Class: Balbriggan, Dublin Class leader: Rachel Somers Joining Weight: 13st Current Weight: 9st 10lbs TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 3st 4lbs   Many Unislim members talk of a wake-up call that made them do something about their weight, and for mum-of-two Roezena Whelan, it was a picture of her at a family party. “I thought I was looking good that night!” she remembers. “I stayed in denial about it until I got a Unislim flyer through the door. It was like fate. The meeting was on that night and I decided to go. That was the beginning of my new life. “Once I read the plan, I realized it was doable – all the foods were everyday foods – and sheer determination…

Class: Newbridge Class Leader: Annemarie Sheehan Joining Weight: 12st 4lbs Current Weight: 9st 4lbs TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 3st     Another Monday, another diet was Mary Leigh’s approach to her weight before she lost a whopping three stone with Unislim. “I felt that I had got into a bit of a rut, and I could see the weight going on. I would have always been slightly overweight, but a combination of having children, not much exercise and sitting in and eating made the weight go on gradually. Every Monday I’d start a new diet and would give up only a few days later.” It was the structure of Unislim that appealed to Mary. “I had been thinking about it for a few months…

Class: Arklow, Wicklow Class Leader: Anne Dixon Joining Weight: 15st 1lbs Current Weight: 11st 1lbs TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 4st 10lbs     The group dynamic and an encouraging leader were two factors in Gillian Curran’s phenomenal weight loss. “I chose Unislim simply because the time suited and everyone was talking about it. But once I joined, I never looked back. Part of the reason I kept with it and kept losing weight was my leader. Anne is very, very good. She never put me under pressure. Anything I did was good. I lost three or four pounds the first week, which I was delighted with. But then I looked at how much weight I had to lose and it just seemed so much,…

    Class: Ennis Class Leader: Laura O’Shea Joining Weight: 15st 11lbs Current Weight: 10st 4lbs TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 5st 7lbs   A dress, some snooty shop assistants and a family wedding were the triggers that pushed Ursula Guilfoyle to her first Unislim class. “I always wanted to lose the weight but never really did anything about it, but when I heard my sister was going to get married, I decided that it was time to lose it. I went into a shop in Limerick and saw a lovely blue dress for the wedding. I went up to these two shop assistants with the dress, I think it was in a size 14, and asked if they had it in…

Class: Newry Class Leader: Arlene Carlisle Joining Weight: 19st 6lbs Current Weight: 14st 7lbs TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 4st 13lbs     Like many other men, Martin Donnan had put on weight over the years and decided to join his local Unislim class. “I was always big, and it runs in my family. Before I joined Unislim I had been trying to lose weight by myself, but my girlfriend, who was a member, asked me if I would go with her. I was a bit nervous, as I didn’t really know if many men would be there. But there were other men there, which made me feel a bit better. “I found the first week was the toughest as I was…

  Elaine Duff is looking and feeling incredible after losing 33lbs (2stone 3lbs) in only 4 months! Here is her inspiring story!   During my 20's, the weight slowly piled on and I went from a size 12 to a size 18. As I got heavier, my confidence got lower. I didn't enjoy shopping and it was hard watching my friends swap clothes and not being able to join in. Holidays were the worst, I didn't feel comfortable being seen in swimwear and hadn't worn a bikini since I was 22. I didn't want to spend my 30's feeling overweight and unhappy, so when a friend suggested joining Unislim, I jumped at the chance. I first joined in July 2011…

  Nicky’s feels younger than ever! Horse-loving Nicky Nesbitt (42), from Antrim, joined a Unislim class in Ballymena in June 2011, and lost 4 st 6 lbs; dropping from a Size 22 to a Size 12. After tipping the scales at 15st 13lbs, she is now a trim 11st 7lbs. “Even as a teenager I was larger than my school mates, but I constantly reassured myself that it was OK I was just 'big boned'. Yet my big life changing moment happened in the summer of 2008, when I was diagnosed with Non-Hogkins Lymphoma. Understandably my weight issues had to take a back seat while I dealt with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. “When I was thankfully given a clean bill of…