Unislimmer of the Year finalist Micheline Brennan battled with her weight from a young age; “I tried so many diets on my own but would quickly fall back into my bad eating habits and my weight would creep up on me again” she said.
For eight years, Micheline also struggled to get pregnant and she believed that her weight was a contributing factor so she decided to try a new diet. Following this, Micheline became pregnant at the age of 42 and continued to eat healthy for the sake of her baby.
After the birth of her son Casey, Micheline maintained her diet and at one point weighed 13st 8lbs(the smallest she had ever been). However, the tiredness that new motherhood can bring eventually took its toll. Micheline said she became disorganized with her eating habits and began to eat in secret also.
Micheline wanted to lose weight but it wasn’t until her sons first birthday party that she realised how much she wanted to make a change; “at one point we were in the hall way, and I asked my sister to mind Casey as I was nipping upstairs. That was the turning point for me. I had to hold on to the banisters and a railing opposite that my mother had fitted after her knee operation, I couldn’t get up the stairs unless I held onto both. Heaving myself up I sat and cried, how was l going to run around a play with my beautiful son, he was my whole world” she said.
The following week, Micheline walked into Ann Dixon’s Unislim Arklow class and never looked back, she was overwhelmed by how friendly and encouraging her leader and fellow members were and she absolutely fell in love with the Forever Free plan. Instead of avoiding the scales, Micheline looked forward to her weigh-in and seeing the pounds drop gradually.
In just one year, Micheline has swapped her size 22’s for a size 12 and she feels fantastic. Instead of worrying about how her weight might impose on her relationship with her son, she is now running around and playing with him as he approaches his second birthday!
