In the new year, I dropped Tianni off at school and met Sarah and our friends at the cafe. ‘I need to lose weight,’ I confessed. The girls were supportive, suggesting we join Slimming World together, and we decided to see who could lose the most in a week. With a starting weight of 26st 6lb, a bit of healthy competition wouldn’t hurt.
A week later, after cutting out all the junk food and introducing fresh fruit and veg, and cooking everything from scratch,