Katie’s helped hundreds of people to lose excess weight and get healthier
A MUM who turned her life around after losing weight has now helped around 250 people tackle their own weight loss battle.
Katie Brain, 29, from Pontypridd, joined Slimming World in July 2014 after looking in the mirror while at a hairdressers and not liking the person looking back.
After losing around six-and-a-half stone in just over a year, mum-oftwo Katie decided to run her own Slimming World classes to help others.
Since starting her group in April 2017, Katie has helped around 250 people lose more than 700st collectively.
Slimming World consultant Katie said: “It has been really good. I work part time as well which can be quite difficult sometimes, but I’ve really enjoyed it.
“I think I get the motivation from going in and helping people which makes it all worth while.
“I lost a lot of weight myself through Slimming World and I wanted to help people to feel how I felt.
“I’m honest with them and I’m down to earth with it.
“I’m not some sort of robot, if someone has had a hard week or something then I understand. I’ve been there myself.”
When Katie fell pregnant with her second child, after losing around four stone, she was determined not to slip back into old habits.
Katie continued to attend her classes and only gained 4lb throughout the pregnancy.
She said: “He was almost born at one of the classes! My waters broke before the class, and because he was early and I went religiously to the classes I decided to still go.
“But on the way there he started coming so we had to turn around.”
Katie now runs two Slimming World classes and said she would like to run more.
She said: “It’s just about helping people and there are so many people out there who want help.
“There’s just so many fast food places everywhere now, even myself I find it hard sometimes.”