Mum, 34, who couldn't fit through the turnstile at football games loses 11st for her son
29.01.2022 - 21:45
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A size 28 mum who could not fit through the turnstile at football matches as a teen says she has lost more than 11 stone so she could be there for her son.
Amy Woolliscroft, now a size 10, had always struggled with her size and was 15 stone at 15 following her parents' divorce.
The 34-year-old, who hated seeing her reflection, turned to comfort eating following her own relationship breakdown but was shocked into taking action by her festive photos from Christmas 2017.
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With the support of her best friend, Lucy, 30, who is a size 8, she joined a diet club online, started hula hooping and watched her waistline shrink until she felt like she had a 'brand new identity.'
Amy, who lives in Hatton, Derbyshire, with her six-year-old son, Noah, said: “I wanted to make sure I was here for my son and that I was fit enough to run around with him.
"That was why I decided to do something about my weight.
“I always knew one day I would lose it. I just never knew when.”
In January 2018, Amy weighed 21st 11lb and at 5ft 6in, her body mass index (BMI), used to gauge a healthy weight, was 49 - compared to the NHS healthy range of 18.5 to 24.9 – making her 'dangerously obese.'
Now, she wears a size 10-12, weighing 10st 5lb, with a healthy BMI of 23.5.
She said: “My real friends will tell me, ‘you were beautiful then and you are beautiful now.’
“Some people have said, ‘I always knew there was a beautiful face in there.’
“But I’ve not done this for anyone else, I’ve done it for me.”
Amy says she was branded as 'the big girl' at school, and when her friends all had boyfriends, she didn't.
She hated PE and having