00:00 I have been overweight my whole life.
00:03 If you can picture an overweight and unhappy 10-year-old
00:06 who was taught that being overweight was about punishment,
00:10 about shame, about embarrassment.
00:12 And those are kind of the messages that followed me through
00:15 for the rest of my adult life.
00:16 And every sort of failed diet attempt
00:19 made me feel even more worthless.
00:21 In desperation, I picked up the phone
00:24 and rang Fiona, my consultant,
00:26 and cried and begged her on the phone,
00:28 "Please help me."
00:30 I remember walking through the doors on that very first day,
00:32 being welcomed with a cuppa and a smile.
00:35 And it was that moment that I thought,
00:37 "Do you know what?
00:38 "I'm never gonna be alone on my journey again
00:39 "because I've got this most amazing team around me."
00:42 My group have been there for me every step of the way.
00:46 And I wouldn't be sat here today
00:48 if it wasn't for them and their support.
00:50 - Having Kelly in group is just brilliant
00:52 because she supports the members,
00:55 she inspires the members.
00:57 And I think it's all from the self-belief
00:59 that she's developed in herself,
01:01 from taking that initial step into group.
01:03 And I think as she's gone on in her journey
01:05 and that belief has just grown,
01:08 it just absolutely shows in group.
01:11 - Being a teacher is really important to me.
01:13 It's what I'd always aspired to be
01:15 from that 10-year-old who needed that inspiration and support.
01:19 So we've set up a healthy living initiative
01:22 and we've got little stickers that we wear that say,
01:24 "I made a healthy choice today,"
01:26 that the children wear with pride.
01:28 We cook such family-friendly, tasty food
01:32 and find just new ways to cook it
01:34 in a healthier way that all the family will enjoy.
01:37 At the start of my journey,
01:39 the thought of Body Magic would have literally
01:41 brought me out in a cold sweat.
01:42 So when my consultant said to me,
01:44 "It wasn't about having to necessarily join a gym
01:48 "or be head to toe in lycra,
01:50 "it was just about making small changes to my everyday life."
01:56 The moment that I walked through those doors
01:59 at Slimming World that very first time
02:02 was that moment the new me began in transformation.
02:07 If only I'd have known the life that was waiting for me
02:12 that Slimming World has given to me,
02:14 I would have done it years ago.
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