‘I Lost Eight Stone And Reversed My Diabetes After Lockdown Epiphany’ – Todayuknews – Todayuknews
A “light bulb” moment during lockdown helped Helen Rogers not only shed 8st but also send her diabetes into remission.
Tipping the scales at 20st 8lb, the 56-year-old realised it was down to her to make a change.
Helen first joined Slimming World in 2018 but says years working …….
A “light bulb” moment during lockdown helped Helen Rogers not only shed 8st but also send her diabetes into remission.
Tipping the scales at 20st 8lb, the 56-year-old realised it was down to her to make a change.
Helen first joined Slimming World in 2018 but says years working from home and easy access to snacks became her dieting downfall.
She said: “I worked from home for 25 years and sometimes I didn’t leave my house for days on end.
“Before joining Slimming World, I wouldn’t think about what I was eating at all. As I was always jumping on calls, I usually just grabbed quick food like toast for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch (with crisps) and then I’d have a cooked meal for tea.
Before – weighing 20st 8lb and loving to snack
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Now – 12st 7lb and doing 14,000 steps a day
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“If I did ever have salad or chips, I’d have more bread with it too and although I didn’t ever eat fried food or takeaways or sweet foods or chocolate, I enjoyed many savoury snacks like crisps, nuts, crumpets and crackers.”
On signing up for the group Helen lost 2st, but after retiring from her job with BT, a busy social life slowed her progress.
Helen slims down after her lockdown epiphany
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Helen is all smiles after her slimming success
“I was going out socialising and eating at restaurants all the time,” she said. “I used to think that was why I was so slow at losing the next stone.”
Then came the pandemic, and a dire need for a change.
“After a few not very good weeks at the start of lockdown, I had a ‘light bulb’ moment when I realised that it was now down to me,” she recalls. “I could no longer blame my social life.”
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