FIONA’S STORY
Lockdown has been fantastic. I’ve never been so healthy
When gyms closed down at the beginning of lockdown, Fiona Miller thought she was doomed. After years battling with her weight, the 39-year-old, from Paisley, was on the road to reaching her goal weight. But then everything was thrown into chaos. “At my heaviest I was over 22 stone,” Fiona explained. “I was miserable.”
After years of losing weight then letting it creep back on, Fiona signed up to Weight Watchers last summer and promised to shed those extra stones. “This time I knew I needed to up my game with activity as well as diet so I joined a gym and started going to classes,” she said. “Then lockdown happened. The first couple of weeks were challenging, as I couldn’t get into a new routine. I also separated from my husband, which was tough. But I decided to use lockdown to my advantage.
“I did home workouts, virtual workouts, walking outside with my son five times a week to ensure we were being healthy together. “Most importantly, I told myself to be positive where I can be while allowing myself down days. I don’t use them as triggers to go back into old habits. Instead I create new habits and look at how I can breakdown those barriers.” Fiona has ditched her diet of chippies, pies, pasties, and chocolate in favour of chicken, eggs, veg and salads – and says she’s eating more than ever, but it’s the right foods.
The IT retail solutions specialist has lost two-and-ahalf stone during lockdown and is now a much happier 15 stone 7lbs. She has dropped five dress sizes in the last year and is down to a size 18.
“I’ve still got another five stone to lose, but I already feel fantastic,” Fiona said.
“It turns out lockdown has been one of the best things that could happen for me. At a time people are worrying about their health, I feel the healthiest I have ever been. “I’m starting to worry by the end of it people won’t recognise me – but that is a good thing!”