Greggs addict lost SIX STONE after ditching her steak bake and bean melt diet
17.10.2022 - 13:41
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 15st Greggs addict ditched her daily steak bake, sausage and bean melt, baguette and jam doughnut diet to lose a huge SIX STONE - and now shops in the kids' clothing section.
Staceylee Richards, 38, used to squeeze herself into a size 16. She found Greggs ''too tempting'' to resist as she walked past the bakery multiple times a day while at work.
But the former banking manager, now a personal trainer and bodybuilder, gave up pasties and sweet treats and dropped six dress sizes and 6st, now weighing 9.2 stone.
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Staceylee, from Newport, Wales, said: "I was addicted to food and I would think about it constantly. It was my comfort for when I had ups and downs as food always made me feel better until later on when the guilt would hit.
"Working in the banking office was hard as there was temptation everywhere; if it was someone's birthday, there would be a cake, or at long meetings we'd have biscuits and coffee. But the biggest culprit was the Greggs down the road.
"I'd go every lunchtime and order the usual; a steak bake, a sausage and bean melt, ham and cheese baguette and a jam doughnut. Thinking about it now, makes me feel sick but that was the norm for me. My eating and lifestyle habits are worlds away from my banking days and I couldn't be happier!"
Stacylee admits she always had a turbulent relationship with food and felt like the ''fat friend'' during her school years. She said: "Growing up, I was always bigger than my friends.
"I used to compare myself to my smaller girlfriends. It would get me down and I'd comfort eat. When I was 11-years-old I went to secondary school wearing a size 12 skirt and I just kept getting bigger."
Staceylee's rocky food relationship continued into her 20s and her weight would