But some of us won’t be looking forward to the summer; for some of us it’s our most miserable time of the year. If you struggle with your weight, the warm summer days that everyone else looks forward to can be absolute hell on earth. Not feeling comfortable or confident enough to remove the winter layers, suffering physically with the heat, the list is endless.
And if you went through this on previous years and promised yourself that this year would be different then you’re going to feel even more despondent.
But, wait a minute, what did you try? That diet that you went on, did it expect you to survive on meagre amounts of food? Did you find that you weren’t able to live a normal life? Or worse still, did it mean that you were surviving on pills, potions or shakes instead of real food? That exercise plan- were you trying to run 10k in the morning, a kettle bells session in the afternoon and a weight training session at night? All unrealistic, all unsustainable, all dangerous and all designed to make you fail!
So why not try something different? A weight loss plan where you’re in control, where you decide what weight you want to be and where you do all that at your own pace in a warm and caring environment by eating real food.
The exercise? Yes, it’s important, but guess what? It will also be when you’re ready and at your own pace. At Slimming World we have almost 50 years of experience in helping our members lose weight, live their lives, reach their targets and more importantly, maintain those targets.
Each and every week we encourage and support members to make long term, sustainable life changes that will help them achieve those dreams. And starting next week, we’ll be writing a fortnightly column, sharing that knowledge and expertise with all of you.
Put simply, we know you’re amazing and we know that together we can do amazing things.
Anne Marie Mc Gee:
Anne Marie is a busy mum of 4 who runs the Slimming World groups in Newtowncunningham and Buncrana. She has been working with Slimming World for four years now having lost over 2 stone herself with Food Optimising. She loves that it suits her busy life and she can cook the same meal for the whole house, with both teenagers and toddlers this suits her perfectly.Her groups meet in Buncrana every Tuesday in The Inishowen Gateway Hotel at 9.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm and in Newtowncunningham every Wednesday in The Columban Hall at 5.30pm & 7.30pm.
For more information contact her on 086-0848705 or on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/Slimming-World-Buncrana-423959664365435/
https://www.facebook.com/newtownslimmingworld/
Catherine Bond:
Letterkenny based consultant Catherine joined Slimming World as a member 7 years ago. As a mum to four, she loves how the plan fits in perfectly with family life and went on to lose over 3 stone. She has been enjoying helping members achieve their weight loss goals for almost 5 years. Catherine’s groups are every Thursday in St Eunans GAA clubhouse at 9.30am, 11.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm. If you would like to find out more you can contact Catherine on 086 3962666 or find her on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/Slimming-World-Letterkenny-St-Eunans-GAA-Clubhouse-284601928352559/?fref=ts
Donna Gillespie:
Donna has been a Slimming World consultant for 4 years. She runs her groups in the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey, every Tuesday at 9.30am, 11.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm. She’s a mum of 3 and has lost over 4 stone herself with Slimming World. She loves the fact that the plan allows her the flexibility to do whatever she wants and she’s never hungry! If you’d like to
contact Donna for more information you can call her on 087 6264618 or find her on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/Slimming-World-Stranorlar-198291196919521/
https://www.facebook.com/slimmingworld.stranorlar.5
Geraldine O’Donnell:
Slimming World consultant Geraldine joined Slimming World 7 years ago, as a mother of 2 girls she wanted to lose the baby weight in a healthy way that she could sustain without turning to pills or shakes. Geraldine lost over 3 stone and the plan fitted in perfectly with her busy family life and the whole family now enjoy a new healthy way of eating. She’s been a consultant for 3 years and her groups are in the Cathedral Hall, Raphoe on a Tuesday night at 7.30 pm and in the Mulroy Woods Hotel, Milford on a Wednesday night at 5.30pm and 7.30 pm if you would like any further information contact Geraldine on 0863348048 or find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Slimming-world-Raphoe-and-Milford-1662135120670302/?fref=ts
Roisin Mc Colgan:
Roisin has been a Slimming World consultant for 4½ years. She runs her groups in The Colgan Hall, Carndonagh every Thursday at 9.30am, 11.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm. The group has gone from strength to strength and has received a Pearl award. A mum of two children who are very sporty she knows the importance of healthy eating for the whole family and loves the way Slimming World suits. If you’d like to contact Roisin for more information you can call 087 7658900 or message her on her group Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SlimmingWorldCarn/
Sandra Wylie:
Sandra struggled with her weight for 20 years, until Slimming World come to Northern Ireland 10 years ago. She’s been a consultant for 7 years and her groups are on a Monday in The Vestry, St Conals at 5.30pm and 7.30pm and on a Wednesday in the Mount Errigal Hotel at 10.00am, 12.00noom, 5.00pm and 7.00pm. Her Mount Errigal group achieved Gold Status in March 2013. Sandra says that Slimming World has changed her life completely, not only her own weight loss, and confidence but her career as well. If you would like more information on these groups call Sandra on 086 0792558 or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Slimming-World-Mount-Errigal-104862306235727/?fref=ts
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