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I fell pregnant with my eldest son, Dylan, when I was 18. I was a size 10-12 and 10 stone before the cravings kicked in – curry, and lots of it. By the time Dylan was born in December 2005 I was 4.5st heavier and size 20… yikes!
When Dylan was 8 weeks old my now-husband and I moved out of our parent’s homes and into our little flat. I wasn’t very good at cooking from scratch so bought a lot of processed food, and we lived on a road full of takeaways: we ate a lot of junk!
In September 2007 our daughter Daisy came along. I actually lost weight during that pregnancy, despite my cake craving! I was a size 18 and lost 1st on Weight Watchers for our wedding in July 2008. I didn’t like my time on Weight Watchers at all, some people swear by it but I found it all too easy to waste my points on rubbish early in the day and then be hungry all night!
I first joined Slimming World in 2009 when my neighbour became a consultant. It was so easy to do, I was losing weight really well and got down to a size 16, until my husband’s work commitments changed and I couldn’t go to group. I told myself I would carry on at home but without the weekly weigh in it never happened! Christmas arrived and I was back to a size 20 :( I should have started up again in January…
Main meals were fine, I could cook by then and still cooked everything in a Slimming World friendly way. But I went back to having sugar in my tea instead of sweetener, filled up between meals on toast and chocolate etc, and counting syns didn’t cross my mind.
When I found out I was pregnant in August 2010 I resolved to eat better. That decision combined with horrendous morning sickness meant I lost a stone while I was pregnant. A few days after having Noah in April 2011 I decided to I needed to go back to Slimming World. I waited until he was 5 weeks old and breastfeeding was well established before going back to my old group. I was worried as I didn’t know anyone, but having a newborn baby with me proved to be a great conversation starter! I took it slowly at first as he was so young but as he got bigger I found it easier and started losing more weight.
In October 2011 I won our group’s Miss Slinky competition!
By Christmas 2011 I had lost almost 2st and was down to a size 16. This year started well but unfortunately the last couple of months have been very hectic – I have made wedding cakes and been bridesmaid at 2 weddings, organised and been to 4 hen parties (including a weekend in Bath and a few days in Marrakech!), and done the London Moonwalk! I have had less time and energy to plan my food so my weight has crept up a little and I’m now back at a 1st 13lb loss.
Jen xx
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