Gemma Tonks

I feel much better and healthier now I’ve lost weight. I’ve signed up to do the Race for Life and I wouldn’t of attempted to do that when I was bigger because I just didn’t have the energy.*

I have never been a petite size. I’m rather curvy and most of my family are aswell. I’d sometimes get really down and just felt I looked awful, especially when I saw myself in photos, so I’d just had enough and wanted to feel and look better. My downfalls were always bread, biscuits and crisps so I always tried different types of diets and never stuck to them because it’s too much of a routine and I got bored too quickly. After my second child I really didn’t lose much weight afterwards. I was huge whilst pregnant and kept the belly so I was advised by a friend to make an appointment with The Slimming Clinic and have a chat with them about how I felt. The staff there are fantastic they really advise you in the right direction and at the start it was just so easy, it’s slightly more challenging now but I still want to lose more!

I feel much better and healthier now I’ve lost weight. I’ve signed up to do the Race for Life and I wouldn’t of attempted to do that when I was bigger because I just didn’t have the energy. I’m maintaining the weight well, it creeps back and forth give or take a couple of pounds, but the most important factor is that I don’t want to be really big again. I’m happy to stay as I am but ideally would like to lose another stone.