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Andy’s Story: From too big for theme parks, to Charity bike rides and his own Slimming group Local Railway Manager, Andy Turner, has transformed his life by losing over 12 stone on Slimming World. He now uses his new found fitness to do charity rides to raise money and, next year, will ride from London to Amsterdam to raise money for Brain Tumour Research. First though, he is starting a new Saturday morning ‘Slimming World’ group in Horsham. In April 2015, Andy, weighing nearly 29 stone, finally realised he needed to do something about his weight. He had always been overweight, but now in his 40s it was really starting to affect him. Andy explained: “I’d always been big, even as a child. Over the years, my weight had fluctuated, but I would never say I had been a healthy weight. In my teens and twenties I’d never let it stop me doing things; I was active, I went skateboarding, built a car and more. But when I started skating again in 2008, I had a fall and badly broke my ankle, and it had a lot to do with my weight affecting my balance. Still I did nothing about losing weight. “But then something happened that made me realise I needed to change. I was at Chessington Theme Park with my family. We had queued for over an hour for
the Vampire ride, my youngest daughter Daisy was so excited to go on her first proper rollercoaster! But when we got to the seats I was gutted. Despite trying the special ‘larger’ seats, I didn’t fit. I couldn’t be with her on that ride, “Don’t worry Daddy” she said, but I could see she wanted me there, I was devastated, my weight was now affecting my family. Something had to change….” In late April 2015, Andy joined a local Slimming World group, and that moment would change his life. He continued: “I got out the car and headed in. Was I nervous? Yes! I was walking in to a group of Women, I was considerably bigger than everyone there, and I was embarrassed. I needn’t have been though. I was soon greeted by Claire the consultant, and taken over to the new members area. “I sat and listened to the new members talk, and I realised that this was fundamentally just about healthy eating. No complicated calorie counting, bizarre milkshakes - just good food and, by the sounds of it, enough to satisfy my appetite! I then listened to the Image Therapy session of the members already there. I liked the fact that no one was being criticised, even if they had gained a little, but on the whole it was losses.
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