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07.08.2023 - 10:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum who spent thousands of pounds a year eating NINE cans of tinned fruit a day has managed to lose 15 stone.
Lucy Austen, 37, hadn’t struggled with her weight until she started comfort eating during lockdown, reaching 29st 7lbs and becoming a size XXL. She was getting through four £1 tubs of ice cream a day and kept her freezer stocked up with nine at a time.
But she soon got “bored” of ice cream and transferred her habit to 99p tins of fruit – soon gorging on up to nine tins a day. Lucy, from Cambridge, was diagnosed with diabetes in March 2021 and was “vomiting a lot” but didn’t stop until April 2022 - when she was told she needed insulin as her blood sugars were so high.
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She gradually cut out the snacks and forced herself to go swimming three times a week before taking up cycling and running. Lucy has now lost 15st 3lbs and slimmed down to 14st 4lbs, a slender size 14, and was able to take her daughter, 13, on holiday as she felt confident in her new figure.
Lucy, who works in NHS admin, said: “At one point I was eating three to four tubs of ice cream a day. Then I got bored of ice cream and started on tinned fruit. I ate nine tins a day.
“I went to sleep with pillows behind me and I’d wake up choking because my neck was so big. I was giving myself liver damage. Now I have more energy and I was able to go on holiday.”
Lucy started piling on the weight while working from home over the Covid pandemic and struggled to control her addiction to sugary foods. She said: “My freezer was stocked up with ice cream. I just comfort ate through lockdown.”
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