DROPPING KYLIE JENNER HELPED ME GET PREGNANT
START WEIGHT: 21st 8lb WEIGHT NOW: 13st TOTAL LOST: 8st 8lb — weight of KYLIE JENNER SHANNON DIXON, 43, works as a healthcare assistant. She lives in london with husband Paul and their son Kaylen, three. Shannon says:
I’VE always wanted children but was told I couldn’t have them due to my weight. Paul and I tried so many times: In the past five years we spent around £30,000 on IVF and we’ve lost nine pregnancies in total.
Four years ago, I’d had enough. I couldn’t take any more IVF, the impact was enormous. I joined a friend at Slimming World and lost a stone in a month. Then my sense of smell became acute. I could smell a strawberry soap in the bathroom, from downstairs. Paul said: ‘You’re pregnant! Have you done a pregnancy test?’ I did — seven, actually, to be sure — all positive.
I’ve never felt so emotional in my life.
Kaylen was born in June 2016, a healthy boy. Over 15 months I lost over eight- and- a- half stone. When I got on the scales and saw I’d reached my goal weight, everyone applauded. I am a whole 8st woman lighter.
I love having the energy to keep up with my threeyear-old. I’m size 12-14, so I can chase after Kaylen, no problem at all!
START WEIGHT: 19st 3lb WEIGHT NOW: 9st TOTAL LOST: 10st 3lb — weight of KATE WINSLET LUCIE HADLEY, 21, works with children with special needs. She lives in Peterborough with her parents and boyfriend, Sam. She says:
I’ve put on a stone a year since I was seven, and was bullied horrendously. I was called names and had food thrown at me. I became a very angry, lonely little girl and was often in trouble at school. At home, I’d spend the evening in my bedroom bingeing in secret. As I approached my 20th birthday, I realised how much of my teenage life I’d missed out on. I’d never travelled anywhere or done anything active or fun. I was 19st. I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life like this. I joined Slimming World in May 2017 —alongside my mum, who’d enrolled three months earlier. On the first day, it took ten minutes to pluck up the courage to walk in. Slimming World is about cooking differently and thinking about food differently. I knew I had an overeating problem, so I spent time with my consultant learning about portion control and listening to my body when I was full. By the September I’d lost 6st and friends couldn’t believe the difference. I got to my goal weight last October, dropping from size 24 to size 8. It means I’ve lost half my previous body weight. When I see that standing next to me, in the form of Kate Winslet, I realise what a fantastic achievement it is. Losing so much has given me huge confidence. I’ve been to a waterpark and done jet-skiing and trampolining. I even love clothes shopping again. I’ll never have Kate Winslet’s budget, but now I feel just as glamorous as her.