Seventh heaven for Jennifer thanks to Weight Watchers

Here she tells her weight-loss story - her success story as she rightly calls it - after going from just over 17 stones, to just over 10.

"Everyone has a "perfect" friend - you know, someone really attractive with a figure to die for and a genuinely great personality.

"Well I have such a friend (Moya) and last January she joined Weight Watchers to help her lose 9 Ibs. She didn't make a fuss about it, she just went.

"That was my wake up call.

"I remember thinking that here was someone with "just" 9 Ibs to lose and she was just getting on with it and taking action - and yet here was I with loads more to lose, sitting back and doing nothing.

"So the following week I nipped out of work and joined Weight Watchers myself - to my shame I had reached the heaviest I had ever been at 17 stone five-and-a-half pounds.

"When I returned to work I was all fired up with having taken my first step towards a healthier lifestyle I was really determined that this time I was going to succeed.

"Now when some people decide to do something, they just put their heads down and quietly get on with it - but not me. When I joined Weight Watchers everyone knew about it!

"I told all my friends, family and workmates and shared with them every achievement -I told them all about my ups and downs and each and every one of them helped me on my journey.

"My husband, Alan, probably got the raw deal as he had to put up with my moans when the scales didn't go in my favour some weeks.

"My children would help and encourage me to go for walks and bike rides with them. My mum was like a wise owl always offering praise and encouragement. My sister was always singing my praises to others - and she went with me to shop for new clothes as I started shrinking and to be honest didn't have a clue what to buy for my new shape.

"In the week leading up to Valentine ’s Day I reached my goal weight having lost seven stones - to say I was excited would be an understatement and in my usual fashion I told everyone in sight! I even told the assistant in Next when I managed to fit into a size 10 top!

"I can honestly say that I am a changed person. Yes, my size and weight have changed - but my attitude to life has also changed. I am healthy, happy and more confident within myself.

"I used to eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted and my only exercise would have been walking to the biscuit tin! Weight Watchers has shown me that I can still have a little bit of everything -just not all day every day.

"Weight Watchers has provided me with all the tools I need to succeed and I know that I wasn't on a diet for the last year and a bit -I was being shown how to change my lifestyle - and that's how I know I’m going to maintain it. I was once told, "nothing tastes as nice as the feeling of being slim" - I agree with that 100 per cent thanks to Weight Watchers!"