I was 24st and ate four takeaways a week but shed 12st after a stranger said I ‘wasn’t bad for a fat girl’

A SINGLE mum-of-one was shamed into dropping 10 stone after a merciless stranger sneered she was “fairly… for a fat lady.”
Tanya Austin, 26, from Weston-Super-Mare, had all the time felt just like the fat buddy on nights out together with her mates due to her 24 stone body. 
7Tanya Austin, 26, from Weston-super-Mare, shed 12st in a yr – half her physique weightCredit: Medavia
Speaking solely to Fabulous, she said: “I hated my measurement 24 body. All my buddies had been so skinny and glamorous but I was all the time spilling out of my outfit. 
“I’d been giant my complete grownup life, ever since I was in my late teenagers. Then when I began having fun with boozy nights out as I bought older, issues solely bought worse.”  
Although Tanya hated how she regarded, she could not shift the kilos and determined to throw herself into partying as an alternative.
She said: “I hated the best way I regarded, but I did not need to be the fat buddy that was all the time moaning about being massive. So as an alternative, I threw myself into being the life and soul of the celebration.
7Tanya was spurred onto drop a few pounds after being instructed she ‘wasn’t bad for a fat lady’Credit: Medavia
“I drank a lot of cider on nights out and with no time to prepare dinner, I’d order no less than four takeaways a week. I knew I had bad habits but I simply couldn’t see how I may get pleasure from my social life and be slim.
“I stored up my enjoyable facade, pretending I was this bubbly and assured individual, but deep down I hated my determine. When I noticed photos of myself, I was mortified. But I nonetheless couldn’t appear to shed the kilos.
“I simply ate my emotions as an alternative. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than my weight spiralled uncontrolled and I was large measurement 24, weighing over 24 stone.” 
When I noticed photos of myself, I was mortified. But I nonetheless couldn’t appear to shed the kilosTanya Austin26
As her physique ballooned, Tanya’s confidence plummeted, and quickly she was shying away from relationship altogether – as a result of she was too scared to eat in entrance of romantic companions. 
Tanya said: “I should have seemed to be in denial, I was so busy pretending that I wasn’t bothered about my measurement, but others had definitely seen I had a massive drawback.
“When a date prompt I ought to swap my drinks order from Coke to Diet Coke, I was humiliated. I didn’t hear although. Instead of ditching the full-fat Coke, I ditched my date.
7Tanya was a celebration lady and as soon as ate four takeaways a weekCredit: Medavia
“I stopped relationship and quickly, I started avoiding consuming out all collectively. I was satisfied folks would stare at me. 
“At that time, I abruptly realised what everybody should consider me. I noticed what strangers noticed – a vastly chubby younger girl.
“I stored going out with my mates, pretending to be completely satisfied, but I hated my physique a lot.
“I would watch my buddies as they paired off with good-looking strangers on nights out, but I was all the time left alone. I was the everlasting fat buddy.”
7She’s now loving life and believes guys once they inform her she’s fairlyCredit: Medavia
Then one night time, a stranger dropped a brutal bombshell.
“It was simply one other night time out,” Tanya said. “I was with some women and a group of men had been speaking to us.
“We had been having a snort and joking round, but abruptly one of many males simply turned to me and said: ‘You’re fairly… for a fat lady.’ I was gobsmacked.”
I’d all the time identified I was the fat buddy, but the merciless stranger’s phrases had actually confirmed it. For me, that was the ultimate strawTanya Austin26
Poor Tanya was mortified by the merciless jibe, but brushed it off. She said: “I pretended to my buddies that I didn’t care, but deep down I was heartbroken.
“I’d all the time identified I was the fat buddy, but the merciless stranger’s phrases had actually confirmed it.
“For me, that was the ultimate straw. I signed as much as each weight loss program I may consider in a determined bid to drop a few pounds, but I simply couldn’t keep on with any of them. 
“Old habits die onerous and each time, I’d slip again into my previous methods and order a takeaway. Afterwards, I’d simply suppose there was no level. I simply couldn’t cease myself.” 
7Tanya says she was all the time the ‘fat buddy’ on nights outCredit: Medavia
But regardless of Tanya’s lack of motivation, the stranger’s phrases continued to hang-out her, and when she fell pregnant after a brief fling in 2015 she determined it was time to alter for good. 
She said: “It wasn’t something critical, and I definitely hadn’t deliberate a child, but falling pregnant was a dream come true. I was actually excited.
“When I gave beginning to my son, Logan, in April 2016, I was stuffed with a lot love. But that bloke within the bar’s jibe had stayed with me and now, as a single mum, it felt a lot extra poignant.
“I didn’t need to be the fat mum within the faculty playground. I needed to drop a few pounds to be a function mannequin for Logan.”
7Her priorities modified when she fell pregnant with son Logan in 2016Credit: Medavia
Inspired by love for her son, Tanya threw out all of the junk meals from her cabinets and took management of her weight loss program.
“Within a few weeks, the burden was falling off me,” she said.. “I felt implausible and when I misplaced four stone in a matter of months, I was so proud.
“But I appeared to plateau there and I knew I’d want some further assist to shift the remainder of the burden. So in August 2016, I signed as much as Slimming World.
“Within the primary week of following their plan, I had already began to drop a few pounds once more.” 
7Tanya is now a measurement 12, weighing 12stCredit: Medavia
Tanya continued to drop a few pounds at a regular charge and inside a yr she had shed a additional eight stone, dropping a staggering 12 stone in complete.
Tanya says: “Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, so when I realised I may nonetheless have a cooked breakfast every morning and drop a few pounds, I was so completely satisfied. 
“I couldn’t imagine I’d misplaced 12 stone. I don’t suppose it actually hit house till I lastly slipped into a measurement 12 gown. I felt wonderful. I’d spent years admiring thinner girls, and now I was lastly one among them.
Tanya’s weight loss program: earlier than & after
Tanya’s weight loss program earlier than:
Breakfast: Full fry up
Lunch: Two hen tikka slices, fizzy drink
Dinner: Sweet and bitter hen balls, curry, ribs, cider 
Snacks: Crisps and dip, chocolate, pasty, cider  
Tanya’s weight loss program after:
Breakfast: Wholemeal bread, sausage, poached egg and beans
Lunch: Subway salad, water 
Dinner: Chilli and rice
Snacks: Slimming world bar, fruit 

“My first night time out after the burden loss was life altering. I not needed to faux to be assured, I actually did really feel implausible. It felt unimaginable to lastly ditch that label of the ‘fat buddy’. 
“When a man on the bar instructed me I was lovely, I was over the moon. He did not qualify it with ‘for a fat lady’, and for the primary time I imagine him.”
Tanya now weighs 12 stone and she has simply bought her first measurement 10 outfit. Her weight reduction has even given her the braveness to begin relationship once more. 
“I hated relationship when I was massive,” said Tanya. “But now I’m loving it. I’ve even signed as much as a relationship web site, and this time I’ll be ensuring they take me on dinner dates.

“I love my measurement 12 determine, I’m so completely satisfied I managed to shed the burden. When that stranger made his merciless remark, I was mortified.
“But I’m glad he said it – he inspired me to lose 12 stone and now, I’m not fairly for a fat lady.”  
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