See How Twenty Stone Mum Shed Half Her Body Weight

A mum-of-two, Kim Callaghan, 39, who weighed 20 stone and felt depressed at being too fat to keep up with her kids has shed half her body weight, after four years of hard work.

According to Mirror UK, Kim who wasn’t even fit to walk after ballooning to 20 stone and a size 28, was so nervous about stepping onto the scales at her first Slimming World meeting that she couldn’t get out of the car for 15 minutes.

But after dropping a life-changing 10 stone, she’s never been happier.

Kim, of County Louth, Ireland, told the Irish Mirror: “By the time I had done 1km I was out of breath. I wasn’t fit enough to walk and the children didn’t know what was going on or why I wasn’t fit to keep up with them. The Christmas before I joined I had struggled to get clothes to fit me in the shop for the larger lady. Back then I was a size 26 on the bottom and size 28 on the top.”

It has taken Kim four years to reach her target weight of 10 stone and since then she’s completed four mini-marathons and said her confidence is better than ever before.

She always feared having to go dress shopping but knew she would have to because her son Owen, who was 10 at the time, was making his Confirmation.

And the determined mum said her slimming club encouraged her to ditch her deep fat fryer and cook healthy meals for the family.

Kim revealed: “I said to myself I would give it a go for one week and I am still here. I have learnt so much about food and cooking. I used to have a double deep-fat fryer. It would have been quick and easy for me to use it and of course the portion size would have been massive. I got rid of it a long time ago.”

To mark each stone that she lost, Kim had a butterfly tattooed on her leg and now it’s adorned with the colourful creatures.

But while there’s room for more butterflies, Kim said she is delighted that after four years of hard work she is finally a size she feels comfortable with.