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Stockport mum who suffered 'palpitations' after eating takeaways every night drops an incredible SIX dress sizes
08.05.2022 - 09:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Stockport mum has gone from eating takeaways every night to dropping an incredible SIX dress sizes after years of struggling with her weight. Gail Cuffe decided to embark on a weight loss journey following a health scare in 2021.
The 53-year-old, from Offerton , weighed more than 16 stone when her blood pressure rocketed and she began experiencing heart palpations. The grandmother-of-four hated having her photograph taken and dressing up for family occasions. She also felt guilty about not being able to do fun activities with her grandchildren.
At her heaviest, she was a size 24 and ate fast food almost every night. But everything changed when she joined Slimming World last year which helped alter her mindset for good.
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Gail now weighs 11 stone and can fit into size 12 clothing for the first time in years – something she described as a “pinnacle moment” for her. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, she said: “Because I worked long hours, I would hardly eat through the day and I couldn’t be bothered cooking because I was tired. It was takeaway every night.
“It was just so easy; I didn’t enjoy cooking. I didn’t have time to cook. I would have Chinese, Indian or pizza, anything that was quick. Where we live, we have quite a lot of choice of takeaways and it was just too easy to do so you get in the habit. Food didn’t really bother me in the day but then I would get hungry at night.
“Every time we were having memorable photos, one of the babies was born or we were out on a rare occasion, I would just feel horrified at the photos that would come back. I was in denial that that was the size I was but obviously a photo can’t lie.
“I
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