A music lover who went to a festival feeling 'too tired' to watch his favourite band because of his weight has now returned - after losing 14 stone. Aaron Walker, 27, went to Leeds Festival in 2021 but struggled to enjoy himself because of his 26st 12.5lbs frame.
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00:00 I put on a lot of my weight throughout university and it got to the point where I was struggling
00:06 to enjoy the things that I used to do. So my final straw moment was I'd got tickets
00:13 for the Leeds Festival and my feet were hurting, my legs were aching, I was out of breath and
00:19 it just wasn't an enjoyable day. Both my mum and sister are members of a similar group,
00:25 they'd done very well, they were both at Target. So I knew the plan worked, I knew that going
00:32 to that group would hold me accountable, it was sort of the right step. Everyone's in
00:37 that same position as what you are, you know that if I had had a bad week they would then
00:43 make me see the bigger picture. It does seem bizarre, the fact that you can still lose
00:49 weight and still eat so much food and I think that's why it's worked for me because I've
00:54 never once felt like I'm missing out on certain foods. There's lots of material out there
00:59 that Slimming World publish, whether it be on the app or online or in their cookbooks
01:04 and it all sort of focuses on cooking from fresh and that's sort of the biggest change
01:09 that I think I made. When I first started Slimming World I was at the point where I
01:14 couldn't really exercise, I wasn't confident enough to go into a gym. So the easiest thing
01:20 for me to do was simply just to go out walking. So just to get them little extra steps in
01:26 and just increase that level of fitness ever so slightly was a big thing for me and I think
01:32 that's one thing that Slimming World does sort of support you with, whether that be
01:39 going out and running a marathon or just walking down to the end of the street and back. I
01:44 am so much happier now as a person than what I was two years ago. I look forward to every
01:50 day and I've got that passion and that motivation, I've just got that enjoyment and I feel like
01:56 I have got my life back and I'm enjoying my life and I'm enjoying trying new things and
02:03 getting out and doing different things and having different experiences because Slimming
02:07 World's given me the confidence to do that.
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