Basma Belaid, 41 years old, Sales assistant, Tunis
Lost 31 kilos in 7 months

An endless suffering,
An irremediable pain,
Timid, slow, heavy gestures of a body that is exhausted by time, by worries, damaged by the days, a body which we destroy pitilessly.

One day, someone lent me a very generous hand; at last a glimmer of hope, a light in a dark life, a hand that is tender and hot to fill my heart with warmth.

There was a rebirth amidst this darkness; a fresh air blowing through my life; a breeze of a beautiful summer morning moved and helped breathe what was stifled for years, this body, this envelope which accompanies us throughout our journey on earth, breathes at last, I breathe ... and my mind does it too.

A million thanks to everyone who helped me to be happy, to accept myself as a woman who has the right to live comfortably without constraints.

Thanks are also due to my guardian angels, and especially to my aunt who gave me the opportunity to move forward and recover the lost time ...

Thanks to the wonderful Sophie, this superb generous woman who made a cure out of her suffering, a path that has to be followed by everyone, a law which has to be implemented to make our happiness, the happiness of hundreds of people and why not thousands more ...
Thanks to my husband who has always believed in me and supported me so much ...

I have never doubted my success throughout the whole journey, especially since the result was immediately there in front of my eyes, and especially the eyes of the others: friends or enemies. Yet, what really matters is that I will manage at the end to be like everyone else, because I look like no one until now.

Thanks to myself, thanks to God and my angels, thanks to the fact that I knew how to satisfy myself, to adapt my daily life to my new needs as a wife and a mother ... in order to become an active being, in a society that judges us only by appearances.

It is a very important transition in my life that helps me to go forward (I detest stagnation)
It is a legacy that I will pass on from generation to generation ...
It's the most beautiful experience that adorns my LIFE.