Testimonials
Shrink really changes lives. Forever.
This time last year, I was Maggie the wife, Maggie the mummy. But I was also very overweight, depressed and suffering lots of pain due to fibromyalgia. I didn’t like myself much. I kinda just existed, only getting up because I had to get two kids out to school and look after a 3 year old at home.
However, my life changed on 15th September 2016, when I started Shrink. The first night I went I was doubting myself that I could do it. I wondered how Shrink could be any different to all the other weight loss things I had tried. But by the time I was going home, after having a chat with Heather, my Shrink mentor, I was determined to give it my all. The first few weeks were hard work, as it was a complete change of diet. After the first week I started to feel a bit better in myself already, and wow it worked! I gave it 100% and it gave me 100% right back. I was cooking healthy dinners and I got a new-found energy. I started exercising for the first time in 20 years.
To date I’ve lost 5.5 stone and over 90 inches – and I feel fantastic! Yes, I do struggle sometimes. I do doubt myself. I do mess up, but the biggest thing I’ve learned is to never give up: just keep going.
My amazing husband Leslie and my kids have been fantastic – they’ve supported me all the way. My 8 year old said to me the other day, “Mummy, I can fit my hands right round you now and I’ve never been able to do that!” Shrink has changed my life. It’s changed my family’s life, and I’m so thankful for the people it has brought into my life.
Shrink is a game changer. It’s a life changer that everyone can do. So come on, what ya waiting for? No, it won’t be easy all the time. There will be weeks that you think you’ve failed, but that’s OK. The main thing is, draw a line, get back up and keep going. A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step, and I’m so glad that I took mine…..
It was 2013 I decided that I needed to do something regarding my weight, it was starting to depress me, I was over eating and it was getting out off hand, so I was told by a friend about Estelles Shrink plan, after thinking about this in January 2013 I contacted Estelle, and started Shrink, it was the best decision I ever made, I weighed 19st 8lb and by September 2013 I had lost 6st
7lb, and today I have still maintained my loss, Shrink had reducated my eating habits, plus the support I get from Estelle and Heather is 5 STAR.
, the plan is super not boring and the meals are tasty.
Shrink works I’m proof.
I initially decided to start the Shrink Programme about three years ago when I saw the great results my sister-in-law Sinead was having. I have followed many different weight loss plans over the years – losing weight, gaining weight and so on. The same old cycle, the same old struggle. So I bit the bullet and signed up for the face to face weigh ins that were being held in Antrim at the time. There the fabulous Pearl was my mentor. She was and still is a great support to me. The overall support from mentors and the online group is invaluable. The Shrink programme was such an easy plan to follow and understand – simple, straightforward, sensible, and wholesome. I stuck to the plan 100% and it worked for me and I lost almost two stone and over 35 inches. Unfortunately after I had lost the weight I decided to go it alone. I was okay for a short time but then I got lazy, stopped planning and began to over eat once again. The result was that all the weight I had lost plus more went on again.
It was the beginning of August ’16 when I saw pictures of myself at a friend’s birthday party and realised I was at my heaviest at nearly 12 1/2 stone! I decided that enough was enough. I didn’t like me, didn’t like what I saw in the mirror and certainly didn’t like how I felt being so heavy and struggling into the clothes I had. When I got back from holidays I made the decision to restart my plans from the beginning. In conjunction with this I felt I needed a more structured exercise plan so I contacted Estelle at Pure Wellness Gym who arranged for an induction session. I signed up with the gym and also arranged for personal training sessions once a week with the amazing Heather who is also a Shrink mentor. This time I knew I couldn’t hide and would be more accountable which I know is what I need.
Since Sept ’16 the weight and inches have come off again slowly but surely. I got stuck after a family holiday earlier this year so Heather suggested trying the new Shrink Sculpt plan. This was the new challenge I needed – great recipes and loads of food. Again the plan was so easy to follow with a great exercise programme, although by this stage I was getting to the gym three times a week. The weight and inch loss kicked off again so I have lost over 2 1/2 stone and nearly 50 inches to date.
We went to the same place as last year for holiday but the big difference for me has been the weight loss, feeling healthier, more toned and a definite increase in energy. This as well as having confidence in the smaller clothes I am now able to wear (about two dress sizes smaller). I am much fitter and didn’t huff and puff on our daily walks.
Estelle has been confident and faithful in following her heart and listening to her calling to produce her Shrink Programme. So if you are thinking about taking control of your eating/exercise habits and general health and want a healthy, sensible, well structured weight loss programme with great support then the Shrink Plan is for you. If you give it 100% then you get 100% back. Don’t wait, go for it. Trust me, you really won’t be sorry. It really is a way of life for me know.
Hi my name is Ruby, I’m 62 years old, a wife a mum and granny to 4 adorable grand children. I have tried every diet going and none of them worked for me at all. I made a promise to my wonderful sister Gina before she passed away that I would lose the weight, then my other sister Joan reminded me about that promise. My life changed in May of 2016 when this very beautiful young lady came to talk at our church woman’s conference about Pure Wellness and Shrink, and healthy eating along side the fitness. Estelle Wallace had us laughing and crying but she kept my attention the whole way through. I kept saying “ No way will I ever eat that food!”
As Estelle finished her talk she finished with “This is not my plan but Gods plan” and that was me hook line and sinker. It took me a few weeks to prepare myself for a new way of eating and living.
I have a wonderful husband who stands by me no matter what plus does all my cooking for me. I embraced Shrink with all my heart and with God by my side, plus great support from all the Shrink girls. It was hard at first as most of the food I did not like at all, but with much prayer God gave me the palate to eat everything that was put in front of me, plus the water in take was hard at first but when you have your first weigh in plus your measurements it’s so mind blowing as to how it all comes together. To date I have lost 5 stones 1lb and over 90 inches 5 stone was my target, I have gone down 5 dress sizes. Shrink is a way of life for me now there’s no going back, I attend the gym 3 times a week along with friends and it is well worth the journey to a great friendly gym and a great wee coffee shop too “The Refinery.” If I had any advice for anyone struggling out there I would say, go onto the Shrink website and have a look into what it’s all about believe me it is well worth it. Up to now I have been taken off my fluid tablets a blood pressure tablet and a cholesterol tablet, and I’m not finished yet, my doctor is very pleased with the change in my life and my health praise God.
Shrink is not a diet, it is a complete change of life and way of life. I have completed all the plans in just under a year and there’s no going back for me now. If you value your health come and join us we are a great wee family. I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Estelle Wallace, Pearl Wilkinson Murray and Heather Pitts for all their love and support throughout my journey. God bless
I started my Shrink journey on the 24th of April 2017. I have always struggled with my weight and have started and stopped so many different diets, nothing ever seemed to work. I first heard about Shrink from my aunt who had joined. I then went onto Facebook and done some research on it.
I decided I might as well try ‘another’ diet to see if it could work for me.
I never in a million years thought that from my start date until now I would be 2 and a half stone lighter and have 35 inches off my entire body.
I cannot explain how much Shrink has changed my life. I am more confident, determined and happier in my own skin. I couldn’t have done it without the continuous support from Pearl every week at my Cookstown class.
The thing I love most about Shrink is that I have a day to day food plan to follow. Being told what to eat I soon realised worked for me. Everyday I was eating something different, I always got stuck in a rut in other diets where I was eating the same foods and getting fed up, so I gave up. If you put in 100% effort you are guaranteed results. It’s just like anything when you put your mind to it you can make it happen.
I now go to Estelles Pilates classes regularly & love to go to the gym (something I never thought I would say).
Starting Shrink is the best thing I ever done and a change in lifestyle I am determined to keep.”