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An unlikely source for a compliment!

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OK, so I live in Portugal; and I speak Portuguese badly. As I am a lady of a certain age, my hubby encouraged me to have some laser 'hair removal' (which these days is in fact very quick and painless).

So, without going into too many details I turn up for my third monthly session and I'm in my bra and pants (feeling a wee bit self concious) and the lady (who I've only met 2 times before, spontaneously comments on how slim I've got!!! (hey- what's going on?)...

So, someone who's only met me those few times (true, she gets to see me in a state of undress) noticed!! WOW.

Anyhow I told her (in very bad-grammar Portuguese) all about Couch25K ... and she seemed to understand!

10 mins later all done and I'm out of there (with less hair)... couple more sessions to go.

PB

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That's brilliant. Sometimes you don't notice these things yourself and it's nice when people can see the hard work that you've put in. I'm also hoping to lose inches 😁

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It's all your hard work paying off. As well as being fitter you're slimmer. 😊😊

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JogunlikelyGraduate

Wow, such a lovely compliment to get esp from someone who has no benefit from giving it 😊

As an aside how are you finding the LHR? I'm halfway through my course and it's been really effective. Not all areas have been pain free 😳🤣 but defo worth it x

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primaballerina in reply to Jogunlikely

She puts loads of gel on me, bikini, armpits and a bit on my face(!) and then just runs some flashes of lazer (which worryingly I can see with eyes shut and special glasses on). So not each hair being treated but the whole 'patch'... takes about 10 mins! Not sure how many more sessions I need, but definately less hair growth. No pain at all!

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Aww what a nice surprise pb. As "non scales victories" go that's a good story 😊

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