Lancaster slimming consultant loses four stone after comfort eating during pandemic

Louise Haskins, consultant and area manager for Slimming World in Lancaster and Morecambe, found the pandemic months very challenging.

“Everybody found the pandemic months really challenging, even the consultants” she said.

Louise had already regained some of her weight after a cancer scare in 2019 and then during the first lockdown gained even more weight with the stresses and uncertainties that she experienced.

“I wasn’t taking care of myself,” she admits, “and I was still struggling mentally with the cancer scare. I was out of control and stress and comfort eating.”

When the first lockdown was coming to an end and Slimming Word groups were going to be allowed to reopen, Louise began to panic about seeing people in her groups.

“I couldn’t possibly face people knowing that I had regained nearly four stone in total," she said. "I began looking for another job so that I could hide away and not face all my members.