Lucybell33

My name's Leanne (Lucybell is my Dad's pet name for me - no idea why!), I'm 36 years old and I live in the south of England with my husband, 2-year-old son and two lilac burmese cats. I'm a Marketing Actuary, so spend long hours sat behind a desk staring at spreadsheets or sat in meetings talking about the results from those aforementioned spreadsheets! However, I cut my hours down to 4 days a week when I returned to work after a year's maternity leave in June 2007, so at least I'm only chained to my desk for around 30 hours a week these days!

I started the Slim Fast plan in July 2007 in an effort to finally rid myself of the excess weight I mostly put on during a very unhappy period in my mid to late twenties, when I went up from a fairly stable 9-9.5 stone (around 130lbs) to a peak of over 13 stone (185lbs) not long before I met the wonderful man who is now my husband. I did manage to get down to just over 12 stone (170lbs) for our wedding, but a honeymoon cruise kick started a summer of excess, followed by a somewhat sooner than expected pregnancy, and I piled the weight back on, peaking at a little over 15.5 stone (220lbs) just before the birth of my baby boy in June 2006. After a year at home not making much of an impact, I returned to work in June 2007 (feeling absolutely hideous) and was inspired by a couple of people who'd lost loads of weight whilst I'd been off to give it a proper try.

WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Get down to 10 stone (140lbs) (5 stone (70lbs) total weight loss) in time for my little boy's 2nd birthday party on 14th June. I achieved this weight loss goal on 7th June, so a full week ahead of target!

LONG TERM GOAL: Ensure I gain no more than the recommended 2 stone (28lbs) during my next pregnancy and then get back down to goal weight BEFORE returning to work!