This grandma misplaced practically 30kg for her son’s wedding ceremony and feels higher than ever earlier than!

Belinda Brickhill is a 49-year-old grandma and he or she has misplaced 30kg by following the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.

“My oldest son introduced his wedding ceremony two years in the past and I knew I didn’t wish to be the large mum in these photographs endlessly,” she says.

“So, I began watching what I used to be consuming. It quickly turned obvious I couldn’t do it alone however then I used to be recognized with kind 2 diabetes and I knew I needed to do one thing I hadn’t tried earlier than.”

Belinda has misplaced practically 30kg and he or she seems to be fabulous!

In reality, Belinda says she has all the time been chubby and weight points have all the time been a battle.

“As children, we have been all the time made to take a seat on the dinner desk till we completed our meal.  Full or not,” she admits. 

“You then develop as much as by no means wish to waste any meals and proceed to over eat all of your life.

“It’s taken me a really very long time to get out of that behavior and I attempted not to do this with my very own children. Though at occasions I’ve been responsible of it too.”

Belinda was recognized with kind 2 diabetes and wanted to make a change

After Belinda was recognized with kind 2 diabetes she knew she wanted to make a change.

“It appeared very daunting at first however then I got here throughout The Healthy Mummy and I began studying all of the blogs and researching every part I may about baking and cooking with little to no sugar,” she says.

“My main vice is chocolate however I do love darkish peppermint chocolate so I quickly realised I didn’t have to surrender every part I like. 

“I began gradual simply attempting to drink 2-3 litres of water a day. I’ve all the time discovered it arduous to drink a number of water as I received bloated so shortly after which felt sluggish and yuck all day. However that quickly disappeared, and I started dropping a bit of weight.”

What’s extra, Belinda then began recording her energy for each meal.

“I didn’t change lots as a result of I discovered that many of the meals I used to be already having have been truly good for me and inside my BMR calculated energy,” she says.

“I simply needed to watch parts and issues like gravy, sauces and too many carbs. In two months of following The Healthy Mummy, I dropped 5kgs. Once I began I couldn’t train a lot as my well being had been struggling a lot from being chubby.

“Immediately, after a number of monthsI had misplaced 10 kgs in that 3 months so I knew The Wholesome Mummy was working for me.”

Belinda has misplaced weight simply by ingesting extra water and watching what she eats

Belinda’s begin weight was 149kg in March 2022. Belinda is now all the way down to 119.8kg – that’s nearly 30kg in simply over 12 months!

“I can’t do plenty of train due to well being points, so most of that weight has been misplaced simply by way of watching energy and ingesting extra water,” she says.

“My well being has improved a bit and I’ve extra power. A number of my previous garments I haven’t been capable of put on as I had gained an excessive amount of weight at the moment are becoming me.

“My sons wedding ceremony was 2 weeks in the past and I felt actually good once I seemed within the mirror.”

What Belinda eats on a typical day

Breakfast: Healthy Mummy Tummy smoothie to assist enhance metabolism

Morning tea: Wholesome Mummy snack

Lunch: Ham and a salad or low carb wrap or rooster salad

Afternoon tea: Bounty balls or one thing from The Healthy Mummy

Dinner: Range High Lasagne is my fave

Dessert: Panna Cotta

“I nonetheless bake for my household however I convert all my recipes to wholesome ones. No added refined sugar,” she says.

“Even my 17 12 months previous son has misplaced weight with out even actually attempting. He’s 17 and 6 foot 6.

“There’s additionally loads of room throughout the meal plans to vary any meal if there’s one thing you don’t like or can’t eat due to allergy symptoms/intolerances and so on.

“I by no means really feel like I’m locked into anybody meal simply because the meal plan I’m on says so. You simply regulate the energy accordingly.

“One massive factor I’ve learnt about cooking for myself and my household is that as a mum, I haven’t essentially been cooking the flawed meals all these years, it’s extra the amount of what I used to be cooking so now I do know the proper parts for every meal, it’s a lot simpler to reduce weight.”