'A lot of people assumed I used weight-loss jabs to drop 6st'

Eleanor Brown explains how she lost weight without injections or fad diets

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Mum-of-three Eleanor Brown says people assumed she was on weight-loss injections when she dropped 6st. But her transformation was in fact down to eating more healthily.

The 24-year-old had been desperate to lose weight for years, trying fad diets and weight loss pills. It even got to the point where she avoided leaving the house as she was ashamed of her size.

But that all changed when she was inspired to join her local Slimming World group by her gran Joan, 77, who was already a member.

Eleanor, who lives with her partner James and her three children - Grace, seven, Evan, four, and Laila, two - says, "Like lots of mums, for years I put myself last. My weight crept up after my second baby during lockdown - I went from 13st to nearly 17st in what felt like no time.

"I was struggling with back pain and I felt desperate. I went to the doctor, who prescribed weight loss pills, but they did nothing. Diets were even worse - restrictive, miserable and I'd quit by day two. Something had to change.

"I watched my grandma Joan transform her life with Slimming World. One evening, I joined her to see what it was all about. I expected the room to be full of people her age, but was amazed to find other young parents, as well as men and women from all walks of life. I've made so many new friends as we're all united by the same goal.