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Janine today(Image: Jam)<\/p>\n
\u201cI was the fattest mum in the playground,\u201d the stay-at-home mum from Rotherham said. \u201cI used to stand at the school gates, keep my head down and try to get away as fast as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n
Janine had always struggled with comfort eating. But after two of her kids were diagnosed with autism, this went into overdrive.<\/p>\n
As she \u201cgave up\u201d on herself, the mum of three would skip breakfast, before grazing on the aforementioned pastries. To wash it down, she\u2019d have nine cans of energy drink.<\/p>\n
It was affecting her health and mobility, which became clear when her eldest child had a \u201cmeltdown\u201d. She said: \u201cI was heaving myself off the floor as I tried to calm her down.<\/p>\n
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Janine Hurst now(Image: Jam Press)<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then my shoulder popped out of its socket. After seeing the doctor, it was clear my weight was putting too much pressure on my body.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I kept eating the way I was, I would be dead very soon. The idea of not being around for my kids was overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n
Janine had success with Slimming World a few years prior, shifting over five stone. But, after falling pregnant, she went back to old habits. She didn\u2019t give up, though, and decided to overhaul her diet.<\/p>\n
What Janine now eats<\/p>\n
Janine now starts off her day with an English breakfast fried in low-calorie spray, followed by salmon and salad for lunch. At dinner time, it\u2019s typically a roast with piles of vegetables \u2013 and, instead of Yorkies, she has boiled potatoes. After one week, over 14lb had been shed.<\/p>\n
And, one year later, six stone had been lost. Now, she\u2019s a trim 10st 6lbs and wears a dress size 12.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cIt\u2019s changed my life. I can run around with my kids and join in when doing silly TikTok dances.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the school gates, they can\u2019t get rid of me. I\u2019m there chatting for hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike many other mums, I\u2019d put my needs last. But, by finally choosing myself, I\u2019ve become the mum I always wanted to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Janine used to eat pork pies and sausage rolls on the school run 08:01, 21 Jun 2026Updated 09:50,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[24168,1398,6647,612,102,2201,2531,14603,1904,39163,56,54,55,4405,3101,13963],"class_list":["post-651104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-aspergers-syndrome","tag-education","tag-fitness","tag-food-and-drink","tag-health","tag-parenting","tag-pregnancy","tag-school-run","tag-schools","tag-slimming-world","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-loss-success-stories","tag-womens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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