28/02/2026
So with quite a few new followers over the last few weeks, I thought I’d reintroduce myself 🥰 & tell you my story (Buckle up though, it’s a long one 🤣)
I’m Rebecca, I am 45 year old, purple, curly haired, mother to two boys aged 17 & 14 and am very happily married. I am from South Warwickshire but live in Coventry where my husband is from. I have house rabbits, although currently only have one as we are trying to find my sassy girl a husbun that she will love after losing my boy earlier this year. I am a Primary School teacher by trade, but now just do occasional supply & definitely don’t love it anymore. What I do love wholeheartedly is my job as a Slimming World Consultant.
I originally joined SW online before we got married (Aug 2007) but didn’t really follow it & was a size 20/22 when we married. I actually started losing weight after a very complicated pregnancy with our first son. I had pre eclampsia & developed HELLP syndrome (which meant my liver & kidneys were packing up). The only cure is delivery so I ended up having him by emergency c section at 30 weeks, he weighed 2lb 8oz (Jan 2009). We knew we always wanted 2 children so after about 12 months I decided I needed to lose weight before getting pregnant again to give my body a better chance of carrying more successfully. Truth is that pre eclampsia isn’t weight selective, but in my head I didn’t think my weight was helping so needed dealing with.
So I dug out the SW books I had from joining online a couple of years before & cracked on, on my own. It was red & green days back then which was hard as needed lots of planning & as a mother of a young child with a husband on shifts, it was tough. I lost about 2 & a half stone though. I got to a point where I realised that I was messing about with the plan & had easily gained half a stone back on. At this point I acknowledged that I had an issue & needed support. I looked online & found a local group for that evening (before I changed my mind!)(Sept 2010). I was terrified & when I sat in the car park I nearly didn’t go in, I felt sick, had no idea at all what to expect & was questioning the decision! But I did go in, was warmly welcomed & loved that Extra Easy had been brought in to replace Red & Green days! I was so focused, I lost every week (even over Christmas), I just kept focused on wanting a healthy second pregnancy & it was Feb 2011 when I had my first gain on the scales. I was gutted & cried - turned out (I discovered a few weeks later) that I was pregnant! I continued throughout my pregnancy as SW is support by the Royal College of Midwives & I gained about 1 stone 6lb throughout. I had a better pregnancy, went full term & the consultant I was under discharged me by 20 weeks to just be under the midwife. I did have to miss a SW week as I was still in hospital, but desperate to see what I’d lost I returned the following week (too soon, but nothing was stopping me!) & got 1 stone 4lb off in the following two weigh ins 🤣. Safe to say I won Slimmer of the Month that month 🤣🤣🤣.
I called target 12 weeks after having him as I was happy with the numbers. This saw me 4 and a half stone lighter than I started at, with 2 and a half stone off in group.
I stayed at group, still going every week. I became a SW consultant in 2017 opening a brand new group in Allesley Village. I loved it, it was an amazing job to do & I loved being able to help people to lose weight as I had done.
I had maintained my target beautifully for about 9 years & then lockdown hit 🙈. Groups all became virtual & I did struggle to stay in target. One of my boys is autistic found lockdown incredibly difficult, life was tough & I made the difficult decision to leave my role as a consultant in 2021 (although told my District Manager I would be back one day as I knew my heart lay with SW).
My weight crept up, perimenopause hit & although I still attended group I just couldn’t seem to shift it. Perimenopause really did make everything difficult for me, not just my weight & it was a tough time. But I stuck with SW as I knew it worked.
Roll onto 2025 & I returned to my role as a SW consultant when the group I had been a member at for 15 years in Coundon needed a consultant! It was like fate 🥰, I knew them, they knew me & I love them! It felt so right & although part of me was terrified that first group with them, the minute group started it felt natural & like I was where I was meant to be. I did have to find a new group to attend as a member & I have been lucky to find a lovely group with a fab consultant. After a couple of weeks back in the role, I was also lucky enough to take on a second group in Balsall Common, who are just a lovely, supportive group & made me so welcome 🥰.
I have reset my target to a number that feels more realistic to me now & although I am not there yet, (I am 1 stone off it), I am determined that 2026 will see me back in target & staying there!
