Weight Loss Guru

Our member of the month is Ian Williams.

Ian has done exceptionally well. Not only has he overcome his alcoholism and given up smoking but also lost weight and has become a great advert for fitness health and well being.

Please listen to the inspirational podcast below where I interview Ian about what you has achieved. Please make any comments below and I will pass them onto Ian.

Our member of the month is Cherry

She has achieved so much and not only lost weight but has come a long way to overcome the eating orders that plagued her life for over 15 years.

In the pod-cast below I interview Cherry about her experiences and what she has achieved.

Please feel free to make any comments and I will pass them onto to Cherry.

Our member of the month this month is Pauline.  She has done so well and I am so proud of her. 

In her own words

I have never believed in diets and never seen anyone really benefit from them in the long run, so I have never been one to yoyo.

I have on the other hand seen being slim as only possible with a great deal of denial and intense drive. I stopped starving myself some years ago and accepted my new weight as it was and thought that was the way forward for me.

I was much happier with myself but it left me feeling afraid to try and lose any weight for fear or returning to my old life style. I love the way your programme takes the pressure off. It has enabled me to know myself so much better and work with the person I truly am.

I feel so much more relaxed with myself and enjoy the feeling of being in control without being `controlling`, if that makes sense. When I first started the programme I wrote that I wanted to be slimmer, fitter and in to be in control..

Guess what? With this programme you really get what you wish for. I actually am beginning to feel very proud of myself for what I have achieved and I only have you to thank for that.I really feel like I have found myself.

My latest achievement and something I am really getting to grips with is being relaxed and believing in myself to know that this new me is for keeps. I do belive that knowledge is a powerful thing and the application of it makes a person wise..

This programme gives you the secret of yourself and how you think and why.

A huge thank you Pete. You truly know your stuff and how you teach it is what makes you special. You make it possible for each individual to believe in themselves and grow to their potential.

Please make any comments and I will pass on them on to Pauline

HI everyone 

There can only be one member of the month for this month and that's Mandie. She is an inspiration and goes from strength to strength.

Mandie has done so well on the programme and has given her words of wisdom and support to so many people on our blog weightlossjournals.petecohen.tv/.

You can hear Mandie in her words by listening to a pod-cast I recored with her recently.

Please make any comments for Mandie below

HI everyone 

It's that time again when we award our member of the month. This month it's Diane Stephenson who has lost an amazing 12 stone, 168 pounds

She is an inspirational lady and you can listen to her in her own words in the pod-cast below as she explains how she did so well and some of the secrets of her success.

Please make any comments you have below and I will pass the onto Diane.

Diane

Pete Cohen played a big part in my twelve stone weight loss. I love the on-line programme, it's really easy to use and has a nice accessible and realistic approach. I found it motivates and inspires me to continue to look after myself so I stay slim, fit and healthy for ever.

 

Hi everyone,

Annie was our member of the month in July and now we have a great interview with her for you to watch.

 Not only has she lost six stone but she has maintained a healthy weight for a long time. Annie has really embraced every aspect of this programme and has become a very keen runner. She is also a Chef and since losing the weight she has rediscovered her passion for good food and has now started teaching people to cook great food and still lose weight.

In her own words:

Annie

"I am passionate about food, and through my experience in weight loss and classical Leiths School of Food and Wine Training, I realise that I can inspire people to cook for themselves from scratch.  Showing how to make really tasty delicious food without compromising on health."

Annie is based in Sussex and is now helping people to achieve this by demonstrating and tasting, teaching at home parties and provides a cooking support system where she will be able to advise and help people who have queries, problems with their cooking.

For further information please contact anniegarcia@gmx.com.

Hi everyone

Hi everyone 

I am very pleased to reveal our member of the month for June. 

His name is Clive, he is 56 years old and has lost six stone since January. This is truly amazing and inspirational and I have recorded a pod-cast interviewing Clive about his experiences and what her has learnt along the way.

Please listen and make a comment below and I will pass on them on to Clive himself.

Many thanks,
Pete

Clive

"PCTV is the best thing that has happened to me in a very long time. My confidence and self esteem had reached rock bottom in December 08 but in six months not only have I lost 6 stone but I feel fantastic and on top of the world. The programme rocks."

Hi there

The member of the month this month is Sue. She has been on the programme since June 2008 and her journey is all  inspiring. 

She has provided loads of support and motivation to others and has written over 160 blog entries! You can see and read these for yourself here:  http://weightlossjournals.petecohen.tv/index.cfm/Suefromcoast

Sue has lost  5 and a half stone, and a total of 48 inches from her bust waist and hips, and dropped 4 dress sizes. Sue still wants to lose a considerable amount of weight and I am sure this is will happen. Her weight loss is only one part of what she has achieved and I have included some extracts from one of her most recent blog entries for you to see just how far she has come.

What has this programme meant to me?
Date: 12 May 2009
By: Suefromcoast

Today I was thinking how my life has changed in the 10 months since i joined this programme. For newcomers to the programme if you look back on my first entries you will see the serious state i was in, and the problems i had to even get to Petes seminar in the first place, but i was driven to go , and my word am i so glad i did !!! as i was virtually housebound, crippled by arthritis, weight and surgery pain, and my self esteem and selfworth was so low i had difficulty dragging my almost 28 stone body out of bed every day!!!

