A man lost nearly six stone through Slimming World after a decade in which he ate to ease the pain of his emotions. Samuel Davies said the group changed his life.
Samuel Davies, 31, from Tonypandy, struggled with his weight after the trauma of losing his mum, Lisa Helen Davies, who passed away from cervical cancer at 40 years old in 2010. Since then, emotional eating has had a huge impact on his life, mental health and eating habits.
He said: “My mother passed away when I was 20 years old and that’s when all my weight gain started. I started emotionally eating, and - as seen commonly in most men - I struggled to express my emotions and turned to emotional eating for comfort. I would secretly hide food in my bedroom and became a bit recluse, as I didn’t know how to express how upset I was.”
