A lot of weight off my mind!
HEARING the word holiday, I started to sink into my chair, I had not been away in the sun for almost two years, so when my lovely other half suggested a holiday, I felt sick to my stomach.
My mind racing saying what will I wear, the dreaded swimwear shopping… I was panicking I went into the spare room took out some old holiday clothes, well a little under two years old and not one thing fitted me! I knew I had put on weight I was just in denial, takeaways, meals out, cakes you name it I was eating and in abundance. And that was all after trying on those clothes, comfort eating at its best, I started getting really down knowing the holiday was only a little over three months away, didn’t want to go shopping, not going out much, I hated what I saw in the mirror.
The next day I googled weightloss groups in my local area, Slimming World came up, so I said to myself next Thursday I’m joining!
The following week came and I walked through those doorsfeeling very down, embarrassed, feeling like the biggest person in the room, quickly that all went away when I was greeted by a lovely woman, who then was my Slimmimg World consultant, I couldn’t believe it when she started going through the extra easy food plan, and started saying unlimited amounts of meat, eggs ,pasta, rice, potatoes... yes potatoes… I thought ok I will give this a go.
I walked back into group the following week and stood anxiously on those scales, I lost 5.5 pounds I couldn’t believe it, the following week I received my half stone award, several months passed, the day before I flew away, my stone and a half award ... that was 21 pounds gone.
What a feeling getting on that plane the next day in my white skinny jeans, I felt amazing for the first time in ages not only with my weightloss but my mind as well. That was all down to the weekly meetings amd support I got at group, week in week out, no matter what the scales said. The amazing food I was eating; spaghetti bolognese was my favourite, so tasty and delicious and not from a jar - I made it in 20 minutes from scratch.
The coming weeks I lost some pounds, with a total loss of just under two stone, still on my journey, but with all that in mind I decided to become a Slimming World consultant.
I feel I can inspire others to achieve what I have achieved and feel fabulous from the inside out. Slimming World has changed my life, not only through food and what I eat but my mind as well and it can change your life too. So come join me and give it a go you will never look back.