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Home » Lose Weight Safely » Weight loss: I was a size 24 but lost 10 stone to halve my body weight in a YEAR after I couldnt fit into my – The Sun

A SIZE 24 mum-of-two has revealed she shed half her body weight in just a year, after ditching her daily diet of cake and takeaways.

Karen Mannering, from Dorset, was mortified by an unflattering picture of her taken in Jamaica in March 2018 - and vowed to shed 10 stone in just 12 months.

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The 48-year-old, who works as a psychic medium, piled on the pounds when she fell ill with trigeminal neuralgia - a nerve condition which meant she needed brain surgery.

At her biggest, Karen would eat a family sized bag of chocolate for breakfast, snack on cake and sweets for lunch, and polish off a takeaway pizza, fish and chips or Chinese for dinner.

She once tipped the scales at 24st but is now a slim size 10, weighing 10st.

Speaking exclusively to Fabulous Digital, Karen said: "I was really poorly for 10 years, which meant I was at home a lot of the time and feeling pretty low.

"I had brain surgery and I've got a metal plate in my head now. I ate my way through that, then one day I realised 'this has gone too far'."

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Karen had just come back from holiday with husband Chris, 51, in March 2018 - when she realised she had to make a change.

She said: "Id noticed over the years that the plane belts were getting tighter. On the flight to Jamaica, I was on the verge of asking for an extension.

"And because I didnt want to do that, I literally squeezed myself in and couldnt move for the entire 11-hour plane journey, just because I didnt want to ask for an extension belt.

"Now I can clip it in really easily. I dont even have to loosen it. That was a really big thing for me.

"I couldn't go on fairground rides before, you cant get into them - or are too embarrassed you might not be able to get out again, so I never bothered."

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Karen spent the entire holiday covering up and avoiding the pool, and it wasn't until she saw a photo from the trip in May that she realised just how big she'd become.

She said: "It wasnt until a few weeks later, in May 2018, that I saw that photo on Chris' phone. It destroyed my heart.

"My husband didnt show me for a while because he knew Id be upset.

I literally squeezed myself in and couldnt move for the entire 11-hour plane journey, just because I didnt want to ask for an extension belt

"I got a chest infection on that holiday and it rained the whole time, it was just a really awful holiday.

"I didnt feel confident, didnt want to swim in the sea or do anything. I was covering up the whole time and thinking this is not how I want to be.

"When I got back, I knew I had to do something. I didnt want to go on holiday again, feeling the same way."

Karen's diet before

Breakfast: Family snack bag of chocolate

Lunch: Cake and sweets

Dinner: Takeaway pizza, fish and chips or Chinese.

Karen says: "I dont have any takeaways anymore. I did do home cooking before as well, stuff like lasagnes, but theyd be loaded with cheese and all the bad stuff."

Karen had previously tried everything from Weight Watchers to Slimming World and said she saw results, but could never stay on them for long enough.

She said: "I sat down and did my research. Protein kept coming up as a way to feel full for longer and stop snacking. I devised my own diet based around protein and it really worked for me.

"Now I have six really tiny meals a day, instead of three bigger meals.

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"My portion sizes were huge before. The main part of the meal needs to be protein and a small amount of carbs.

"It is very strict, but because youre eating a lot of protein it fills you up and you tend not to snack as much.

"I found its really more the battle with your mind, trying to curb the little voice in your head saying I want this, I want that."

Karen's diet after

Breakfast: One egg omelette with mushrooms and a bit of cheese

Mid-morning snack: Protein cookie

Lunch: Beans on toast

Mid-afternoon snack: A piece of cheese on a cracker

Dinner: Half a chicken breast and a small amount of potatoes, carrots and apple sauce

Amazingly, Karen hit 10st just a year and a week after going on her diet - and she's now down to 9st 12lb.

She said: "As well as the diet, I started going for walks for up to an hour.

"When that got a bit easier, I started going to the gym. I went nearly every day, on the treadmill, rowing, all sorts.

"After I'd lost 5st, I sat down with a personal trainer and he said 'how are you doing?' I said 'I want to lost 10st' but he said 'I've never seen anyone lost a stone in a year'.

"That gave me even more motivation to prove him wrong. I'm quite proud of that."

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Karen is sticking to her diet for maintenance but now allows herself the odd treat - and is even trialling her diet plan on three mates, who've all lost 7lb in just a few weeks.

She said: "My weight was definitely affecting my health, but it was more the emotional side than the physical side.

"My confidence was at an all-time low. From the moment you wake up in the morning until you go to sleep at night, it's constantly on your mind.

The personal trainer said 'I've never seen anyone lose a stone in a year'. That gave me even more motivation to prove him wrong

"I definitely notice a difference with other people now. I don't know if it's just how I feel, but I feel like my opinions are more valued now I'm smaller.

"My husband has always said he loves me no matter what, and he genuinely does. But my family were starting to worry about my weight and my health.

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"When you finally hit your goal weight, it's a funny feeling. I'd centred my whole life around losing weight, for a year it was all I thought about.

"Then it's like 'what do I do now?' But it's amazing, it was a great feeling. I wish I'd done it sooner."

Last week, a woman revealed she'd shed 3 stone by drinking coffee and exercising LESS.

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Weight loss: I was a size 24 but lost 10 stone to halve my body weight in a YEAR after I couldnt fit into my - The Sun

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