NO MORE EXCUSES!
WOMAN'S OWN|August 17, 2021
When it came to making changes, Pippa Poitras, 57, knew it was now or never
KIM WILLIS, ASHLEIGH PAGE
NO MORE EXCUSES!

Hearing the ping of the microwave, I slid the ready-meal lasagne-for-one onto the plate and tucked in. Convenience meals such as this were typical for me, especially after a long day at my job as a sales rep. ‘I don’t have time to prepare healthy meals,’ I’d convince myself.

It was 2015 and, at 13st and 5ft, I was severely overweight for my height but I comforted myself with the knowledge that being big was just the way I was meant to be.

Adopted by a loving family as a baby, my adoption notes listed me as healthy but slightly overweight. I simply enjoyed food and it was a trait that lasted all the way through my childhood and into my teenage years. I’d scoff sweets and crisps, bought with my pocket money.

Sadly, my mum died when I was 14, so my dad was playing both roles. He’d cook starchy stews filled with potatoes and we’d always have ice cream or jelly to follow.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 17, 2021 من WOMAN'S OWN.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 17, 2021 من WOMAN'S OWN.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.