Danielle French was planning for the happiest day of her life, but was absolutely dreading looking for a wedding dress.

After putting on weight over the last few years, Danielle couldn’t fit into any of her old clothes and didn’t want to hate every wedding dress she tried on.

It was then Danielle made a change and slimmed down over 70 pounds in one year, which she credits to hard work and Instagram!

“After getting engaged I continued to put on lots of weight until March 2015 when I got to my biggest and could barely fit in any of my clothes. I really didn’t want to be a big bride and look at my wedding photos and hate what I saw. I wanted to lose weight a year before I got married so I could go and try wedding dresses on without hating everything I tried on.”

With their wedding date set for November 2016, Danielle, tired of trying every diet under the sun, seen that ‘Slimming World’ was one of the most popular on Instagram and decided to see if it would work for her too.

“I had been unhappy for so long about my weight and tried so many diets that I could never stick too. I started looking on Instagram at weight loss accounts and there were so many inspiring girls that had lost weight. I decided I would give it a go as it was one of the only diets I hadn’t tried. I joined online and created an Instagram account to post about my weight loss journey to keep me motivated.”

Using Instagram as a weight loss tool, Danielle looked through weight loss and fitness accounts for daily motivation and other Slimming World pages for advice and weight loss meals.

It took Danielle under a year to hit her fitness goals, losing 70 pounds and walking down the aisle at her ideal size. The weight loss has changed her life in more ways than she could have imagined.

“Losing the weight has changed my life in so many more ways than I could have ever imagined. Before losing the weight I hated going out with my friends because I felt so self-conscious and awful in everything I wore. I lived in leggings and baggy tops to hide the fact I had put on weight. I was also really unfit and got out of breath really easily whenever I walked more than half a mile. I suffer from IBS and since losing the weight and eating a much healthier balanced diet means I hardly ever get symptoms.”

As well as the numerous health benefits, Danielle also fell in love with a few passions that she lost touch with when she at her heaviest.

“I have gained my love for shopping and fashion again. I don’t feel like the fat one out of my friends anymore I love getting dressed up and going out. I can now walk in to a shop, try things on and like what I see. I hated shopping for clothes when I was bigger as I refused to buy bigger sizes.’

Danielle’s friends and family were all so proud of her transformation and she also credits her Instagram page and her followers for keeping her in check and accountable during her weight loss journey.

“They are all really proud of me and cant believe how much weight I have lost and how different I look now. But on top of following Slimming World I don’t think I could have done it without my Instagram food blogging page and the support I get from all my lovely followers.”

Danielle’s Frequently Asked Questions Answered

“I started slimming world on 29/03/2015 & I weighed 13 stone 4lbs. I hit my target of 8 stone about 12 months later & have been maintaining 8 – 8.6 for around 11 months.
I’m 5ft 3. From the start I didn’t go to the gym or do any particular exercise other than walking to work & back every day & walking the pooch. Just recently started tracking my steps & try to do 10,000 step a day.”

“Also started doing yoga at home which I’m really enjoying. I always have had between 10-15 syns a day unless I’ve had a weekend off plan I will try reduce my syns to 5ish a day to balance out before weigh in on a Friday. Generally I follow SP Mon-Thur & then follow extra easy Fri – Sun & find it works really well for me & makes me look forward to my carby weekends”

Danielle French Weight Loss Meals

“Chicken & bacon pitta calzone for tea”

“Scrambled eggs & hexB toast with fruit for lunch”

“Creamy tomato pasta with @liveleanuk meatballs for tea”. Recipe here.

“Speedy fruit, fat free natural yogurt & a few chia seeds for breakfast. Washed down with a skinny coffee from @theskinnycaffe”

“Nando’s  Butterfly chicken – 3 syns, Spicy rice – 2 syns, Side salad, Extra Nando’s sauce – 2 syns”

“Chocolate porridge for breakfast breakfast using both healthy extras with @theskinnycaffe daytime tea”

One last thing… you should try this 10-second “morning trigger” that burns up to 2 pounds of belly fat per day…

“All this by a 10-second morning trigger?” I asked.

I met an old friend for lunch last month and I was super impressed with how good she looked.

She said, “It’s not so much about the morning trigger, but more about how they help raise your body’s low core temperature to dramatically increase your fat burning metabolism and improve your health and appearance.”

Even though I was skeptical, I’ve been struggling with my weight over the last few years, so I gave it a shot and watched the same video she did.

Well, it’s only a couple weeks later and you know what they say about how “you can’t transform your body overnight”…

They’re right — it actually took me 19 days to lose 24 pounds.

Now it’s my girlfriends asking ME what I’M doing differently

Imagine waking up every morning full of energy and loving what you see in the mirror…

Imagine enjoying the foods you love: pasta, wine, or even a dessert — completely guilt-free.

And imagine feeling good and living your life without obsessing about every single calorie you eat…

All while knowing your health is being protected by one of the most powerful natural healing rituals ever discovered.

Click here to see the 10-second “morning trigger” that helped me melt away 24 pounds in just 19 days

 

 

 

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