I’ve lost more than I weigh now, says happy mum (From Swindon Advertiser)
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I’ve lost more than I weigh now, says happy mum
9:40am Thursday 23rd September 2010 in Local By Matthew Edwards
A WOMAN has lost more than her current body weight to be crowned a slimming champion.
Rebecca Fyfe was voted as Bristol’s district winner of Slimming World’s Woman of the Year competition on Sunday having lost nearly 10 stone.
Rebecca, from Bradley Road, Upper Stratton, joined Slimming World classes at St John’s Church, Haydon Wick, in May 2008 when she was 12 weeks pregnant with her seventh child and was suffering from dangerously high blood pressure.
Since then she has since lost 9st 12.5lbs and her husband, Robert, has also lost in the region of seven stone.
Together they were runners-up in the finals of Slimming World’s Couple of the Year competition earlier this year.
To lose weight Rebecca, who is originally from California, used a cross trainer for an hour a day, five days a week, and also took her border collie for long walks, as well as attending classes held by consultant Sharon Painter.
She will now represent the district, along with Ms Painter, at Slimming World’s national semi-finals in Derbyshire, on Sunday, October 10. She will be competing for one of 10 places in the finals which are being held in Birmingham on November 13, where the winner will be announced at the Slimming World Woman of the Year Ball which is being compared this year by Justin Lee Collins.
The prize for the winner is an all inclusive seven-night spa break in Cancun, Mexico.
Rebecca said: “It’s such a huge amount of weight to lose – I lost more than what I weigh now.
“I absolutely recommend Slimming world I have tried lots of ways but the smaller targets made it so much easier.
“I wish everyone who is really overweight can get out there and do something about it.
“If I can do it anyone can. My family love the change – they are really proud and are constantly telling me that.”
Also representing Swindon at the district finals were Carly Green, having lost 3st 10lbs in 16 weeks from Sharon Painter’s morning group and Laura Fisher who has lost 4st 1.5lb for her wedding earlier this year, from Ms Painter’s other Haydon Wick group.
Slimming World is helping 300,000 people, men, women and young adults, every week lose weight with 21 women competing at the regional finals having lost 110 stone between them. There will be about 50 women representing 35 districts at Alfreton, Derby.
Comments(24)
KraigR
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11:02am Thu 23 Sep 10
mr-m
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11:56am Thu 23 Sep 10
cherryblossom
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12:04pm Thu 23 Sep 10
mr-m wrote:Where do you get off making assumptions about someone you know nothing about....@rsehole!
thats the result of getting out of the scooter, bet shes on benifits as well !!!!
Maximo
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1:28pm Thu 23 Sep 10
Boobear
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1:31pm Thu 23 Sep 10
Terence
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3:13pm Thu 23 Sep 10
house on the hill
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3:31pm Thu 23 Sep 10
moonduster
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4:59pm Thu 23 Sep 10
Terence - We didn't have the dog until after we started making changes in our lives. He's only 2 years old. :)
house on the hill - I will ever be putting this weight back on. Slimming World makes it easy and it has been a way of life for me now for 2 years. I've been at my target weight for almost 8 months now.
and thanks for all those with nice things to say. :)
You can read more about me on my blog http://www.skinnydre
aming.com
And I am actually down 10 stone now. :)
madridred
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5:02pm Thu 23 Sep 10
Good to see a story about something good in me old local rag.
:)
mr-m
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6:02pm Thu 23 Sep 10
who ate all the pies not me !!!
mr-m
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6:03pm Thu 23 Sep 10
who ate all the pies not me !!!
Amberflame
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7:12pm Thu 23 Sep 10
mr-m wrote:Why bother commenting? Why such bitter, jealous words? Such a shallow, judgemental person sitting in your ivory tower, surrounding yourself with perfection!
how much has it cost you to loose this much weight , the only winners are slimming world at the end of the day, you may of lost all that weight, the hardest bit is to say no !!!
who ate all the pies not me !!!
I agree with Boobear you are an empty person.
Well done Rebecca all the best!
mr-m
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7:21pm Thu 23 Sep 10
Amberflame
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7:51pm Thu 23 Sep 10
mr-m wrote:What a hypocrite, remember this post?
how many overweight people are there in the uk alone , i do not have the figures, but the only true winners are slimming world taking hard earned cash of a person, who has a weight problem,
"years of eating rubbish, and doing nothing about it, sat there like a couch potato, living on benifits, with 7 kids to look after, im surprised she was able to get so large"
Big difference to your last post!
Perhaps you should refrain from making nasty comments, your making yourself look stupid.
mr-m
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8:55pm Thu 23 Sep 10
magic knickers would of done the job, at half the price
Its not me, its you
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9:21pm Thu 23 Sep 10
POV
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10:48pm Thu 23 Sep 10
Of course Slimming World are not the only ones who benefit. The people losing the weight and their families do too.
mr-m
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11:16pm Thu 23 Sep 10
im not fooling no-one, some people loose so much weight they look ill, some look good, but not many, i wouldnt say i love myself in the mirror now would i , or being stupid i proberly would!!!. sounds to me the only thing that benifits is the dog,
moonduster
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8:26am Fri 24 Sep 10
My health problems have all disappeared. I have more energy than I have had in many years. And, due to all of the exercise I have been doing (which includes some weight training), I don't have all of the loose skin that I might otherwise have had from losing so much weight.
The cost of going to Slimming World is a small one compared with the benefits it has brought me. This is a change for life, so there's nothing temporary about it. And I have made some wonderful friends at the meetings.
What is spending less than £5 a week (which I no longer spend since I am at target and go for free now) compared to the cost of an early death (which is where I was heading before I lost all of the weight)?
I do not intend to look ill from losing too much weight. I am at my goal weight and have been for a while. I like the way I look now, and I am a healthy weight. I have no intentions of losing more.
And for anyone reading this who has a lot of weight to lose, I hope you realise that it is absolutely possible to do!
Opinionated Wench
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11:08am Fri 24 Sep 10
Mr M... When you have correct grammar, spelling and English then you can start commenting on how people are until then get yourself a dictionary and a life.
mr-m
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2:52pm Fri 24 Sep 10
Bobby Bee
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6:47pm Fri 24 Sep 10
If there is a wind-up merchant on this thread let's please ignore(as you would to attention-seeking children).
They/he will soon get tired of being ignored>
nallard
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6:47pm Fri 24 Sep 10
mr-m wrote:I bet you are fat.. fat and bitter cause you cant do the same thing she has done.. get a life, get off your arse and you can do the same.. people always slag other people off cause there jealous.. you say your not fat.. but to honest!! i dont think any of us believe that lol
so sorry "not" i thick but not fat !!!
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mr-m says...
10:53am Thu 23 Sep 10
bet shes on benifits as well !!!!