![]() ![]() “Fitness used to be the last thing on my mind, I would come home from a ten-hour shift at work sitting down all day, have dinner and go to bed. “It has really changed my life, I was really apprehensive at first as I had tried various diets and knew I would probably fail again, little did I know that I would go on to lose seven stone. “I joined Slimming World after being overweight for too long, I was ballooning in size and I’d had enough,” she said. Katie also detailed how she has undergone her incredible transformation which included a complete overhaul of her fitness and diet routines. “It was embarrassing to have to shop in Evans and Yours at the age of twenty when all I wanted was to wear what my friends wore.” “I would see all of my friends wearing lovely skimpy dresses and wonder what that was like and how it felt. I would barely eat fruit and vegetables and would gorge out on Chinese takeaways and Haribo. “I used to eat lot of bad food and none of the right things either. “Once we were past the initial stage of attraction I just got comfortable, went out for meals, ordered takeaways and became lazy. “I have always had issues with my weight, but I think the weight crept on as I got into a comfortable relationship,” she recalled. Katie then went on to discuss in more detail how she ended up piling on the pounds and how this made her feel about her body. ![]() Instead of buying me sweet and chocolate he now surprises me with new Tupperware or new outfits!” “He’s constantly by my side, helping me through cravings and times when I want to go back to eating junk food. “He’s been so supportive, we enjoy finding new recipes and cooking together and he is constantly reminding me of how well I have done and how amazing I look. “Adam laughed at first when I said I wanted to lose weight because he has always known how much I love my food but has been amazed by my determination. ![]() “The easiest thing was to start with something I could control, that being my weight, so that’s how my weight loss journey begun. “The condition doesn’t stop this from happening, but it can reduce your chances and I wanted to give myself every opportunity possible to be able to potentially have children and start a family with my partner Adam in future. “I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years ago, it wasn’t the news I wanted to hear as my dream is to have a family,” she said. Katie detailed the biggest factor in her decision to shed the pounds and explained how Adam has been there to support her every step of the way. “All of my family and friends have been really supportive, but I guess I just got used to being the fat one.” Katie Webber / “It was horrible and made me feel so self-conscious that I wanted to go home, people don’t realise the damaging effects comments like those have on you. “I used to suffer from water retention in my legs and one time there was a group of girls who commented ‘wow look at the size of those tree trunks’. “There have been occasions on nights out where I’ve been called a hippo, an elephant or a pig,” said Katie. Images show Katie, who has been with her partner Adam, 26, for nine-and-a-half years, at her previous weight of 18st 5lbs, when she would have to wear anything up to a size 24, compared to the stunning 11st 4lbs, size 12 figure she is proudly rocking today. Katie Webber / Īfter becoming extremely unhappy with her body and recognising she had been overweight for too long, Katie decided to join Slimming World in a bid to be able to shop in the same clothing stores as her friends and bring an end to the vile abuse she would receive on nights out. Katie Webber, 23, from Essex has always had issues with her weight but her problems got worse after falling into a comfortable long-term relationship and gorging on her favourite junk foods.
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