Published: Tuesday, 27th November, 2007 10:00
OUR LESLEY IS A REAL YUMMY MUMMY
By Breea McGinness
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LOOKING GREAT: Lesley shed three stones in three months
LESLEY Meehan is one yummy mummy after being crowned Slimming World’s Miss Slinky 2007.
She shed three stone in just three months to scoop the crown for Alexandria.
The 25-year-old is now in the running for a £1,000 Christmas shopping spree, the prize at the grand final.
She said: “Last Christmas I was pregnant and was a size eighteen after my son Roman was born.
“People say when you are pregnant you eat for two but I ate for twenty-two.
“My craving was chocolate covered raisins and I ate bags of them everyday.
“My son weighed 9lb 8oz, he must have enjoyed all those chocolate raisins too.”
She shed the weight at Christine Warren’s Slimming World group in St Martin’s Church Hall in Renton.
Lesley works shifts as a nurse but managed to keep up her new diet plan because of the flexible times of the classes.
She added: “They have different times so I can always find a class to go to.
“I can’t thank my consultant Christine enough. I couldn’t have done it without her help and support.
“She was my lifeline.”
Lesley could not exercise for the first 12 weeks, so she started walking from Bonhill to the Vale and taking baby Roman with her in the pram.
Despite her fiance Christopher reassuring her that there was no rush to lose weight, Lesley decided she wanted to start early.
With entries for the grand final of Miss Slinky closing at the end of the month, Lesley daydreams about splashing the cash.
“We’re due to move into a flat in February so I would probably buy carpets for the house,” she added.
“I was just so chuffed when Christine suggested to me that I enter and I really never felt like I was on a diet at all.
“Slimming World’s Food Optmising plan was perfect as I never felt hungry and there are plenty of ‘free’ foods.”
A leading nutrition consultant, Christine holds groups at the church hall every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am, 5.30pm and 7pm.
She said: “When Lesley started my group her self-esteem was very low.
“Now, in three months, she has blossomed into a confident, beautiful, glamorous young woman.
“I have been a consultant for nearly fourteen years and my dedicated group members lost a staggering 1,019 stones last year!”
Christine’s successes are off the scales in the men-only group too, hosted on Tuesday evening at 6.30pm.
John McElroy, who attends the Renton group, was crowned Scotland’s Slimming World Man of the Year after losing 8st 7lbs.
“ I have around fifty men who attend my group on a Tuesday.
“They find it so easy to follow and there’s no weighing or measuring.”
For more details on Slimming World classes in the area call Christine 01389 757193.
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