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Guest Post: Big Brother Africa Star Geraldine Iheme weight loss success story!

Today i will be featuring our very own BBA Revolution Star - Geraldine Iheme!
You know, when i heard from a friend of hers that Gerry had struggled with her weight for a while i could not believe her story because hey! celebrities are usually too concious of their weight gain, until i saw shocking before and after photos.
Most of us can relate to her story not as a celebrity but as a person who had struggled with weight at some point in our life, now she is in full control of her body...
I personally understand the amount of work it takes to take control of your body, though am not yet there, but in the end, when i look back the journey was worth the ride...

Read more here ... http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/04/guest-post-big-brother-africa-star.html#comment-form

Hello people its been a while, read the amazing story of my friend who lost 38kg
let her tell you how she did it, read up here http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/04/guest-post-success-story-adaeze.html

Letter to body...

I have been a bad girl, i mean very bad girl to body and sincerely have not appreciated my body enough.
Ever since i balloned to my initial start weight 160kg, i have hated my body, never given it breathing space, always nagging about how bad it made me feel but the truth is i am also involved in making it this way... so i decided to write an apology letter to my body and also promise to stay committed to my journey...


read letter here ... http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/04/bad-girl-apologises-to-body.html

Dieting in Lagos


So I got a message from one of my readers asking how I manage to diet in Lagos considering the hostel and bustle of Lagos. And my answer is simple... "Na God"

But the truth remains that I still need to do the physical work. I tell myself the truth and that's simple, the time to start is now... Not tomorrow not after Easter or public holidays .... Am starting now and amazed on how strong willed I have been afterwards. I see myself doing what I thought was earthly impossible.
Like I have mentioned earlier, I have changed my lifestyle, instead of driving down to my son's school, I walk down there and it may seem pretty easy to others but I have never done that in my life.

Read more here

http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/dieting-in-lagosnigeria.html?m=1

Guest post: Uju Ogbogu weight loss journey

Today's guest post/interview is about Uju Ogbogu, my weight loss buddie! Yeay!
She is one of the most strongwilled people i have ever known, infact, her determination is just top notch.
she started her journey seven weeks ago and has lost 15kg!
Not yet on her goal weight but truly working hard on it.

Read full story here http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/guest-postinterview-uju-ogbogu-weight.html?m=1

200lbs of joy

So i stumbled upon this amazing video of a lady who goes by the handle 300pounddown, she weighed a whooping 417 pounds and lost almost all through surgery and hardwork. She never gave up...

Please click here to watch it http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/200-pound-loss-oh-i-will-get-there.html

... impossible is really nothing.

prisoner of food?

So I having difficulties settling back into the diet, it feels like am in week 1 again. The hunger pains are back, I can't think straight my reasoning brains are covered with sweet little things, and the worse of all is that voice, yes, that freaking voice... drumming at the back of my head saying ... "Nelly remember one more wouldnt hurt, you are already here at the cake shop picking a cake for your son, just look right, ah! Your fav! Carrot cake, it's just a slice and its carrot cake for crying out loud, it's healthy"
http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/prisoner-of-food.html

Having a license to eat

Mehn.... i thought i posted this stuff yesterday oh, only to find out this morning that i slept off at the point ot "send" anyways here it is ....


So today marks the last day of drug intake and my taste buds have been really glad to welcome the "pass" to eat.
Coupled with my son's birthday yesterday, there was just too much around to eat and merry away...

http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/having-the-license-to-eat.html

The looser identity

This is one post am not sure will come out right no Matter how I phrase it so I will just let my thoughts flow.

I love being called a looser, a weight looser. Someone who has worked hard to shed some extra kilos, the more I think about it, the more i actually realise it becomes a sort of self-validation and reassurance for me than what people think of me.


Read the rest here http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/the-good-and-bad-news.html?showComment=1364029865970&m=1

Weigh in day!

