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How iVillage changed my life
iVillage Community Leaders tell their personal success stories
CL Kimberley Hughes (Duran):You Can Do It Diet Support & Shape Up Challenge
'I'm from the United States and over the course of two years saw my weight skyrocket from about 11 stone to 13 stone.
In the mid-west United States, obesity is so prevalent, it's easy to justify your own weight problems by finding others heavier than you. When I moved to the UK in August 2001, newly married, all I could notice was how slim the woman were.
I stumbled upon the You Can Do It Diet Support Board and started posting on 3rd January 2002. I had never ever had such an amazing network of support in my life and hearing everyone's successes and failures meant I knew I was no longer alone. I found myself keeping a food diary, drinking more water, enjoying vegetables, joining a gym and loving it, for goodness' sake!
I am now 10 stone 8 lbs (and still losing!). Shopping has become a pleasure again. I bought my first pair of size 12 jeans a month ago.
So when reading if iVillage has changed my life, I can readily agree that it has changed my life, my self-esteem and my health for the better.'
'iVillage has given me a sense of self-worth.'
CL Tracy Blinkhorn:You Can Do It Diet Support
'iVillage has given me so much confidence. It has provided me with new friends that I can reach out to and get help from, and has given me a sense of self-worth. Above all it has made me realise that I can achieve whatever I want to achieve, with help, support and determination.
'Recently my husband was taken into hospital with a heart complaint, and I spent a very scared weekend wondering what was going to happen. My family, for reasons of their own, left me to it, and I felt very lonely. But I knew that I could call on the girls I have come to know through iVillage, and in fact they were the ones who got me through it.'
There's nothing like another's success to help trigger determination to set out on your own particular journey - or another's support. We don't want to blow our own trumpet, but we know that iVillage has helped so many people accomplish all kinds of mini and major goals. We asked our community board hosts to tell us how the experience of working with others within our iVillage community has helped them grow as people. Below are some of their comments. Remember, if our message boards can achieve such amazing personal results for our CLs, they can do the same for you too. Good luck!
'iVillage has changed my life, my self-esteem and my health for the better.'CL Kimberley Hughes (Duran):
'I'm from the United States and over the course of two years saw my weight skyrocket from about 11 stone to 13 stone.
In the mid-west United States, obesity is so prevalent, it's easy to justify your own weight problems by finding others heavier than you. When I moved to the UK in August 2001, newly married, all I could notice was how slim the woman were.
I stumbled upon the You Can Do It Diet Support Board and started posting on 3rd January 2002. I had never ever had such an amazing network of support in my life and hearing everyone's successes and failures meant I knew I was no longer alone. I found myself keeping a food diary, drinking more water, enjoying vegetables, joining a gym and loving it, for goodness' sake!
I am now 10 stone 8 lbs (and still losing!). Shopping has become a pleasure again. I bought my first pair of size 12 jeans a month ago.
So when reading if iVillage has changed my life, I can readily agree that it has changed my life, my self-esteem and my health for the better.'
'iVillage has given me a sense of self-worth.'
CL Tracy Blinkhorn:
'iVillage has given me so much confidence. It has provided me with new friends that I can reach out to and get help from, and has given me a sense of self-worth. Above all it has made me realise that I can achieve whatever I want to achieve, with help, support and determination.
'Recently my husband was taken into hospital with a heart complaint, and I spent a very scared weekend wondering what was going to happen. My family, for reasons of their own, left me to it, and I felt very lonely. But I knew that I could call on the girls I have come to know through iVillage, and in fact they were the ones who got me through it.'
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