I first started attending Unislim a few years ago. I always felt I was heavy, even as a teenager I wasn’t the typical skinny Minnie and was always considered as cuddly & pretty. As I got older it got worse and worse, up and down losing weight putting it back on and plus some but all the time getting bigger and bigger.

The final straw came when I reached 16st 7lbs and a size 22 was a tight squeeze. I suppose if I’m to be honest I was really a size 24, beat into a size 22. Alarm bells rang. Being heavy is a great excuse to eat anything you fancy… it’s kind of ‘ah sure I’m heavy anyways what harm would  1 more biscuit do’ but in my case what started as 1 biscuit could finish at a packet of biscuits and I’d have bars of chocolate thinking nobody will know, the only one that knew was your waistline. Where would this weight increase stop, if I did not make an effort to control it.

Having a busy lifestyle, kids etc, it tends to leave you grabbing anything you can including finishing of what the kids had left. That was my excuse anyway. I basically ate food for the sake of it.
The real nightmare was in the size. Finding clothes that would fit was next to impossible. I will never forget that feeling of trying on a size 22 and it doesn’t fit, I know I need the next size up, but I’m not asking for that, so I squeeze into the 22. I can safely say it’s soul destroying, you just want to cry,  you lose all confidence and it basically leaves you feeling sorry for yourself and what do you do when you’re feeling sorry  for yourself ? EAT EVEN MORE. That was my vicious circle. I had myself trapped. Don’t get me wrong, I hated being overweight, how had I let myself get to this, where would I start, I wanted to start but I felt I could just not do it on my own.

So off to Anne Dixon in Gorey Unislim I went .Getting up on the scales for the first time is scary, my heart was beating, I’d say she could hear it at the scales, never mind embarrassing but then you realise everyone is there are there for the same reason as you - to lose weight. With the support, assurance and knowledge of Unislim I got a start made. Even those first few lbs, I felt so good. Losing weight has to be the best feeling in the world. I currently weigh 5 stone lighter than my old self and fitting into a size 12, I can safely say it’s the best feeling ever. You get back your self believe and confidence. You get a new you, and it’s all down to simply changing your lifestyle and eating healthy. It’s not a diet I’m on, I rather call it a way of simply eating healthy and with Unislim’s Food Maximizing Plan it couldn’t be easier. You have so much freedom with what you eat you’ll find it hard to be hungry and once you start the Food Maximizing Plan you will be truly amazed at the results you can achieve. As a family our meals are basically the same. Its just healthy eating right across the table.

When Anne asked me to get my before photo’s together, difficult task as you don’t be running for the camera at size 22, but I would hardly recognise myself. If I did not know it was me…well the only familiar part of me was my face. I could not believe it. I am proud of myself and I am very thankful to Unislim, Anne and the class. This has all given me a new life. I love it . If I can do it anyone can.