Mum loses nearly 8 stone in weight using Cambridge diet and says she’s ‘hotter now she’s in her 40s’

A woman who lost seven-and-a-half stone says she’s ‘hotter now she’s in her 40s than she ever was in her 20s’ - and is in the "best shape ever". Jeanette Painting, 44, felt "stuck in a rut" after struggling to lose her baby weight after the birth of her two children, Taion, 12, and Tarlia, nine.

Tipping the scales at 19stone 13lbs and struggling to squeeze into a size 24, Jeanette "gave up on herself" - donning tracksuits to try and conceal her figure. The last straw came when Jeanette was on holiday with her two children and didn’t want to go out - feeling self-conscious about her size.

In June 2021, she decided "enough was enough" and signed up for the 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan - which entails smoothies and shakes. After ditching oven-ready meals, takeaways and biscuits and sweets for healthy salads and high-protein meals, the mum-of-two lost a seven-and-a-half stone in just eight months.

Now a slinky size 12, she weighs a healthier 12st 6lbs and loves showing off her new slender frame in figure-hugging dresses. Jeanette says she even feels better than she did in her 20s and is in the "best shape ever".

Jeanette, a full-time mum, from Gloucester, Gloucestershire, said: "I can now enjoy time with my children and be a mum with them.

"I definitely go on more days out with my children, I will take them on days away whereas before I wouldn’t. I have learned to live with myself. I am in the best shape now than I can remember, even in my 20s - I am in the best shape I have ever been.