Slimming World Preesall Thursday with Sandra

29/01/2026

I just love competition nights, hearing our inspirational members tell their stories. We had a great night tonight celebrating our greatest loser winners.

3.30 Was me again as I am a member at my own group but I also gave a winning certificate and sticker to the highest member and runner up awards to 2nd and third in both sessions. Here are a few photos from tonight.

Our new hi fi is Cookies and Cream and always try and dress up for each launch. Best I could come up with this time - a cookies and cream coloured patterned dress and a big cardboard cookie 🍪

The whole group lost 76lb (over 5 stone) and achieved all these awards tonight!

3.30 three ladies have lost over 14 stone between them.

5.30 three ladies have lost about 13 1/2 stone between them.

29/01/2026

I’m a centrefold! Thank you to Blackpool Gazette for featuring me ❤️ your photographer Michelle was lovely and it was a pleasure to meet her.

Healthier Wyre
Slimming World Team Wyre
Slimming World - Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre
Wyre Moving More
Slimming World
The Rays Line Dance Club

28/01/2026

All this for 1 1/2 Swips! Heck rashers 1/2 Swipceach, bacon (free with all fat removed before eating), microwaved eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes under the chips and Slimming World chips from Iceland ❤️. Who says you can’t have your favourite comfort meals while losing or maintaining weight?

28/01/2026

Thank you to Blackpool Gazette and Healthier Wyre for featuring my amazing member Maureen. ❤️

Residents in Wyre who have a challenge with their weight and want to slim down are being given the chance to join a fully-funded slimming course to help them.
Full story 👇

27/01/2026

A woman lost nine stone in just over two years after a waiter mistook her for being pregnant and offered her a mocktail. 👏

Jessica Gabb, 33, would eat pastries for breakfast with tinned iced coffees every day at her biggest, snacking on biscuits at work and making “unhealthy” dinners like creamy pastas and curries. 🥐

Despite being active as a teen, Jessica noticed the pounds start to creep on when she moved away to university in 2011. 📈

But it was in 2020 when the Covid pandemic took hold and she was furloughed from work that Jessica began to rapidly gain weight - ballooning to 20st 7.5lbs.

After restrictions eased February 2023 Jessica went out to celebrate pregnant friend Lucy’s 30th birthday, with a waiter mistakenly giving her Lucy’s mocktail after he thought she was the pregnant one.

Jessica joined Slimming World with sister Natalie, 39, in August 2023 and has since shed 9st and is now 11st 7.5lb - dropping from a size 26 to a size 12.

With just half a stone until her goal weight, Jessica is “more confident” and has got back into fitness, training for the London Landmarks Half Marathon in April 2026.

Jessica, a business development manager, from Rochester, Kent, said: “I moved back down to Kent and it was a few weeks before lockdown.

“I think it went one or two ways, people either got healthy or not healthy, and I went down the not healthy route. I was furloughed so I was baking loads and selling baked goods. My sister was on maternity leave so we’d order in wine.

“We ordered a cheese board from a local deli – I don’t know who we thought were. In February 2023 I was with my friend Lucy, it was her birthday. We went for a fancy meal and were going to the theatre afterwards.

“I popped to the loo and she ordered the drinks. She was getting a mocktail and I ordered an espresso martini. When I got back the guy put the fruity one in front of me. I was like, ‘what’s this?’

“He was like, ‘a mocktail because you’re pregnant’. I made a joke of it and we laughed but I was dying of embarrassment”. 🫣

Jessica was active as a teen, playing hockey for her local team and says even at university in Cardiff she was “getting away with it” after she would go to the gym and then out for tea with her housemate. She said: “In 2018 I started working away from there. I would leave really early to get to work and come back and eat dinner.

“I didn’t have time to go to the gym or do stuff I was just tired. Before breakfast was some sort of pastry or toast and coffee, the pre-made iced coffees in tins. Lunch would be anything I could find at the shop like a meal deal.

“I’d very rarely take my own food in. They would always have biscuits at work it was torture. Dinner would be pasta, curries or sausage and mash but it would be made in an unhealthy way."

With “zero confidence” and not liking how she looked, Jessica joined Slimming World in August 2023.

She said: “It got to the point where all my friends were settling down and having kids. I had zero confidence and didn’t like the way I looked and I didn’t want to put myself out there.

“I’m quite an organised person so I find it an easy plan to follow. It’s just like calorie counting but they’ve done the hard bit for you so you don’t have to calorie count”.

Now, Jessica reaches for yoghurt with fruit or smoked salmon and scrambled egg for breakfast followed by leftovers for lunch like a salad or rice dish.

Dinners are healthier versions of her favourites like sausage and mash, or chicken and rice with veg. 🍛

26/01/2026

DON’T MISS OUT – JOIN US THIS THURSDAY! 🥰

If you’ve been thinking about joining (or rejoining) my group, now is the perfect time!

Join for FREE and save the £5 membership fee 🙌

And it gets even better…

When you choose a 6 or 12 week Countdown, you’ll save even more PLUS receive our FREE recipe book – 15 Minute Heroes 🍽️ full of
quick, tasty meals that fit perfectly into your weight loss journey!

