Weight Loss Struggles

It's not just physical

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The person you’d take a bullet for is usually the one behind the trigger.

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This is so true! Some people spot love as a vulnerability and an opportunity to exploit. Heart wrenching 💔

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Flavoured with a bit of granola ! #slimmingworld #breakfast

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For anyone who’s thinking of joining slimming world I can honestly say it has been one of the greatest decisions I have ever made and it’s a diet that actually works without feeling hungry! I’m 7 months in and 31 pounds down so far and I’ve never felt so good 💪🏼 feel free to ask me questions if you want to know more about it 😊

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Amazing achievement btw!!! You look fab X

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For anyone who’s thinking of joining slimming world I can honestly say it has been one of the greatest decisions I have ever made and it’s a diet that actually works without feeling hungry! I’m 7 months in and 31 pounds down so far and I’ve never felt so good 💪🏼 feel free to ask me questions if you want to know more about it 😊

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I'm starting a blog about my weight loss journey how did you stay focused?

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Mum Swaps Takeaways For ‘Fakeaways’, Sheds Almost 7 Stone In 7 Months

What a transformation! Krystina Wright shed a whopping 6 stone 10 lbs [Photos: Instatram/mrsmummywright_sw]

Staring at the picture of her and her pregnant sister, Krystina Wright made a life-changing decision.  

The family snapshot was taken at her sister’s baby shower but though her sibling was eight months pregnant, the 29-year-old was shocked to notice that she herself looked far bigger.

“I looked at the snap with horror,” she told Mail Online. “For the first time I realised that I had to do something about my weight once and for all.”

Like many women the mum-of-two from Warwickshire, had seen her weight gradually creep up over the years until, at her heaviest, Krystina tipped the scales at 17 stone 5 and wore a dress size 22.

Krystina lost an incredible 6 stone 10 lbs in 7 months [Photos: Instatram/mrsmummywright_sw]

But the baby shower picture provided her with the inspiration she needed to overhaul her lifestyle. The first step was joining her local Slimming World, where she learnt that a few simple changes to her diet and exercise regime would help kick-start her body transformation.

Fast forward 7 months and after dropping a whopping six stone 10 lbs, Krystina has now been crowned ‘Greatest Loser’ at her local Slimming World group. And the mum-of-two, who has been documenting her fitness journey on Instagram and in a blog, is pretty proud of her weight loss achievement.

Krystina regularly shares transformation shots to her Instagram [Photos: Instatram/mrsmummywright_sw]

“I did it! I’m officially a target member!” she wrote alongside a side-by-side selfie on Instagram. “In 7 months I’ve lost 6 stone 10 pounds! I am thrilled to bits! I started at a size 22 & now a size 8-10! I’m a busy mum of two toddlers, I’m not able to spend hours in the gym, I’m a real woman that eats food, no potions, pills or shakes! I’ve gone through, Christmas, Easter & been on holiday & never gained once! I’m proud to be a total loser & can’t recommend @slimmingworld enough, it’s life changing!”

Krystina has swapped takeaways for fakeaways [Photos: Instatram/mrsmummywright_sw]

Krystina credits switching takeaways for ‘fakeaways’, more healthy versions of her favourite meals, and taking up spin and exercise classes. She regularly posts images of her health-pimped meals as well as transformation shots to help motivate her 14K followers into kick-starting their own fitness journey.

“I feel like a totally different person, and I look like one too,” she said of her transformation. “I’m proud that my boys will know me as the fit, healthy, woman I am now.”

What do you think of Krystina’s transformation? Let us know @YahooStyleUK

Mum Shares Inspirational Photos Of Her Post-Baby Abs

Woman Shares Body Transformation Selfie After Shedding An Incredible 92kg In Under A Year

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Such an inspiration ! I'm just on my journey to slimming world !!! Such fab achievements you've done !!!

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This is my fave filling meal I’m so full I can’t move. May have over done it on the egg ham cups but I’ve had so many bad cravings hopefully I’ll stay full FOREVER.

To make the ham egg cup things I just put cupcake cases in a cupcake tin and lined the cases with ham. I then cracked the egg into the the ham cup and put them in the oven and around 180 degrees. I kept an eye and don’t really time them, but they normally take on average 10 minutes 💖

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Looks lush !

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(Left) Before (Right) Current … Just had to post this to remind myself of how far I’ve come as I’m feeling a little crap at the moment. Feel like I’ve hit a brick wall and aren’t getting anywhere.. If anyone has any tips to share to help the weight come off quicker, please do 😇 33 pounds down so far! I can do this 💪🏼

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Well done keep at it !!!!

