Mum loses 7st ...by exercising with tins of beans!
ROUTINE HELPS DIETER SHED HALF HER BODY WEIGHT
A DETERMINED mum shed HALF her body weight in less than a year with an unusual exercise routine – using tins of BAKED BEANS as weights.
Hollie Nolan lost an impressive seven stone – going from a size 22 to a size eight – in just nine months by lifting cans of the dinner time favourite.
The 30-year-old, from Bolton, decided to make a change after seeing herself in footage from her sister’s wedding and breaking down in tears.
Facing up to the fact she was struggling to walk, she set about fitting exercise into her busy life.
Hollie, who has two sons aged seven and four, went to Slimming World classes after her dad, John, 57, paid for sessions.
He promised to take her and the boys to Corfu if she lost two stone.
Hollie, a receptionist, swapped lazing on the sofa with sugary drinks and junk food for threemile runs, three times a week.
She bought an exercise DVD by Davina McCall and worked out to it twice a day – and raided the kitchen cupboard instead of buying expensive weights.
Hollie, who went from 16st 7lbs to 9st 7lbs, said: “When I saw myself in the wedding video I felt sick and embarrassed.
“I didn’t realise I was that big. I put it on over a number of years, after the birth of my second child.
“I didn’t have the motivation and slipped into depression. I was getting out of breath and struggling to walk properly.
“I was getting bigger and bigger, I put it all on over about two years.
“I lost interest in what I was wearing and I didn’t want to socialise. But seeing the video gave me the motivation to change.
“I used tins of beans instead of weights. You can focus on legs, cardio or just warm up. If I’m busy I’ll just do 20 or 30 minutes each day. And I cook everything from scratch. I like cooking anyway, it’s more enjoyable.
“Now my confidence has grown 100 per cent. I wear things I wouldn’t have dreamed of wearing before.”