Firstly and most importantly i can say hand on heart I have not had one binge, when i was binging uncontrollably sometimes several times daily right up untill I started the programme, I now like me, I now believe i am worth being nice to, i believe I deserve a better life and I have found patience to know it will take me a while, but i didnt get to that size overnight, so i am happy with my 2-3lb loss weekly, where before if i didnt loose half a stone i would get fed up and binge for england.

i was working in a stressful business, fromhome by phone as i am not able to do a physical job, but i had 2 successful businesses..... working day and night to provide financial help for my family...... i didnt need to do that to feel loved, they love me dearly and wanted me to take life easier, this programme has given me that confidence to sell 1 business, and i love this easier lifestyle.

I have the confidence to go out and do much more, I now cope when people stare and snigger and point, i just imagine Pete and all my online friends with me and i hold my head up and smile!!!

My grandson has lost almost 3 stone, his amazing transformation has been well written about, but its all thanks to petecohen.tv as i raved on so much he couldnt help but listen and take notice !!! Thankgod he did, as he is incredible and so happy now.

I have made several lifelong friends from the bloggers who were there for me in the beginning, i talk to them weekly and i know we will always be intouch.

I have never once been lonely since joining petecohen.tv.... i have been known to blogg at 3am and how great to know you can log on 24/7 and be amongst friends who all understand.

i have been able to come to terms with the traumatic cancer journey i went on, i kept it all in for 3 years , and this amazing programme and you amazing bloggers has allowed me to express those feelings and get rid of them.
I booked a limo to take my blogging friends around london when we attended last octobers seminar..... it was a suprise, their faces will stay with me and we all have those memories.

I dont go through life apologising for who i am anymore.... you amazing bloggers have always made me feel so special, and Pete, well Pete is one of lifes heros, he has always been there for me, from my first day right the way through till now... you dont meet many really really special people in a lifetime, but Pete is definately one and i thank god so much his amazing team who encouraged me to make that journey to see Pete live.

This programme is so much more than about weightloss, its about life changing processes that help us find who we should be, after stumbling from one diet disaster and self destructive behaviour issue to another, Its taken me to 57 years of age to be happy with who i am today.... that journey i made to see Pete in London was the hardest but the best journey of my life.

Thankyou Pete and thankyou all you amazing people
Sue xxxx

Well Done Gem!
You are April's Member of the Month!

There are so many great success stories on PCTV  at the moment and there are many worthy winners. This month one of our regular bloggers has caught my eye. Her name is Gem and she is our member of the month...

She has lost 12lbs. 8.5 inches from Hips, Waist & bust.

This is her testimonial in her own words:

I can remember my brothers challenging me to beat them in the "Who can eat more Weetabix" competition when I was a little girl..... I won of course! and my prize?? well now I realise my prize was bitter sweet because I have now pin pointed that as the starting point in my life's struggle with overeating. 
 
I was such a skinny little thing but by the time I was 10 years old I was like a squashy little ball all curly hair and rolls of puppy fat.  By the time I was 16 I was 5ft 3" and 12.5 stone.  My brothers called me their "Circular Sister" and kids in school used to sing "Return to Slender" & shout "Is it a bird? is it a plane? Nooooo it's Germaine" ...... taunts which I laughed off in great spirit outwardly whilst I sobbed inside.
 
Ay 16 I decided enough was enough, I joined a slimming club with my mum & Dad and with strict calorie counting and my eyes firmly on the prize "A Boyfriend" I shed 3.5 stone from May to September. GREAT!
 
I kept at a healthy weight until I was in my mid 20's when due to a crazy social life the weight started to creep back on.  I got married to my husband in 2000 and walked down the isle having panic shed 2 stone in about 8 weeks (not very healthy)  I put on over half a stone in the first week of my honeymoon, I just dived head first into that great trough of mindless eating. 
 
Just after our wedding I was diagnosed with a prolactinoma (an imbalance of the Pituitary Glad) ... I'm still not sure if the condition itself caused my weight to shoot up OR more likely I used it as an excuse to feel sorry for myself and seek comfort in food Hmmm???  Following a short course of treatment I found I was pregnant with our first son Reuben (now 5) having a bit of an obsession with the scales, (you might find it odd that I insisted on getting weighed every day), I weight in at 15st 4lbs, just before he was born weighing a tiny weeny 5lbs 6 oz!! ..  Three years later (May 07) I gave birth to our youngest son Gabriel, again I hauled myself onto the scales, my eyes nearly popped out when I saw that I weighed 16st 3lbs!!! WOW!  Gabe was born weighing 7lbs, 8oz.
 
I spent a lot of last year asking myself questions and thinking about a solution. I looked into every diet under the sun, dismissing them one by one for the simple reason I LOVE FOOD and I didn't want to give up eating what I wanted.
 
I can't remember what I was doing on my computer but On Friday the 13th of Feb 09 (Always been a lucky number for me) I was googling something and up popped a link for Pete Cohen, head cocked to one side I thought hang on a minute this looks like it could be what I've been searching for.  Half an hour later without a seconds hesitation I bypassed the free trial and signed up there and then for six months worth of 21 day cycles.
 
Three hours later and a mountain of ironing lighter (PHEW) I clicked on the activate button.  Every day I wake up and the first thing I do is go to my emails where I know an email will be sitting waiting for me from Pete, I click on the link which takes my to my members area where I will spend about 5 to 10 mins watching the video of the day, followed by the Brilliant Relaxation & Transformation MP3 either straight after or later in the day (depending on time) I spent the 1st Cycle ....... more to follow

Here's Gem's entries on the weightlossjournals at petecohen.tv

To be in with a chance of winning next month - all you need to do is to keep blogging and I'll be looking out for people who are making progress and positive changes in thier lives.

Take Care,
Pete