Last month I watched in awe of the fabulous results from Jolene from Mumbo Jumbo! A product I knew of in the UK, however I had never bought it because back then (over 4 years ago now) I was what people referred to as a skinny minny. Always a size 6/8. I never worried about my weight (although I am sure my mum did as she fed me lots of food hoping I’d bulk up, when I was little).. When I moved back from the UK, pregnant with my daughter, to live my life in Perth again, I packed up all my clothes and put them into six suitcases which came back with me. I have not worn any of these clothes since moving back because my body shape and size changed dramatically while I was pregnant with my daughter.

I had always had a fast metabolism so I didn’t think pregnancy would effect me the way it did. My body shape changed rapidly.. when I fell pregnant with my daughter. I gained over 20 kilos in that pregnancy. I was oblivious to this weight gain, as so much was going on, and I really thought “it was all baby”. When she was born, I didn’t lose any “baby” weight.

Dieting, I lost around 10 kilos (I wasn’t really counting), before I fell pregnant with my son, to which I gained another 20 kilos. I do blame myself for the massive weight gain. I ate alot of chicken nuggets. I love chicken nuggets and cheese burgers. I still do!

I dieted, exercised (not that much at all) and dieted some more throughout 2011 and beginning of 2012 so I could feel happy walking down the aisle when I married Drew in March 2012. And I was. I lost over 20 kilos and had reached my goal weight a few weeks before my wedding (I was about 5 kilos of my ultimate weight.. to which I am still 3 kilos off from that!)

My tummy is flubby, with lots of scars and stretchmarks (Appendicitis and 2 c-sections from my breach babies). It bloats badly (because I consume too much cola! A habit I am slowly kicking). I constantly wear my fancy pants (the knickers that go up to your boobs to old you in). I hide my tummy. I wear clothes that that hid my tummy, or don’t draw attention to it, if my fancy pants can’t hold in the flubber. But its not just about my tummy.. you know that booby flab you get under your bra… the one fat roll the fancy pant’s don’t quite reach!?

I had actually been talking about it with my husband for a while, saying I needed to do something with my tummy. As yes I had lost the weight, but I had no toning around the waist, I still had a big tyre muffin top every time I put on my size 12 pants.

I just knew there was something I needed to do about toning it up! Thats when I messaged Slendertone. We had a great chat on the phone, about the benefits of exercising and dieting, but when you have lost the weight, the toning is something that still needs helped with. I explained that I knew about the system in the UK and was ready to buy it right then and there!

And so I did.

My sister has now also bought it, after seeing Jolene’s review and hearing that I had bought the Slendertone Abs System too, she wanted to take up the challenge aswell!

So my Slendertone 6 week Challenge started last week.

and a week later…

I have lost an inch and a half around my waist! I am over the moon with the results! I seriously can’t believe it. It has given me the motivation to eat healthy, to exercise more (something I never EVER do..) and save up for the Slendertone Shorts! Watch out for my posts over the next 5 weeks as I complete this challenge!

So thanks to  all Little Bento Blog readers can receive the benefit of a 20% discount off the Slendertone Ab System. To redeem this offer you must enter the code Bento at the checkout.  This unique code is exclusive to Little Bento Blog′s blog readers and is available until 31st January 2013. 

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