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Weight loss: Shamed mum lost 7st after her daughter wished she wasnt too fat to join in cheerleading at sch – The Sun

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WATCHING the other mums and their daughters dance and twirl - Michelle Pennington was humiliated she couldn't join the cheerleading squad.

The mother-of-two, 35, from Salford, Manchester, had ballooned to a staggering 16 stone and new she would never be able to keep up with the group.

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And Michelle was devastated when her daughter Lucy, 11, said she wished her mum wasn't "too fat" so she could take part in the school's mum cheerleading team.

Determined to turn her life around, Michelle overhauled her diet and has since lost an incredible eight stone.

More confident that ever, Michelle is now competing in cheerleading competitions and is urging other slimmers to follow in her footsteps.

She said: "I decided I wanted to share my story because, the truth is I'm just a normal full time working mum and if I can achieve my goal then so can anyone."

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Michelle admits she had piled on the pounds after years of gorging on carb-heavy meals and boozing after he kids had gone to bed.

She said: "I knew my problem was to do with carbs.

"I love bread, toast, and an Indian takeaway.

"Yet the one thing that really got me was drinking wine after the kids had gone to bed."

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Before long, Michelle had reached 16 stone and her confidence had plummeted to an all-time low.

However, her wake-up call came when her devastated daughter said she longed for Michelle to lose weight so she could join the mum's cheerleading group at her school.

And when Michelle did go for one session - she was embarrassed about her size and just how much it was limiting her.

I was embarrassed - I was weighing near 16st and hated how I looked

"When Lucy first asked if I would join the mum's cheerleading squad at her school, I said no, but Lucy was very upset," she said.

"All her friends' mums had started and if I joined, it would mean I could join her when she went to competitions.

"Her little sister, Amelia, seven, also dances in the same troop, so it really would be a family day out.

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"She had to do some serious convincing and it was seriously daunting but I showed up to my first session.

"But then they mentioned about competitions.

"I couldn't even do the most basic skills like stretches, much less the splits.

"It was a group full of all different shapes and sizes but I was embarrassed - I was weighing near 16st and hated how I looked.

"So I knew what I had to do - lose the weight and be able to really join."

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Michelle's diet before and after

DIET BEFORE

Breakfast: Two pieces of marmite on white toast and a couple of biscuits with a brew

Lunch: Cheese or tuna sandwich with a chocolate bar

Dinner:Shepherds pie with veg and gravy (Indian takeaway at weekend) and a pick at the kids tea

Snacks: Packet of crisps and a couple of glasses of red wine

DIET AFTER

Breakfast: Porridge with blueberries

Lunch: Boiled egg/tuna salad followed by an apple or pear

Dinner: Chicken fillet, boiled potatoes & veg

Snacks: Gin with slimline tonic and a rice cake

Eager to make a change for the sake of her daughters and her health, Michelle joined The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan in October 2018.

And she straight away looked to reduce her calorie intake to 600 calories per meal by switching her usual Indian takeaway for a meal replacement.

Michelle said: "I ditched the red wine on evening for a gin and slim line tonic when I fancied it, and switched the carbs for fruit and veg.

With hard work and determination, Michelle managed to drop from 16 stone to just eight stone, in a mere seven months.

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And she has since credited her family for helping her to blitz her body fat and become a "new woman.

"I became determined to shift the weight and my husband, Matthew, 36, a caretaker, was supportive all the way both with the change in diet and my exercising," she said.

"In a few months, I'd hit my lowest weight of around 8st, and it felt brilliant.

"I looked like a completely different person and my confidence sky rocketed."

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With the help of her consultant Mandy Southworth, Michelle has managed to keep the weight off.

She said: "Now I have around 1500 calories during the week and this allows me to have a treats over the weekend.

"But I do know - I could never have done it without my consultant Mandy Southworth."

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