Posted 11 days ago
Losing It!
Helen Haddon, 52, Redditch
Was 17st… Now 10st 3lb
At the beginning of last year, my clothes didn’t fit, my self-esteem was rock bottom, and I was so unfit, I couldn’t even go for a run with my four Border collies.
Because I loved curries, crisps, cakes and wine, I’d been overweight on and off for years. But as I got heavier, I…
Posted 67 days ago
Diane Smith, 48, Wallasley, Wirral
Was… 15st 10lb Now… 10st 10lb
It was the summer of 2008 and, just back from holiday, the photos made me realise I needed to lose weight!
I’d always been overweight, but when I gave up smoking, I swapped cigs for pies, pasties and sausage rolls and put on 1st in three weeks! I carried on eating…
Posted 95 days ago
Whoa! My goodness, Christina, you’ve really got big!’
I was visiting my folks in Jamaica, and they’re not ones to mince their words!
Well, I was 4st larger than when they’d last seen me. I’d turned to food when my marriage broke up. I loved cake!
I was so embarrassed, but it turned out to be a good thing.
I knew I was ready…
Posted 129 days ago
Life is amazing!
HOW I LOST IT!
What do you want to achieve?’ asked the gym instructor, looking me up and down – obviously thinking I was too heavy!
My eating had got out of control when I started work. I’d often eat twice!
One night, I had spaghetti Bolognese at home, then an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet when I was out!
Now I wanted to lose weight……
Posted 178 days ago
Losing It!
Sarah Cottrell, 36, Desford
Was… 13st 3lb Now… 9st 6lb
When I met my new boyfriend Glen, he soon started to see a lot more of me as, with cosy takeaway nights in, my weight shot up, and before I knew it, I was a size-18!
I hate having my photo taken, so when friends said they were getting married and asked…
Posted 200 days ago
Losing It!
Lisa Cooper, 36, Warrington
Was… 14st 4lb Now… 9st 2lb
Though I’d been a chubby child, it was at university that my weight started to creep up. And when I got married to Chris in 2004, it was in a size-16/18 dress.
Years of eating huge portions, takeaways, and chocs with a bottle of wine in front of the TV didn’t help!
I’d…
Posted 220 days ago
HOW I LOST IT!
Then: 13st 1lb Now: 9st 13lb
It was June 2010, and I’d joined my friend Louise, who’s a member of our local Rosemary Conley group, on their annual 10-mile Moonlight Walk in aid of a local hospice.
I didn’t think I’d finish, as I kept stopping to catch my breath. When I finished four hours later, my feet were covered…
Posted 304 days ago
Losing It!
Jane Hall, 55, Lancaster
Was… 18st 4lb Now… 10st 11lb
I love motorbiking, but when I got on a bike, my tummy rested on the tank, and I had to wear a man’s jacket. I wanted to go from biker broad to biker chick!
They called me Fatty Arbuckle at school, and I was a size-16 when I got married at 19.…
Posted 395 days ago
Losing It!
Jeanette Richards, 54, Buntingford, Herts
Was… 14st 5lb. Now… 11st 5lb.
Who was that fat lady with the moon-shaped face in the photos of my 50th birthday party?
When I realised it was me, I was shocked!
My weight had shot up after I lost my husband Barry to oesophageal cancer in 2005. I comfort-ate and before I knew it, I was over…
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