Mum sheds six stone after being told she wasn’t eating enough to lose weight

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READ MORE: What is the Hot Girls Have IBS TikTok trend and why experts are warning against it Speaking to Liverpool Echo, Valerie said: "They didn't say how much I had to lose, I just had to get my BMI down.“I managed to lose a stone when I came out of hospital but I just couldn't lose any more weight."My youngest daughter Kelly said 'come along with me mum to Slimming World, they're really good.'"I didn't realise how much the weight had gone on and I was so depressed by the time I'd gone to Slimming World."As part of joining the group, Valerie was asked to fill in a food journal - logging her meals and snacks.

But the experts told her she wasn’t eating enough to lose any weight.Valerie said: "I got on the scales the first week and I hadn't lost anything, I'd maintained.

I was really upset because I was depressed because of my weight anyway."I had a lovely phone call from Chris, my Slimming World consultant.

She said 'I know why you're not losing any weight' - and I wasn't eating enough."Valerie said Chris explained that because she was only eating one main meal a day, her body was storing the fat, making it difficult for her to lose weight.She swapped her habits for one of the plans offered by the group – and now she’s dropped six stone.Valerie recently had the life-changing surgery to have her gall bladder removed.She said: "When the weight just started coming off it gave me more insensitive to carry on and to get it done.