The change in diet that helped woman lose half her body weight and 'save her life'
18.07.2022 - 11:13
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman lost half her body weight on a plan which she says saved her life.
Chris Hayward tipped the scales at 21 stone and 3.5lbs at her heaviest, the Liverpool Echo reports. She wore a dress size 28 to 30.
The 65-year-old would snack on around three packets of crisps a day and eat two pre-packaged sandwiches for lunch. She only realised the real impact the weight was having on her health after having some routine blood tests.
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She then decided to sign up for Slimming World. Chris, from Greasby, Wirral, said: "I went to my GP just for some routine blood tests and one came back as being really borderline for diabetes.
"I've got diabetes type two in my family and I'm thinking I don't want to go down that track if I can avoid it. I just thought it was getting ridiculous.
"I spent 20 odd years as a size 24 and then in a few weeks leading up to this I'd put on quite a lot of weight in a really short space of time and gone up several sizes. I was thinking 'this is silly I've got to do something about this, otherwise I'm not going to be around for my kids.'"
Despite initially being apprehensive about joining her local Slimming World group in August 2018, Chris said she was made to feel really welcome by her consultant and other members. And four months later, new tests revealed her bloods were back within normal range and she was no longer at risk of type two diabetes.
By Christmas the following year, Chris had lost seven and a half stone through following Slimming World’s Food Optimising eating plan and their Body Magic programme, which encourages members to build their physical activity levels at their own pace.
Chris said: “Along with eating