Winner of the 'OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT for 1 – 4stone Category 2011'

I joined Unislim after seeing photos of myself on holiday in Africa and all I could see in every photo were my rolls of fat and not the animals. When I got back I could hardly look at them.

My friend said she was joining and i thought I would go to before I went up another dress size, I was a 16 and the next stop was 18, I know I had to do something. I had been slim as a teenager but when i moved away from home in my 20's the weight started to go up, I lived on takeaways. I did join a slimming club before and I lost the weight but over time it all went back on again.

I think it was because I didn't make a life style change that I could follow for the rest of my life. With unislim i have made that change, I eat more now than I ever have, but all the right things. My kitchen is now a room that I spend most of my time, not just a room that came with the house. I have learned to eat breakfast every day and to control my portion size, before I didn’t eat till 2p.m when I went to work and for dinner I would have a plate of pasta that could feed two men, followed by chocolate and crisps.

I walk most days and have started running as well. I have even bought my first bikini in years and on holidays recently I felt good about myself and how I looked, not hiding under a towel.

Unislim has changed my life; I have lots of energy, have gotten my confidence back and felt great knowing that this time I will not put back on the weight. I joined in November and was 12st 1lb and a size 16; I am now 9st 2lb and a size 10. My target is 9 stone so only 2 more pounds to go, hopefully next week, i will then have lost 3 stone.