I’ve never felt better. I feel younger, not older, before my time

A slimmer who transformed her life by losing nearly four stone is using her success to shape a whole new career helping other people change their lives and achieve their weight loss dreams too.

Nicola joined her local Slimming World group in November 2016 after being asked to be a bridesmaid the following January.

At the time Nicola was wearing a size 16, however, she was so confident in what she had heard about Slimming World she asked for her dress to be ordered in a size 12 and promised it would fit.

Nicola walked into her local group at the Almondvale Football Stadium really annoyed with herself.

She said: “I could not believe I had let my lifestyle get so out of control. However, I was excited to meet the group and start my journey.

“The group made me feel so welcome and were very friendly. The consultant was so supportive, I could not wait to get started.

“I had tried to lose weight so many times before by following different diets but they were never sustainable. I’d always get tired of restricting what I ate.

“My first week was amazing, no food was off limits. I never felt like I was on a diet. I enjoyed pasta, baked potatoes, crust less quiche and chocolate.

“I couldn’t believe I’d found a way to lose weight without starving myself.

“I went to group the following Thursday and I had lost 6.5lb, I was hooked.

“I continued to lose weight, even over Christmas and the New Year. By the time the wedding came along in January I had lost two stone and the size 12 dress fit. I felt and looked amazing.

“I continued to enjoy free food, swapped my crisps and biscuits for fruit and in July 2017 I reached my target weight having lost 3st 9lb in total.

“I have never felt better, I have more confidence in the way I look and my physical capabilities.

“I took up running, something that wouldn’t have been possible before losing the weigh.

“I can run 5k and completed a 22 mile English Channel swim challenge all pain free. I feel younger rather than older before my time.” Nicola has now trained as a consultant for Slimming World, the UK’s largest groupbased weight loss organisation, at their national training academy in Derbyshire.

Now she is opening her own group in Livingston at Livingston Football Club on Tuesday, January 9.

Nicola’s Slimming World group will be held at Livingston Football Club every Tuesday at 7.30pm.

For more information or to join Nicola’s group either pop along on Tuesday, January 9, or call her on 07488 299 074 or for more information visit www. slimmingworld.co.uk or call 0344 897 8000.