Sweet life/inspiration
After
‘My health deteriorated. My blood
Above: Susan shows off her regional Woman
of the Year award, from Slimming World.
glucose was all over the place and I was
wanted to go to Slimming World to keep her
having heart palpitations. The doctor
company. I’d been to a slimming class in my
30s and it had worked, but now I had far more
prescribed me gym membership but
weight to lose. I was immediately comfortable
in the class because everyone was friendly, and
the gym refused to let me use any
the eating plan was not about denial – just
sensible eating. I didn’t follow a diabetes plan,
exercise machines’ and I thought that on the ‘green’ plan, eating
pasta and rice, I’d be more inclined to pile
weight, I could no longer lift my own body pressure was sky high. My doctor had to my plate higher, so I followed the ‘red’ plan,
weight to stand up from lying on the fl oor, so I prescribe me blood pressure pills so I could which meant eating free amounts of meat and
had to stop going. visit the gym three times a week – yet I kept fruit and vegetables, and measured amounts
My health deteriorated. My blood getting bigger because I didn’t really exert of healthy starches. In my fi rst week, I never
glucose was all over the place because I myself. I couldn’t use the rower because I went hungry. When I got on the scales and
wasn’t controlling it, and I was having heart couldn’t lift my weight off it, and on the bike found out that in that one week I’d lost 6½lbs,
palpitations. The doctor prescribed me gym and treadmill I didn’t break a sweat – I just I had a eureka moment. I thought ‘I can really
membership, but the gym refused to let me walked or cycled very slowly. do this!’ From then, I didn’t look back.
use any exercise machines because my blood Then, two years ago, a friend asked if I All of a sudden I didn’t want to snack
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