August 1, 2016

Weight to go Dave!!

You may remember back in 2014 we reported that Dave was adapting a new healthy lifestyle and had joined Slimming World and was loving it. Well, two years on and he’s still going strong. The Wales team tell us about the progress he’s made.

When Dave entered his adult placement he was 15 stone 4 lbs which was partly due to a thyroid problem. He began to feel his weight having an effect on his lifestyle when he became breathless whilst walking and dancing, which are two of his favourite activities. Dave is a fashion conscious self-confessed ladies man and says that he wanted to get a six-pack to impress the ladies and be able to buy more fashionable clothing which were unavailable in his original size.

He attended slimming world but initially felt that it was not for him. He recalls with great humour that it was an incident in college 6 months later that led to his resolve to attend slimming world again.

The incident happened on a fancy dress day in college where he had gone dressed as a captain and his pants split, this resulted in him having to walk backwards for the rest of the afternoon due to his dark underwear. Since attending slimming world for the second time nearly three years ago, Dave has gone regularly and has gained a whole host of certificates and awards.

These include:

A bronze weight loss award
A silver weight loss award
A gold weight loss award
A platinum weight loss award
A slimmer of the month certificate
Three slimmer of the week certificates
Two ‘Mr Sleek’ awards
A ‘Man of the Year’ award
A 10% weight loss award

Additional to this Dave has now received his ‘Free lifetime membership’ after reaching his target weight of 10 stone 3lbs.

Dave remains an active member and a big part of the slimming world group. He regularly brings various low fat foods in which the slimming world group plan what meals they could make from the ingredients Dave brings in. Dave also educates the other people in his household about healthy eating which has also resulted in weight loss for his co-tenants and carer.

This has increased Dave’s confidence and independence at home as he now helps with the shopping and checks all the fat and protein contents of all the food in the house. Occasionally the house will have a treat such as a takeaway or a pudding, however this is very rare as he is conscious of continuing with his weight loss and does not want to begin gaining weight again. Dave also continues to keep his weight loss up by doing weights in his bedroom and chins on his chin bar, alongside going to the gym, long walks and dancing all night.

Way to go Dave! You are an inspiration to us all! xx