Weight loss: Woman, 31, says ditching chocolate was the key to her shedding an incredible SIX STONE
Fiona Maguire, 31, admits she would devour at least two family-sized chocolate bars every day
A WOMAN has revealed that ditching chocolate was the key to her incredible six stone weight loss - after vowing: "I never want to be a fat chick again".
Fiona Maguire, 31, admits she would devour an entire family-sized chocolate bar at least twice a day and her weight spiralled out of control.
The accountant, from Axminster, Devon, realised things had to change when her weight reached almost 16st and she was forced to quit her beloved football training.
Fiona set herself a goal to lose her bulging waistline and regain her confidence and joined the Cambridge Weight Plan [The 1:1 Diet] last January.
In just 12 months she dropped almost six stone and now weighs 9st 13lbs.
My weight had spiralled out of control and I was eating family sized blocks of chocolate at least twice per day
Fiona Maguire
Her incredible transformation means she's been able to wear a bikini on the beach in confidence for the first time.
Fiona said: "I needed to get my spark back, feel comfortable walking down the street and needed to be me again.
"I'd been unhappy with my weight for two years but finally last January I decided to actually change my ways.
"I was obese and decided to set myself a goal to lose weight. I was also determined to feel confident in my bikini on the beach.
"I didn't even feel comfortable on my wedding day in Las Vegas in 2016 so I knew something needed to change.
"My weight had spiralled out of control and I was eating family sized blocks of chocolate at least twice per day."
She added that along with husband Leo, 32, she would often eat takeaways for dinner, while working opposite a McDonald's was difficult to avoid.
Fiona would struggle to breathe while walking and had no choice but to give up her beloved football training.
She added: "I was a size 16, constantly tired and had no energy to do anything whatsoever.
"I didn't think about what I was eating or the calories I was consuming.
"But since changing my diet, my skin has cleared up now I'm eating healthier and I'm back playing football which keeps me fit.
"I would tell anyone who is thinking about losing weight to just go for it, it's hard breaking the bad habits at first but it gets so much easier."
Fiona said: "I currently weigh 9st 13 after dropping from 15st 13 but I'm hoping to get down to 9st this year and then I'll have hit my ultimate goal.
"People often look at my before pictures and say that I look so different, they say that I even stand differently.
"That’s because I am now different, I am now confident, I’m happy, I’m healthy and I’m full of energy.
"I feel worlds apart from the old useless Fiona that I felt so disappointed in.
"I’ll always remember a comment that was made to me when I was overweight and helping out in a friends pub, 'you don’t sweat much for a fat chick!'
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"I’m sure the comment was made in jest, but those words will always be in mind and I never want to be a 'fat chick' again."
It comes after another self-confessed chocoholic managed to lose a third of her body weight after ditching her gym membership.
Helen Besant-Roberts, who is also an accountant, decided to join an online PT programme and went from 15st 3lbs to 5st in just eight months.
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