A woman has opened up about how pre-holiday anxiety spurred her on to lose an incredible 8 stone. Mary Reid, 38 and from only joined her local Slimming World in January 2024. She bravely shared how she's always been overweight but was at the heaviest weight she'd ever been.
According to Mary, not only was she feeling miserable about her weight but she was also going on holiday to America that was making her anxious. She said: "I was so worried about having to go on the plane and that the seat belt wouldn’t fit me. This was only one of a few things that made me realise that actually my weight was stopping me and doing things with my family and I knew I needed to change! "As if someone had been reading my mind to my surprise I got a leaflet in through my door advertising the local Slimming World groups and I honestly felt like this was my sign to go back.
You see I had been to Slimming World before and whilst I did lose weight, I just wasn’t in the right frame of mind and I soon found myself slipping back into old habits of sticking with it and blowing it at the weekend." Mary added: "That all or nothing approach pulled me back but I was determined to try do something about breaking that cycle and working on feeling better for myself. I was so nervous going back and going on my own but as soon as I got in through the doors the consultant put me at ease straight away and went over everything.
"I always remember her saying 'make this your time' and it stuck with me and I thou.
