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TRUE-LIFE

Wolfing down my third slice of cheesy toast, I popped more bread into the toaster.

All while bobbing my three-month-old baby boy, Kristian, on my hip.

It was August 2017 and as a new mum, life was busy.

‘I can’t be going hungry,’ I told Kristian.

Not if I had to tend to his every need all day.

Five years earlier, after unhealthy habits in my teens, I’d been 18st 7lb, and a size 24.

But with diet and exercise – and sheer determination – I’d lost 7st and gone down six dress sizes.

Then I’d met my fiancé, James, and fallen pregnant.

I’d already lost the weight

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