Woman's Own

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS

There was a time when getting up on the morning of an important pitch for new business meant sifting through the wardrobe and finding absolutely nothing to wear. Today, as I flicked through my clothes, my only challenge was choices, choices, choices! Something red? A pastel top and skirt, maybe? Within an hour, I was standing in front of potential new clients telling them about our IT and telecoms products, feeling super-confident.

‘I WAS READY TO MAKE BIG CHANGES’

Since losing 6st 3½lb with Slimming World, it wasn’t so much about how I looked now, but the difference it had made inside. I felt good about myself, and that shone out of me. Aside from

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