A nurse who was so horrified to search out herself ‘fats at 50″ that she shed 5 stone – plummeting from a 14 stone measurement 18 to a 9 stone measurement 10 – celebrated her new physique with a bucket record of adventurous achievements, starting from flying a aircraft to scuba diving.
Affected by hypertension, Sharon Medhurst, 51, felt so frumpy and dumpy when she turned 50 in July 2020 that two months later she joined a eating regimen plan – dropping 5 stone in seven months.
Sharon, who lives in Northfields, Birmingham, along with her hospital porter husband Paul, 57, and their pupil son, Charlie, 17, mentioned: “I felt previous, frumpy and sad with how I regarded. I struggled to stroll any distance and the steps have been a nightmare. I realised that if I didn’t make a change, it could solely worsen.
“As a nurse, I knew the well being implications of being overweight. I already had hypertension and was pre-diabetic. I didn’t wish to exit and prevented social occasions. I had no real interest in garments and wore no matter fitted.
“It was easy – I cherished meals, nevertheless it was slowly taking my life from me.”
All that modified in September 2020, quickly after her fiftieth birthday in July when, with the pandemic in full circulate, Sharon – a yo-yo dieter, who had tried varied slimming programmes earlier than – determined to lastly commit herself to a life-style overhaul.
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At 5ft 4in and weighing 14st, Sharon’s physique mass index, used to gauge a wholesome weight, was 33.4, in comparison with the NHS wholesome vary of between 18.5 and 24.9, making her overweight.
She selected the 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan in September 2020 and reached her goal weight of 9 stone in March, whereas her BMI is now a wholesome 21.5.
Sharon, who’s now a part-time marketing consultant for the enterprise herself, provides, “my weight fell off and, after a few months, I began to really feel like a special individual.”
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Together with her confidence boosted by her bodily transformation Sharon, who had written a bucket record of issues she wished to realize for her fiftieth birthday, discovered the zest for all times she wanted to begin working by it.
Now she has performed every part from using in a sizzling air balloon to a tandem skydive.
“I’ve modified my life fully,” she mentioned.
Her bucket record started with ‘get a tattoo’ – so she had a design of flowers inked on to her proper foot.
However as Sharon’s waistline shrank, she began tackling a few of the extra adventurous entries on her bucket record.
“I don’t like flying – so I had a flying lesson at Halfpenny Inexperienced Airport, Wolverhampton,” she defined.
“Then, for Christmas, my husband purchased me a tandem skydive which I did at Sibson Airfield, Peterborough.
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“I’ve additionally been scuba diving in Cyprus in October 2020. We fed the fish underwater and noticed sea turtles. It was unbelievable.
“And in September, I went in a sizzling air balloon over Staffordshire.”
Now she desires to drive a Components One automobile on the well-known Silverstone racetrack in Northamptonshire and plans to climb a mountain.
However whereas she’s decided to remain slim and lively, as a nurse, Sharon says temptation to over-eat is a continuing downside.
“Usually sufferers are so pretty and so grateful for our assist, that they purchase issues like truffles and candies to say thanks – so it’s straightforward while you’re working a tough shift to maintain tucking in.”
With such a demanding job, she additionally devoted little time to following a nutritious diet and would order Indian takeaways and seize McDonalds’ McMuffins to eat on the go, moderately than placing thought right into a balanced, nutritious meal plan.
The plan she adopted is “fairly regimented, offering nutritious 200 calorie meals, which was good for me, because it took away any alternative. Should you persist with it, you shed pounds – it’s that straightforward.
“However the advantages in my case have been a lot greater than a shrinking waistline.
“As a substitute of feeling fats at 50, I really feel fab at 51. My family and friends all say I look and look like a special individual.
“Losing a few pounds means I’m not pre-diabetic, my blood stress is much better and, after weighing 14st for one of the best a part of a decade, I really feel higher than I’ve in years,” she provides.
* To seek out out extra about The 1:1 Weight loss program by Cambridge Weight Plan, please go to: www.one2onediet.com.
Further reporting by PA
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