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Such amazing words!

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So I suppose we should begin at the start ……

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There's always a start ....

Okay so I suppose I better give a lil bit of back ground.

I’ve always struggled with my weight since when I can remember. My mums portions were huge ! But I loved my food and still do!

I can remember being really active as a child and my family were and still are really active. My activity was swimming, I loved it ! But when I started to be a woman and things started to change I started to become self conscious! I piled on the weight and my grandad started to tell me how much I had put on. My mum took me to the doctors in my early teen years about my age and weight. It’s fair to say I went in my shell instead of out, I looked at myself with disgust and that pushed me further towards food.

All the girls in my year (teen years) were getting boyfriends and attention where as I was just eating more and getting attention off fat … On my hips. On this one occasion my brother took a picture of me on his new phone, I never thought anything of it until he came home from work one night. He walked through the door and started to laugh, he said that his boss said with disgust “who’s that chunky monkey” when he was showing his colleagues his new phone and pictures. All I could think was “wow, so I’m like huge?”.

After that my family became obsessed with my weight and my grandad (being an athlete) took me running come rain, wind or boiling heat I was running! My mum took me to weight watchers and at a time when I should have been with friends and being care free I started to feel the same obsession as my family.

I went to extremes but it’s what I had to do (I thought) to join the navy. My obsession started to effect my health. I dropped from a 16 to a 10, at the age of 16. It took me a few years but I was were I wanted to be … Unfortunately I craved to loose more inches and started to put my fingers down my throat so what I ate wouldn’t go near my stomach.

I managed to get in the navy as the picture shows below BUT my obsession carried on. I was terrified of failing my fitness test and terrified of putting on the pounds. I passed my fitness test “whoop” but I couldn’t recognise myself and the obsession that had taken over me. I met a friend, Jane, she took me under her wing and supported me to the doctors. From that day I could see that yes throwing up may make me look slim for a very short while but my insides wouldn’t look to good and my teeth would soon start to erode due to the acid from my stomach. It took time and I had to rebuild myself and my relationships around me.

From my third year in the navy until my last year, I’d failed my fitness test on more than one occasion and put on weight. But I was healthy! I didn’t care and I started to enjoy myself ! Of course people said things and chipped away at my new found confidence … But these people were superficial and my friends loved me for me and my family stopped talking about my weight.

It’s very very sad weight goes up and down all the time and when I look at a cheese cake I put a stone on. So with that in mind my family were not going to just stop talking, and the chipping can only chip for so long. Times change and life takes you on a wild ride- nothing lasts forever.

I broke my ankle and stopped training! I left the navy, life happened and sometimes in life some really really shitty things happen that only ice cream and cake can help with. My weight went up and down like a fly on speed ! But I kept a smile on my face ! My family got my attitude when they spoke about my weight. I was empowered !

I met someone special (name withheld) we got engaged and he is my kind of crazy! We are engaged and want to start a family but I lost a baby to still birth in 2012 and I want to reduce all risks so we can have a baby that’s healthy. I know size doesn’t matter but in this case its more health that has taken priority and therefore I have made the decision to loose weight again.

I’m the heaviest I have ever been, I keep eating and every time I fail I eat more. I’ve recently joined slimming world and want to log the day to day struggles that us people with a massive appetite have to face!

Wooosaaaaa that’s the heavy stuff out the way let’s look forward ! I have you guys and you guys have me and my amazing sarcasm and anger when I can’t get my chops around a chocolate eclair ! Am I scared I’ll get obsessed again? yes I’m shitting myself but I’m hoping reflecting back on these will help me be focused and not obsessed!

I can promise one thing - I’ll be honest !

Thank you for reading! ❤️

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So I suppose we should begin at the start ......

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Weight loss struggles

So, hey all, my name is steph! This is the first time I’ve blogged, so please be patient 🤓 I want to start writing about weight, not just any weight but the stuff that gets people down and does not shift after all the exercise, Pilates, aerobic and diets! I’m a massive foodie and I love all food that’s naughty! I hate exercise and I get sucked in to all these fads! BUT and this is a big but ! we want to start a family and right now I’m not healthy enough to carry a baby so I’ve decided to go on the journey of slimming world ! And gyming ! I’m a woman who knows this struggle and I want to write to help everyone all shapes and sizes, your not alone and yes loosing weight is hard BUT with support it will make it easier !