1½ stone loss after holiday snap horror!
Kellie Collins After having her baby 3 years ago, Zoe had been meaning to lose the weight she had gained during her pregnancy, but she’d never quite gotten round to it. But then looking at the photos from a family holiday, Zoe was horrified at her excess weight, and decided that action was needed!
When Zoe registered with us she weighed 11 st 11 lbs. With a height of 5’ 7”, this gave her a BMI of 26, which was just in the overweight category. Since then Zoe has shed 1½ stone and weighs in at a trim 10 st 4 lbs. Her new BMI of 23 is right in the middle of the healthy weight for height category.
“The weight had slowly crept on after having our daughter in 2002, and I had been constantly saying I would lose the weight one day” Zoe explains, “When I saw the holiday photos, I thought I really needed to do something.”
“Clothes were not looking as good as I would have liked. The excess bulge around my stomach meant that I couldn’t sit down with confidence so I would always have my arms or a cushion across my tummy when I sat down.”
As a result of her weight loss, Zoe’s confidence has soared and she’s had a massive clear out of her wardrobe. “I now walk with confidence and looking for clothes is great! I have managed to clear a great deal of clothes from my wardrobe and they have gone forever so there’s no turning back.”
So what particular aspects of the plan did Zoe enjoy most? “I loved the meal plans and the flexibility they gave, the shopping list to match, and the online graph charting my progress so that I could instantly see my success. The one thing that really kept me going was the support groups on the site. The instant support, advice and love that is given from other members is superb. On a bad day, the virtual hands would reach through the screen grabbing that Mars bar from my hands – it was amazing. I love them all!”
Zoe’s family made her weight loss easy by eating the same meals on her plan and reminding her to drink water. Her husband even did all the shopping for her! “He would go round our local Tesco with the shopping list enlisting the help of the shop assistants there to find all the ingredients on the list. I would come home from work and my meals would be on the table ready prepared!”
Her family and friends are delighted for Zoe’s success. “They all think I look great, and tell me so often. I feel amazing and love what I see now when I look in the mirror.”
Zoe is determined never to look back to the days when she was carrying the excess weight. “I am continuing to drink lots of water and to think about the food I am eating. If I indulge one day, I try to be good the next. There is no way I am slipping back into bad habits!”
