Mayor of South Tyneside relaunches a long-running Hebburn Slimming World group

Councillor Fay Cunningham, the Mayor of South Tyneside, and the Mayoress, Stella Matthewson, were invited to Hedley Community Hall, in Hebburn, to relaunch a Slimming World group.

The pair joined Slimming World consultant Pauline Fox, who is from South Shields, to relaunch the long-running Slimming World group.

Pauline, who first joined Slimming World 15 years ago, became a consultant after she lost four stone herself - dropping from a dress size 18 to 10-12.

The 63-year-old said: “I wanted to lose weight for health reasons, especially due to the fact that I have mobility issues so losing weight helped with that.

“Before I lost weight, I felt old and sluggish - I wanted to wear nice clothes and feel more confident.

“I loved eating fish and chips which were followed by at least two bars of chocolate, I think I ate chocolate every day of the week.

“I went from that to now eating family-friendly meals such as Bolognese and curries but made the healthy way with the help of Slimming World recipes.

“I will still have fish but now I take the batter off and will have it with mushy peas.

“Since losing weight, I now feel confident and a lot healthier - I love being able to buy new clothes.”

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Pauline’s relaunched Slimming World group is held on Tuesday mornings at 9.30am at the Hedley Community Hall, on Ellison Street.

You can find your nearest Slimming World group by visiting: https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/nearest-group-search.