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A self-confessed chocoholic who loved comfort eating has revealed how she managed to lose over four stone.
Debbie Lord piled on the pounds over lockdown after snacking on biscuits and chocolate – seeing her weight balloon to 14st.
At her heaviest, the 56-year-old was a dress size 18 and felt unhappy in her appearance. Despite trying multiple diets and weight loss groups, nothing seemed to help her slim down.
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That was until she joined Greater Manchester and Cheshire slimming group Beeweighed, going on to lose an incredible four-and-a-half stone.
Debbie, who lives in Winsford, Cheshire, told the Manchester Evening News: “I had put on a lot of weight and to be honest, I was struggling with it.
“I was comfort eating a lot of chocolate and biscuits, anything sweet – I have an extremely sweet tooth. If it’s in the house, I’ll eat it. If I see chocolate there, I’ll eat the lot.
“Through lockdown it was worse because I was at home. My downfall is the chocolate. I didn’t feel good about myself, it was awful to look at old pictures.”
Debbie joined Beeweighed, which also offers online classes, in around October 2022. She was placed on a calorie-counting plan which she credits for her weight loss success along with regular exercise.
“I have been up and down with diets,” she added. “Calorie counting is the best one for me. I’ve tried every diet plan – every diet you can think of.
“I do go through bad patches; if I get quite down I start comfort eating. I have arthritis in my knees, so if I carry a lot of weight, my knees will kill me. Knowing medically it’s not
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