20 stone to just under 12 stone

So I am lying in bed feeling very sorry for myself and needed a pick me up. As most of my friends on here know, I tend to get sick a lot and today is the same. Anywhoo, my story. Sorry for the VERY long post

When I was about 7 I was diagnosed incorrectly diagnosed with a medical condition, put on steroids and as most of you know these can make you put on masses of weight and that is what happened to me. My school thought my mum were over feeding me and used to refuse to let me eat some of the school lunches, my self esteem hit 0 quickly. Anyway as I got older I just got fatter and fatter. I was a very active kid but I secretly binged on everything and everything. I was always the funny girl who boys never fancied but luckily I never got bullied about my weight.

I started uni when I was 20 and met a now ex boyfriend. I got to my heaviest ever of nearly 20 stone. A messy break up meant that I lost weight rapidly as I started walking every where and living on a budget as I was really low on money the depression also helped. I got really depressed and tried to kill myself at the end of 2005. At this point I was probably about 16 stone.
I quit my 3rd year of uni but stayed in the city where I was studying.

I met my now partner not soon after I got out of hospital and this changed my life for the better. He is very active and supportive and weight has never even been and issue. I went back to uni the following year (september 2006) and we continued to date.He lived quite far away from me so we travelled a lot. I borrowed his bike for month and cycled everywhere, he eventually got me my own bike. We moved abroad in 2007 after I finished uni and I lost even more weight as again we cycled everywhere, I was not actively trtying to lose weight but I must have then got down to about 13 stone or less. I then got pregnant and had a miscarriage, became severely depressed and lost weight the VERY unhealthy way i.e not eating. I am not sure how thin I got but it was not healthy for me.

I got pregnant again a few months later at at the point I was about 12,5 stone. I moved back to the UK in 2008 and had my son Dexter in 2009. I was very healthy in my pregnancy and only gained baby weight but it was after that I just went back to my old ways and went up to to 14 stone.

I decided that this was enough and I was supremely unfit, something that I had not been for years, so in July of this year I decided to change this, got my wii fit out, started exercising on that, then moved on to walking and after years of being ashamed of wearing a swimsuit I sucked it up and started swimming. I also did the 30 day shred and many other exercised. During that time I was diagnosed with severe vitamin D deficiency which may have contributed to my depression, irritability and weight gain. As soon as this was sorted I was a lot happier and fitter.

I am really proud of myself as I have finally got below the 12 stone barrier and now weigh 11.13. I can't even remember the last time I weighed this. When you have been morbidly obese most of your life, you look in the mirror and still see the same you. I feel fitter but still see the huge girl that I was. I found some pictures of myself yesterday, of when I was at my heaviest and can not believe that I looked like that or was that unfit. I LOVE my shape now but my goal is another 15 pounds before I go to bulking up in muscle. I would ideally love the shape of Serena Williams and she is my role model

My pics are below. I hope the above has not sounded to crazy. I could have told a lot more but I would be here all day. Tel xx

Highest weigh 20 stone (280 pounds)

Start weight on mfp 191 pounds
Bust I was a 36c bra
Waist 32-33 inches
Hips 49 inches

Current 167 pounds
Bust probably around a 32-34b or c
Waist 28 inches
Hips 45-46 inches

I am now a UK 10 top and 16-18 bottom more to the size 16. I never wear trousers, well except leggings at home. I always wear dresses or skirts.


I don't have any digital photos of when I hit 20 stone but this is close enough






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