Understand how Joana lost 16 kg and overcame a gastritis

Weight problems did not part of the life of the tattoo artist Joana Freitas, 30 years old. "All my life I was thin, because I was doing classical ballet, and it was one of the great demands that if I was very thin, I'm 1,54m and I weighed around 48-50kg at the most", he recalls. Joan left the dance and became sedentary. Also, after the marriage and birth of your child, some conditions favored being overweight. "I was suffering from anxiety, and I'm a hypochondriac, so I started to eat compulsively.Food gave me a sense of pleasure and relieved my bad thoughts.About that, whenever I lost a little weight, I thought it was because I was sick, and ate to get fat again, "he says. With all of that, she got to 70 pounds.

Despite having achieved this weight, Joana took a while to actually realize that she had gained the extra weight. "I had no idea how I was until I saw a picture of me along with friends on Mother's Day. I did not recognize myself in the picture, when she looked at me in the mirror I had no idea how she really was." But this very day, Joan decided to look in the mirror and really analyze how her body was. "I remember thinking, 'How do I want to see myself tomorrow? If I do not get enough, NOW, I will only increase.'" And that's how she made the definitive decision to lose weight.

Joana had tried other methods without success. "They made me feel very weak." "I was interested in the program, I saw that there were testimonials from several people who used the app and that they managed to lose a lot of weight and I downloaded it to test." After a couple of days I saw the G1 a testimony from another girl saying that she used the program to achieve weight loss, so I trusted and dedicated myself to it. " To get the free Diet and Health application, click here.

The beginning of Diet and Health was not easy. "The hardest part was reducing the temptations because I really like sweets, and the stomach always asks for more, so you need the willpower to continue." Joana began to realize that she was eating lots of unhealthy foods, so she decided to change them to light versions, more fruits, vegetables and vegetables.

All this effort was worth it! "In the first week, I lost a kilo, and today, 6 months later, I'm 54 kilos, now I have to lose only one kilo to reach my goal. Joana did not stop at 16 pounds less. Before slimming down, she suffered from stomach problems such as gastritis, hiatal hernia, and reflux due to overeating in the diet. "She was forced to take her stomach medicine every day, and she still had an itch once a month." Now with weight loss, she had a significant improvement in her health. "The 6 months I ate the best I did not get a flu, and I never needed any medicine for my stomach." In addition, Joana's self-esteem improved a lot. "I discovered an inner strength that I did not think existed," he celebrates.

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