Don’t put it off, this could be the first step into a healthier future.

Come along Thursday and let’s get started together!

I’ll also give you a Slimming World magazine full of recipes to get you started 🍔🍜🥘🥙🥯🍲🌮🥗

❤️SLIMMING WORLD PREESALL

❤️Hope Community Care Hub
❤️Old Bethel Church,
❤️Lancaster Road, Preesall,
❤️Lancs FY6 0DY
(near the Co-Op and Fire Station)

Every Thursday
⏰ 3.30pm and ⏰ 5.30pm

With Sandra 📱 07752 180721
Target member, 6 1/2 stone lost

All my links are here :-

https://linktr.ee/SandraKirkham

26/01/2026

Gorgeous!

25/01/2026

25/01/2026

24/01/2026

To celebrate and help even more people get started, I’m giving away 🎉 10 FREE Slimming World memberships 🎉 to my group on Thursday! In my video I said the last two weeks of January but I thought we had two more Thursdays in January but on checking, we don’t 🤪 it’s just one).

That’s right - no joining fee, only the weekly fee to pay, just walk through the door and start your weight loss journey with full support, a warm welcome and a plan that fits real life ❤️

If you’ve been saying…
👉 “I need to do something about my weight”
👉 “I’ll start soon”
👉 “I just need a little push”

✨ THIS IS YOUR SIGN ✨

You’ll still get all the motivation, care, ideas, recipes and weekly support my members love - you’re just skipping the membership fee to get you going 💪

Whether you want to:
✔️ Feel more confident
✔️ Have more energy
✔️ Get back into your clothes
✔️ Improve your health
✔️ Or just feel like you again

…I’ve got you.

💬 Comment “YES PLEASE” below or message me and I’ll send you the details.
Be quick - there are only 10 spots and once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Let’s make this the moment things change for you 💖

Hope Community Care Hub Slimming World - Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre

24/01/2026

Slimming World Team Wyre are going to be at the Iceland Foods today 11.00 to 3.00. Come and meet us and try some of the new Slimming World meals.

Also find out more about Wyre Council’s free referral to join one of our groups ❤️

Cleveleys Slimming World with Caroline
Slimming World Thornton Cleveleys with Mark
Garstang Slimming world with Natalie
Andrea's Slimming World Poulton & Thornton
Slimming World Over Wyre
Slimming World Fleetwood & Larkholme With Sarah
Cleveleys Slimming World With Judy
Slimming World - Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre
Slimming World Preesall Thursday with Sandra
Healthier Wyre

23/01/2026

Our superstar Maureen 🥰

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

❤️SLIMMING WORLD PREESALL

❤️Hope Community Care Hub
❤️Old Bethel Church,
❤️Lancaster Road, Preesall,
❤️Lancs FY6 0DY
(near the Co-Op and Fire Station)

Every Thursday
⏰ 3.30pm and ⏰ 5.30pm

With Sandra 📱 07752 180721
Target member, 6 1/2 stone lost

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Check this website to see if you are eligible for a FREE fully funded 12 week referral to join my group.
www.wyre.gov.uk/weightmanagement

Maureen the ‘Stir Fry Queen’ sees huge benefits from Slimming World – could you be next?

Wyre residents are being encouraged to take advantage of a fully funded 12-week Slimming World membership through Wyre Council’s weight management programme, designed to help people lose weight and improve their health and wellbeing.
Slimming World hosts over 35 groups at 14 different venues across every corner of Wyre. These welcoming groups provide a supportive environment for those looking to make sustainable lifestyle changes, and the results can be life-changing – as Maureen from Preesall knows all too well.

When Maureen first joined her local Slimming World group, she was referred by her doctors at Over Wyre Medical Centre. At the time, she faced significant mobility challenges, relied on walking aids, and struggled with breathing difficulties. Her goal was simple: to lose weight and improve her health.

Maureen had never been a Slimming World member before, but she quickly discovered the joy of eating delicious, satisfying meals while still losing weight. Fast forward to today and Maureen has lost an incredible 3 and a half stone! She no longer needs any walking aids, her breathing has improved dramatically, and she recently enjoyed walking her dog on holiday – something she never thought possible.

Her transformation has been life changing, and the community of Slimming World has played a huge role in her journey. Maureen is a much-loved member of the group, always encouraging others and sharing her passion for healthy cooking. She even earned the title of “Stir Fry Queen” after winning a ceramic wok in a raffle and discovering a love for fresh, fat-free meals. Councillor Lynne Bowen, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Health and Community Engagement, said:

“Maureen’s story is truly inspiring and shows how small changes can make a huge difference to someone’s life. We’re proud to support residents through our weight management programme, giving them the tools and confidence to improve their health and wellbeing. If you think you might qualify, please visit our website to self-refer or ask your GP or health provider to refer you. This could be the start of your own success story.”

If you’d like to lose weight, feel healthier and more confident like Maureen, visit www.wyre.gov.uk/weightmanagement to check if you qualify for a fully funded 12-week Slimming World referral.