{"id":5749,"date":"2022-11-03T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slimmingworld.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/?p=5749"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:05:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:05:04","slug":"slimming-world-slinky-sleek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/slimming-world-slinky-sleek\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOur lives have changed completely\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Losing weight is about more than just a physical transformation \u2013 it can transform our confidence, too, which is often as life-changing. Here, our incredible Miss Slinky and Mr Sleek 2022 share what slimming success has meant to them&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verity\u2019s story&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cMy days of crying in changing rooms are over!\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After 15 years of battling with my weight, seeing myself in a size-22 wedding dress was the final straw. I hated everything about myself and just wanted to disappear completely. When I joined my local Slimming World group, I tried to make myself invisible, but the Consultant, Bronwyn, saw that I needed support. If I\u2019d had a difficult week, she was there to encourage me to pick myself back up and keep moving forward. She never gave up on me, and that meant that I never gave up on myself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of my journey, I felt so worthless that it actually changed my personality. Now, after losing 6st, I\u2019ve rediscovered the person I always was. I\u2019ve stopped hiding from the world and my confidence has soared. I used to hate shopping and would cry in changing rooms. Now I love buying fashionable clothes and I\u2019m happy to stand out from the crowd. I\u2019m so proud of myself \u2013 I feel like there\u2019s nothing I can\u2019t do!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch Verity\u2019s short video&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/5245389806001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6290300236001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" width=\"900\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ryan\u2019s story&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cI found the confidence to look for love\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My lowest moment was sitting on a table at school (I\u2019m a music teacher) and having it collapse in front of 900 students! I was mortified and my confidence was in tatters. I was 22st when I joined Slimming World and I\u2019ve never looked back. My Consultant, Sinead, is so caring and inspiring. She always seemed to know the right thing to say and I couldn\u2019t have done it without her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group was also important for helping me to understand my danger zones and find strategies to overcome any tricky times \u2013 like going on holiday. After losing 10st, I have so much more confidence \u2013 I even plucked up the courage to try online dating and found love with my partner, Kieran. Now, I can\u2019t wait to see what the future holds!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch Ryan talk about his journey&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/5245389806001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6292358982001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" width=\"900\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Could you be a Slimming World Consultant?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Consultants are special people who play a key part in our members\u2019 slimming success, and we\u2019re always looking for warm, caring, kind people (with a sparkling sense of fun!), to join the Slimming World family. You don\u2019t have to have been a member to become a Consultant \u2013 the most important quality we look for is a passion for helping others to achieve their goals<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/become-a-consultant\">. You can find out more about this rewarding role here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Meet our Miss Slinky and Mr Sleek 2022, Verity Trueman and Ryan Quinn <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25,23,19,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}