Mum loses FIVE stone for the sake of her health
A Washington mum’s diagnosis of fatty liver disease was the wake-up call she needed to lose weight and ensure she was around for her family.
Victoria Frame, 32, has lost an incredible 4st 13.5lb in just 11 months after joining Slimming World at Oxclose Church in February 2018.
The mum-of-two, from Lambton, Washington, had struggled with her weight all of her life, but things came to ahead after the birth of her second child in in March 2015 when doctors told her she was severely obese.
Diagnosed with fatty liver disease, Victoria was told that she had liver function abnormalities and was at risk of having having Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease and ministrokes.
Although blood tests came back clear for the conditions, it was wake-up call Victoria needed and spurred her on to take action.
She joined Slim ming World and went from 16 st 12.5 lb and a size Size 20-22 to 11st 13lb and a size 12-14.
The full-time mum said: “I have battled with my weight for as long as I can remember and finally I feel like the best version of myself.”
Over the years Victoria had to deal with stranger’s assuming that she was pregnant as a result of her weight.
She re members people giving up their seats and lifeguards on holiday whistling for her to leave the wave pools, presuming she was expecting.
Victoria said: “But when it actually came round to starting a family with my husband, we found out it would not be that easy.
"All the years of pretending and agreeing with strangers took its toll and I started to eat for comfort – which only increased not only my size but even more comments.”
Victoria was then diagnosed with Polycystic Ovaries and Endometriosis and told her chances of falling pregnant and going onto have alive birth were near impossible.
After deciding to undergo fertility treatment, in April 2013 Victoria started a round of IVF at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead and went onto giving birth to daughter Oriana.
Eight months later the new mum started on her second round of fertility treatment and went on to have her son Alistair in March 2015.
Victoria has even launched her own Slimming World group at the Millennium Centre in Concord, Washington. every Monday at 7pm.