Just weighed in, check the results here
http:///czegmlw

So today i have been feeling under the weather, and infact am on my way to see a doctor... of course i had to cheat because i will be given some drugs.
I know i have lost more weight and cannot wait for tomorrow, let me go consult my doctor.

wish me well

http:///be77ntc

The Good News

Am so excited really, i dont even know how to begin to explain how excited i am infact make i take am for pidgin, "my body de toh toh ri mi" yes! Ok why? i got the highest views yesterday thanks to my big madams and my big ogas on twitter that retweeted my blog. Its crazy PR when you have the likes of Linda Ikeji, El Rufai, Derenle, Jedi to mention but a few retweet about my blog!!!
I had a very sweet dream yesterday in fact am still in my dream lol

click here to ready bad news
http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/the-good-and-bad-news.html

I have been for a while now planning to put together a todo list of what i intend to do when i become "agbani" not like i want to get down to agbani's size oh! dress size 12-16 is OK for me joor.
Ok Oya Nelly focus... eh heh hmmm... lol
Meanwhile have you enrolled for Hearty giveaways? if no please do it now here
My to do list after the cut...
The desire to put in a list stems from my satisfaction ... instead of having a big goal at the end of a year i decided to have small goals and work towards getting there. So i want to share with you my my to do list ... here they are...

click here to see them
http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/51-things-in-1051-days-my-to-do-list.html

So i got this email from a reader asking me;

"does blogging about your weight help you loose weight?"

It got me thinking very much and my answer is "it really depends" i will tell you why...

I have tried loosing weight alot of times and i keep failing even now am a diet, there were days when i felt like discontinuing and nobody really cares, but i had to remind myself about my end goal. So i came up with the idea of sharing my story with the world, whenever i know and see that people are actually viewing my blog, it (in its own way) makes me feel i cant let my readers down so i strive to be better and never cheat.

click here to know the answer

http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/does-blogging-help-me-loose-weight.html

Once upon a time i was giving my baby a bottle of water and he started playing with the bottle and then threw it down, so i handed my baby to my nanny and decided to give to pick the bottle, tried squatting to pick it the bottle and it was just impossible so i decided to bend down yet my hand could not reach the floor i was obstructed by the 160kg fat which had made sure i could not pick the bottle. Then reality struck me, i was severely obese and need to do something right now before i die!
I thought about my sedenatry life which never included exercise and my eating habit? just too sad to mention, i became desperate to loose weight ... i started with taking walks in the field but i noticed i get tired easily and i was not loosing as fast as i wanted to enable me start running. Was introduced to Cambridge diet by a friend/consultant and since then i got hooked.


As a beginner, starting a weight loss journey takes every being in you, you need to need it more than ever before and be determined enough to go through it... whether is waking up and exercising or just watching what you eat or even dieting, it needs to be a lifestyle and that's the only way to get through.
Whether you have 5kg or 80kg to loose you need to find your motivation stick on it and dont ever think you will start to see results from day 1.

read more here
http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/tips-to-loosing-weight.html

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FAT FIGHTERS

So like i earlier stated, i will be featuring every week, people/someone who is/are trying to loose weight and how far the have gone in their journey, whether you are on a diet or exercising or even had a surgery, we will like to know who you keeping the weight off and if you are still keeping the weight off, if you are intrested please send me a brief mail (negbogu@gmail.com) of your start weight and current weight and height and how long it took you to get there and if your goal has been accomplished ....after all its #teamslimbody

click here to read about super foods that fight fat http://www.nellyagbogu.com/

The worst thing about being fat...

I usually thought that the worst thing about being fat is that people already knows your "issues" even before you get to know them, i mean usually you need to be close to someone one before you can share in their story, but mine is right there in my stomach, arms, and my intimidating height doesnt help matters.
Standing at 6ft tall with a weight over a 120kg, my "issues" are very "obivous". The instantly know am out of control and anything else am good at is being negated.

Other things wrong about being fat are...

http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/day-26-worst-thing-about-being-fat.html#more

I know, I know! I said Saturday before I show new photos but just couldn't wait lol...

I have also lost a dress size, used to be a dress size 24 now am dress size 22!
Just hoping my hand and big tummy will start showing a visible loss!

Yes! People who don't know am on a diet see me and scream "what are you doing? Keep it up dear" and I just can't help but blush sheepishly like a village girl being asked out for the first time lol.
I am much happier, smarter and not giving up!
This is just week 4 of 12 weeks and my fabulosity is already glaring hehehe!

Check me out in few weeks time, impossible is nothing to this chique... #teamslimbody

see the before and after photo here www.nellyagbogu.com

Beyonce was on a very low calorie diet

I found this article on Beyonce talking about how she lost all the baby weight on a very low calorie diet. This was an interview with shape magazine.
Impossible is nothing ....

