I was nearly 22st after scoffing KFC & pizza nightly but lost 12 stone in 9 months WITHOUT jabs or surgery – here’s how
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A CHEF who was addicted to takeaways has revealed how she kicked the habit and lost a whopping 12 stone in just nine months. Jasmin Harman, 30, ballooned to 21st 11lbs after scoffing down pizzas, McDonald's and KFCs each night after work. The self-confessed 'Takeaway Queen' admitted that as she didn't feel like cooking after a long shift in the dementia care home she works in, she'd resort to eating cheap junk food instead.
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She'd start the day by skipping breakfast, and then feasting on quick beige foods like crisps, sausage rolls and biscuits. For dinner she said they would order enough to 'feed a family', focusing on cheap pizzas, KFC and McDonald's. But the wake-up call came when she approached her 30th birthday in April last year, and felt "ashamed" when she looked in the mirror.
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She'd been bullied at school for being the "fat kid" and didn't want to end up an overweight 30-year-old too. "The final straw for me was looking in the mirror one morning last year and being ashamed at what I saw," she sighed. "I was about to approach my 30 year milestone and I just thought 'how has it come to this?' ".
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Jasmin's weight was also affecting her dream of starting a family, as she was refused medical help for her polycystic ovary syndrome because her BMI was too high. "I didn't feel the doctors were very supportive with the fertility side, they were just going to call us fat and overweight," she added.
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"So I knew I needed to give myself a kick up the bum if I ever wanted to start a family.". So Jasmin decided to join her local Slimming World group following her aunt's recommendation, and began replacing sausage rolls and biscuits for lunch with healthier alternatives.
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