Cheryl Blythe loses 14 stones to become Slimming World Woman of the Year 2015
Once warned by her GP that she’d be dead or confined to a wheelchair if she didn’t lose weight, Cheryl Blythe from Basildon, Essex shunned weight loss surgery and joined Slimming World. She’s lost a stunning 14st 3lbs to completely transform her life, and has been crowned Slimming World’s Woman of the Year 2015.
“My family says I’ve always been the ‘button’ that holds everything together, but the irony of it is that while I was looking after all of them, I let myself go.
“My weight problems began when I fell pregnant with my daughter when I was 17. Feeling lonely as a young mum, I comfort ate in secret to pass the time. I got so big that I couldn’t look after myself. My children would have to help me fasten my shoes and get dressed and my neighbour would do my shopping. I managed to keep working as a carer though, although I don’t know how. I had a BMI of 62 and my GP told me that if I didn’t do something about my weight I would be in a wheelchair or dead by the time I was 45. He suggested a gastric band, but I turned him down, and now I’m so glad I did!
Video – Cheryl tells her story
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