Sepsis mum to take on Africa climb
BY ARTHUR VUNDLA AN INSPIRING mum whose hands and feet were amputated when she came down with sepsis is getting ready to scale Africa’s highest mountain.
Corinne Hutton came close to losing her life as her immune system went into overdrive in 2013.
Four months later, the mum from Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, walked a mile through Glasgow on prosthetic legs for charity.
She will leave to hike to the top of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on September 29.
She will be raising money for her charity, Finding Your Feet, who help other amputees.
Corinne has launched the “Kinda Kili” challenge, in which supporters can cover the same distance by walking, running, cycling or swimming to raise funds. A WOMAN who lost four stone after her holiday was spoiled by looking at thin women on the beach has become a personal trainer.
Jules Duncan’s weight spiralled out of control after gorging herself on ham and cheese sandwiches, packets of crisps and chocolate.
But the shame she felt about her body ruined a trip to Ibiza in 2011 and led her to slim down from 15st 2Ib to 11st.
Jules, 38, from Greenock, said: “When I got to Ibiza with my friend and husband, Ross, that was the lowest point of my life.
“Being overweight, I would be tired all the time and I didn’t have much energy to do anything else. It was so uncomfortable.
“It was just an ongoing BY ARTHUR VUNDLA reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk struggle and I looked at everything so negatively, I was constantly bloated by the fizzy drinks I was drinking.
“I remember I would watch everyone else in the pool and I didn’t want to take my dress off because I thought everyone would look at me.
“When you are in that environment, you think you will become the centre of attention because of your weight but no one cares.
“However, in your mind you think everyone does.
“When I felt like that, I knew something had to change, it was the big turning point.”
Her weight had always been an issue but it had become a problem because of her high carb diet and got even worse when she tried several fad diets which didn’t work.
This time, Jules got to work properly, eating more healthily and taking plenty of exercise, which helped her drop from a size 18 to a size 10.
She left her job at an insurance company and now runs her own business called The Badass Rules, a health and wellbeing programme based at Team Badass Studio in Greenock.
At the studio, Jules provides locals with fitness classes, peer support and encourages women to embrace a more positive mentality.
She added: “I became a PT in 2011 too and I wanted to do something that would help other women who felt like me. For me, it’s about loving yourself.
“The problem is, when we have the idea of a diet we think we need to forget about the junk foods we eat.
“But maybe rather than having a lot of it, let’s try and reduce it a bit.
“I ended up throwing my scales out because I do not want to look at the numbers because then I feel like I would criticise myself even more.
“It’s about how good you feel as an individual and eating the right things for your body is part of that.
“I feel amazing now, I have lots of energy. This was my goal – to feel and look like a badass.”
Jules’s website is www. thebadassrules.co.uk BREAKFAST: Oats, porridge with almonds. Prawns, rice & veg. Salmon and sweet potato.
Fruit. She drinks two litres of water a day and does up to two hours of exercise.