Hi there! This is my first post on my brand new blog and I am so excited to get started!
Before I start sharing my recipe ideas I just wanted to take a second to tell you about myself and how I got to where I am now.
I first joined Slimming World when I was 18. I finally broke down to my Mum about how fed up I was with being uncomfortable in my clothes and how much I hated the way I looked. I remember I was standing in the hallway and she gave me a hug and told me that we would both go and join Slimming World together. I already felt lighter and hopeful.
I’d never joined a slimming club before and I didnt know what to expect but what I found changed my life forever. I did really well and lost about a stone and a half! Then I started UNI and couldn’t go to the same group anymore and after that I decided to stop going and do it on my own. Of course over time I put the weight back on and never re-joined. I have lost and gained the same weight for the last 7 years and after joining and quitting too many times to count this last time was when I finally followed the programme properly!
So I should start 3 and half years after I first joined! I lost 12lbs before my Wedding day with Slimming World – felt amazing on the day and then straight after I put all the weight back on, couldn’t face going back and quit! After my Wedding I became really down and put even more weight on than ever before and ended up on anti-depressants for six months. I got my first full time job, moved away from family and over three years put on another 50lbs.
In June 2018 my Husband and I got some amazing news when we found out I was pregnant! I was so happy, this was what I had always wanted and I finally felt like my life was moving forward. When I was 4 weeks pregnant I got on the scale at the GP and couldn’t believe when they told me I weighed 15st 3lbs – my heaviest in the past had been 12st 7lbs and so I was really shocked to see how much heavier I had let myself get. The scariest part was I hadn’t even noticed. I had a really great pregnancy but towards the end I hurt my back and couldn’t walk more than a couple steps. So the last eight weeks of my pregnancy I was literally sofa bound! But! I got on the scales when my baby boy was 5 days old and I still weighed 15st 3lbs – so I hadn’t put any more weight on during pregnancy!
I just wanted to make a point of saying that all the weight that I put on was pre-pregnancy and pre-baby! I ate really healthy while pregnant and I was really proud that I managed to maintain my weight despite not being able to walk the last 8 weeks. After Matthew was born I did put another 10lbs on during the first 3 months and that’s when I finally decided I needed to do something!
So I went back to my group and I was welcomed with open arms! In July 2019 I walked into group with my three and a half month old Son and faced the scales for the first time since he’d been born. I was weighed at the end of my group and was definitely disappointed to see I now weighed 16 Stone! This was the heaviest I had ever been.
But I told myself this was the place where I could do something about it, and I knew that next week I would be lighter. I followed the programme completely and in my first week I managed to lose 7.5lbs! I was completely stunned and couldn’t believe it! After that I kept coming to my group (and always staying for image therapy) even when I didnt want to and now 7 months later I just got my 4.5 Stone award! I have lost 63.5lbs and I am half a pound lighter than I was at my Wedding!
I have completely undone all the weight that I put on post wedding and I cannot tell you how happy and how proud of myself! I have shared my journey so far on my Instagram and now I want to share all the lovely recipes and food that brought me such amazing success!
Before I joined Slimming World I couldn’t walk around while holding my baby because my back pain was still crippling. My knees were always sore and my confidence was at an all time low. I was about to make an appointment to go see the GP about going back on anti-depressants because I thought I might have postnatal depression. But instead I thought I would try getting back to healthy eating and losing weight. There arent enough words to say how grateful I am to have re-joined Slimming World instead!
I feel like I have found myself again! My back pain is gone and I can rock, swing and carry my baby all day long without even thinking about it! My depression is gone and I feel like a completely new woman! I still have days where life is tough and I feel low but I am able to deal with them because I am so much stronger now. I am better wife, a better Mummy and a better person for changing my lifestyle and eating habits!
The best part about this is I am now training to become a Slimming World Consultant! So now I will get to help hundreds of people find the same success that I have! I cant wait to help people change their lives and be the best that they can be! Because I truly believe everyone deserves to have #thatfeeling
So that’s it! That’s my story! Thanks for listening and I will keep you updated! Not at my target weight yet but I certainly am closer now! I would love to hear about your story, and I hope that by sharing my story and my food ideas that I will help to inspire more people to find the success I have found with Slimming World ❤
Eating with Molly 