical all my life just to stay thin? I wonder what is worse. Having a BMI of 30 or taking a prescription weight loss drug. I am guessing the drug.

So, I gained that weight back. I tried South Beach and lost weight once again. I forget what happened to get me off track on that one but I would bet money that it was another trip.

A few years ago I read the book "Natural Cures" and decided that the problem is toxins in our body. I started to eat more organic foods and doing cleanses and colonics. I lost a little weight and I also came to a point of acceptance. I am just not a thin person and it is a lot healthier to accept that than to continue to fight it. My new goal became to simply strive for health, self-acceptance and realization that life is just too short for deprivation.

That has been the way that I have lived for about the last four years. I am not thin. I am a size 16. I have been a size 18. I am about 45-50 lbs overweight and that is ok. I would like to lose it, of course, but not through deprivation or pharmaceuticals.

I recently moved to Florida and here I have no car. If I need to go somewhere I walk. If I don't need to go anywhere I try to walk on the beach anyway. I have noticed that some of the weight is coming off because of this lifestyle change. But more importantly I feel good and I am healthier from the increase in activity.

When I heard about TaiSlim, it put me back in the mind set that to really be healthy I should get rid of some of the extra body fat that I carry. I do carry it mostly around my middle so that in particular is unhealthy. I like that TaiSlim is not a drug and it works by fighting abdominal fat, enhancing the metabolism, controlling appetite, cleansing and replenishing. And TaiSlim is made by the same company that makes GoChi juice which is already a proven product.

My bottle arrives tomorrow and I will start with it right away. I will keep this blog updated as to my progress.

I am excited!

Starting Weight

I weighed this morning in the gym. I am not sure I want to put this number down for the world to see. I will just say that my BMI is 32. I am shooting for a BMI of 25 to begin with. 

My juice comes today! If it is like yesterday's UPS delivery it will not come until after I've had breakfast and lunch so I will just start taking it tomorrow. 

My plan is to just keep doing everything the same as usual for this first week so that I know that my results are all coming from the juice. After the first week I will add in more exercise and cut out some higher fat things from my diet. But I never plan to deprive myself. If I want key lime pie I am going to get it! If I want fried oysters I am going to get them. I am in Florida and that is part of the joy of being here! It is all about balance.

Got the Juice!

The juice came in time for lunch after all. I just poured myself the recommended 2 ounces and it is not bad. I was told to expect it to taste like medicine and just down it really fast. But it doesn't taste bad to me at all. I took a tiny sip straight and it was super sweet so I mixed it with 8 ounces of water, which is the recommended method of drinking it. It really does taste a lot like sweet tea. Not bad at all!

Day 2 on the Juice

Today is day 2 and I drank the juice with breakfast and lunch. I definitely felt fuller longer after each meal and had plenty of energy. I actually already broke my rule of not changing anything else other than just adding the juice. I worked out in the gym for 40 minutes! I know that kind of skews my results but I also have to wonder if it was the added energy that inspired the workout!

Day 3 on the Juice

Today is day 3 and I had the juice with breakfast and lunch. I feel great! I have a lot of energy and focus and just over all feel great! I am definitely feeling full long after my meals. So far, the advertised benefits of the juice that are noticeable at this early stage are definitely proving to be true. I am anxious to see how much weight I will have lost after the first week. I wish that I had measured as well but I didn't have a measuring tape. I am sure that I will be able to tell in my clothes.

Weigh In Day

Yesterday was weigh in day and I was down just a pound.  I was disappointed but I also need to remember that it was my birthday week so there was not only a big dinner out but I was also given a big box of chocolates to consume. Considering that I changed nothing else this week, other than adding the TaiSlim juice and actually splurging a bit more on my daily consumption, I think it is probably pretty good that I lost anything at all.

The point of the juice is not to be the absolute weight loss cure.  It is a supplement and is meant to support the effort - but that is the key, it takes effort.  

Now that I have gotten over the fact that my first week's weight loss was not as dramatic as others that I have heard from, it is on to the real work.  Daily exercise, eating healthy foods and not consuming too many calories. TaiSlim will support this effort.  TaiSlim did make me feel full longer.  It did give me more energy without jazzing me up too much.  

So, it is off to the store today to pick up healthy items to cook over the next week or so.  And the chocolates are almost gone....