Mum-of-two Claire Griffiths was so scared of the scales it wasn't until she went along to a Slimming World meeting with her friend for "moral support" that she actually found out what she weighed - 19st and 2lb
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A self-confessed former couch potato has lost seven stone in under a year and says it’s changed her life.
Super slimmer Claire Griffiths says she’s always been overweight.
But the mum-of-two was so scared of the scales it wasn’t until she went along to a Slimming World meeting with her friend for “moral support” that she actually found out what she weighed - 19st and 2lb.
“I would never have got on the scales previously,” says Claire, a customer assistant for Tesco, who lives in Hemlington, Middlesbrough with her boys Kane, 17, and Brandon, 11, and partner Jason Fysh, 43.
“I hadn’t even thought I was big. Basically a friend asked me to go with her.
“I went along really thinking it was a big con.
“I thought ‘you have to pay someone to weigh you? It’s not going to work’.”
But within a week on the plan, Claire - who was a size 24-26 - had lost six and a half pounds and was inspired to keep on with the weight loss.
In just under a year Claire, who went to a Coulby Newham Slimming World Group, has now slimmed to 12st 2lb and a dress size 12.
“I just went on from there,” says Claire, who now runs her own Slimming World group in Yarm.
“And it has changed my life dramatically. I used to get in from work and plonk myself on the settee. Now I go to Zumba, go to the gym. My confidence has soared.”
On the Slimming World plan, the aim is to eat healthily - including a lot of home-cooked meals - with the occasional treat.
“I eat loads,” says Claire, “In fact I never stop eating. It’s just about working out the correct foods.”
She added: “I thought I was happy before but I’m actually really happy now.
“Friends and family have been shocked but really supportive and really happy for me.
“A lot of them now comment on how well I look.
“I feel healthier too - I do things like going swimming with the boys which I never used to do.
“I used to read the magazines about people who’d lost weight and think ‘that’s not the same person’.
“But it really, really does work - as long as you stick to a plan. I’m living proof.”
For details about Claire’s Slimming World group call 07522 671246.
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