Waving my kids, Samantha, now 37, and Max, 28, goodbye, I sank on to the sofa.
‘Are you OK?’ my husband, Steve, asked. I nodded but, in all honesty, I thought I might be going through the menopause.
I was tired all the time, had stomach complaints and was worn out whenever I moved. I knew that being overweight didn’t help, but then I’d always been fat.
A few weeks later, in early 2016, I went to my GP and was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and food intolerances.
It was the kick-start I needed to change my lifestyle, take control of my health and sort out my weight once and for all. Because, at 5ft 4in, 16st 8lb and a size 20, I knew my size wasn’t helping my…
