When I was facing my horrid days as an overweight, unattractive mother of 2, I was desperate enough to try at least thirteen different types of supplements. Each promised me that I would be thin, most of them LIED. If only I knew then what I know now.

Before I tell you my secret I want to make it perfectly clear that different supplements work for different people. Quite often I’d shove a bun cake in my mouth, or a buttery hotdog, I assure you my eating plan was precarious at best.

While eating said hotdog and surfing the net, I came across a cheesy flashing Proactol banner while cruising weight loss sites looking for the next miracle supplement. My favorite color is green so what the hell, I clicked on it. About ten minutes later I had bought a few boxes of it to try, hoping that my impulsive spending would one day pay off.

This was after I had stuffed myself with fresh Acai Berries, been on weigh-less for four months, taken every vitamin under the sun and had started smoking again because of recurring depression. So, over the next week I tried not to think too much about the stack of discarded online supplements that were rubbish, and that still lay tucked away in the drawer of my spare room.

I didn’t know anything about Proactol until it arrived one miserable Tuesday morning when my hair wouldn’t control itself and I was supposed to have quite a serious meeting that day with clients. I hastily read the box as I was opening it. It was an organic supplement which I liked, but wasn’t to phased about – I would have eaten plutonium if it would make me drop a size back then. Natural supplement…eat fatty foods and it will absorb the fat.

Immediately I had my defenses up again and was suspiciously eyeing the package insert. I had tried fat blockers before like Cheat and Eat. They didn’t work. Reduces food cravings as well, alright that’s pretty standard. I tried these herbal drops once that actually increased my hunger, but I was willing to give it another shot.

I can honestly say I owe a lot of my current confidence to the initial weight that I lost after taking Proactol for awhile. I wasn’t expecting it to work, but it’s always nice when something surprises you. It started off quite subtle and then a few days later I noticed my work pants had become rather loose around the middle. My poor heart leapt for joy, after everything, after every stupid advert I had fallen for, something was finally working! So I carried on taking it.

I went from looking like a whale to having a waist line again, it was ridiculous. My fat rolls eventually became fat wrinkles and the rest is history. Because I finally began to see the fruits of my tenuous labors, I had the energy to get onto my orbitrek (after taking the kids clothes off it) and start eating a little better every day. All I needed was some motivation, something I could see and be proud of, and Proactol gave that to me.

Then something weird happened, one Saturday afternoon I made pizza for the kids and I didn’t want any. It wasn’t that I was on a diet, I’ve always snuck a piece of pepperoni here or a block of feta there, it was that I wasn’t hungry at all. I couldn’t even summon up the drive to sample a crust (my favorite).

Now I’ve told my best friend Jenny about Proactol and she loves it, her mother loves it and her 17 year old daughter does as well. Look at it this way ladies - if you’re going to burrow through the endless fields of supplements available, start with Proactol, it would have saved me hundreds of dollars.

Here are some facts I dug up about Proactol:

• It lowers your cholesterol and improves concentration (never been so motivated on my orbitrek)
• Its ingredients are made from a cactus plant
• Apparently Proactol is the most clinically proven weight loss supplement in existence; scientists can show you how and why it works.
• Because of these successful tests it is the only over the counter supplement that has the MHRA stamp of approval!
• No side effects (except losing weight)

Proactol makes a lot of sense now that I’ve experienced it for myself. A supplement that takes away your cravings, absorbs a bit of fat so that cheating isn’t so bad, and makes you healthier so that you can motivate yourself to exercise. The three biggest problems I had all solved at once. I love this supplement; I’ll never stop taking it now that people see me and smile. I really recommend it for anyone who needs something that works – for a change.