02/01/2026
On the 9th day of Christmas 🎄
Slimming world gave to me 🎶 🎵
Target member Peter and Diamond member and a fabulous member of our social team ❤️
I’d always been overweight and spent years telling myself it was okay. I didn’t drink or smoke and didn’t feel especially stressed, so I convinced myself my weight wasn’t really an issue even though I knew it was.
At 56, as a widower with a 15-year-old child, I realised I owed it to both of us to get the very best out of life. I reached a point where I knew I couldn’t carry on as I was.
The changes since losing weight have been huge. I feel healthier, have far more energy, and my blood pressure and pulse rate have both reduced.
I know the choices I’ve made have genuinely improved my long-term health and life expectancy.
I’d always stayed fairly active, even when overweight, but now my body feels completely different. I can run if I have to, I’m not lethargic, and I have more motivation and drive for life. Because my weight loss was gradual, it was often people I didn’t see regularly who noticed most including a member of staff where I worked who walked past me three times before stopping and saying, “Is that you, Pete?”
One thing I feared was feeling like I was “on a diet”, but I’ve learned this isn’t a diet at all. It’s a plan with real choice and flexibility, which makes it sustainable. I’m a creature of habit, so I keep meals simple and enjoyable, and my son has lost weight too as we eat the same food and support each other.
The biggest change has been my mindset. I now understand that I always have a choice, and those choices matter. I no longer say, “I can’t have that,” but instead, “I can have that, but today I choose not to.”
That shift has been powerful.
Staying to group has been vital.
The weekly check-in keeps my focus on track and stops me drifting too far
The support, shared ideas, and sense of togetherness really matter my advice to anyone is simple: stay to group.!!!
And finally, slimming isn’t just for women. Slimming World is for people.
Like many men, I once thought I should and could handle it alone, but I chose to face reality and make a change.
Being a man didn’t matter. I mattered.
Well done Peter you really are an inspiration to our Donnington group ❤️