Read the extract from Abc news

In an interview with Shape magazine the star who was born Beyonce Knowles said she gained 57 pounds during her pregnancy.

http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/ate-very-low-calorie-diet-beyonce.html?m=0

So i have been getting alot of buzz from people asking me why i chose the cambridge diet and why i dont want to jog or watch what i eat, they too are big and have been watching what they eat, ... blah blah blah...

Anyways una no go understand,as far as am concerned, all you people calling yourself fat, you guys are actually slim beside me oh! dont allow my pics and my height to deceive you...
I promised to tell you guys a bit about me so here is it ...

I have not always been big, the pictures above is me in my university days, when i used to be the rocking babe in school... i may not be catergorised as small but i definitely wont be called big...
Even at that i have always been struggling with my weight but it didnt really bother me and all because i used to trek mostly as our lectures were literally scattered all over the school.
Then in school even up till now my slang has been one more wouldnt hurt but i was just in denial, i really let my body rule over mind....
I kept increasing and it never stopped. I have a very catchy personality which people get attracted to first so it was easy to blank my 'fat issues" from anyone and go with the flow... I feel am a shy person (alot of people don't believe that lol) and a goal getter and won't stop until i get what i want. but that only applies to every other thing except my weight...

continue here... http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/mind-over-matter.html

Day 23

http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/day-23-begins-week-4.html?m=1

Good people! am still basking in ths euphoria of last week unexpected weight loss... i already fill like Agbani Darego in my heart, i have been smiling from teeth to teeth choi! am happy... very happy!!!
The struggle continues...
So today ushers in week 4 which at the end of the week am to show my before and after photos. Well right now am so not looking forward to it, my kids were invited for a birthday party and am sorry to announce that am gonna cheat.
I de talk my own shaa , can't be surrounded by food and won't taste a little mbanu!!!
So let me report myself now, but don't worry I will surly pay for it, lol
Ok see you guys later if I get time i will blog from the parry to tell how much I missed real food lol.

http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/03/arrrrghhh-dammmm.html?m=1

Can you guys imagine! Of all freaking days for my heming weigh scale to mess up is today!!! I have been battling with the scale since my last post! What is it naa eh? Am so frustrated right now... What is it naa? Gosh! Just pissed!
And the nearest health plus pharmacy is not close at all... I hate all this automatic things in fact I want normal line scale.
I will step on it and it just doesn't move?!!!
There is no way am 0.0kg!
After all my strength gathering and courage mustering the scale is kapish! Not good
I will go online and read about how to repair this scale, weigh in day is a must.
Please you guys should not give up on me, this scale is just one of those distraction ... Make una no worry I am top of it, repairing it, I will bring out the Igbo tech in me...

Yea!!! my before and after photos...
to see more pictures please go here
http://www.nellyagbogu.com/2013/04/weigh-in-day-before-and-after-pics.html#more

Yes, he is correct, the test was actually taken, Goodluck guys!

are you sure is schlumberger that called you?, right now they are not even have a alot of people on the waiting list, confirm o!

Cant Belive no one has posted for FGGC Owerri

FGGC OWERRI

The Guns of battle where all silent
The smoke of Destruction blown away,
The lips of war were sealed and the scaring almost healed
When our School was born to hearld a new day!

Nigeria we all make thee a promise
To serve thee with strenght and might and brave
To build and not break down, Bury quarrels in the ground
So that those who died may not have gone in vain

NYSC

Youths obey the clarion's call
Lets us lift our nation high
under the sun or in the rain
with dedication and selflessness.
Nigeria is ours, Nigeria we serve!

FGGC Owerri,

The Guns of battle where all silent
The smoke of Destruction blown away,
The lips of war were sealed and the scaring almost healed
When our School was born to hearld a new day!

Nigeria we all make thee a promise
To serve thee with strenght and might and brave
To build and not break down, Bury quarrels in the ground
So that those who died may not have gone in vain


WOW! , i still rmbr!

We were really weird in FGGC,
mine experience i can rmbr (God forgive Us all!) was helping a fellow school girl abort her baby using a hanger!, u no that iron hanger you can bend to ur taste, of course she almost died but she was saved and taken to the school clinic, weird huh?!, well its all in the past now!

i know that and i also know the only center that you can write it in nigeria, but all i want to know is btwn phr and cipm which would you prefer, the person is already a member of shrm