A "seriously overweight" mum has dropped 10 dress sizes after deciding she needed to shed the pounds so she could be around to see her children grow up. Claire Dewsbury snacked on crisps and chocolate, bought frozen meals and ordered takeaways every week and her weight ballooned to 23st 6lbs, which left her struggling to walk up the stairs without getting breathless.
But she knew she needed to make some healthy changes when, at her heaviest in 2018, she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic and was suffering with bad asthma which was taking its toll on her health. The 48-year-old single mum, from Loftus in North Yorkshire, was terrified she wouldn't be around to see her son Jack, eight, and daughter Hannah, 20, grow up, TeessideLive reports.
As a single mum rushed off her feet, Claire would eat for convenience and would order takeaways or buy frozen prepared meals, while snacking on chocolate and crisps. But four years later, after joining a local Slimming World group, Claire has managed to lose a staggering 12st 6lbs.
