Here Cassie tells Teresa’s story.

Teresa joined Dare to Shine with weekly one-to-one support meetings. After a month she joined the group meetings. By working together Teresa identified and worked through her emotional eating in the evenings. By being able to talk outside of a group environment, she really started to understand some patterns. We worked together on breaking down walls that Teresa had built up over the years with her eating, her weight and long-term dieting.

 

Teresa found she enjoyed eating the food from Dare to Shine’s eating plan; she found it easy to keep to and the weight loss happened as a symptom of how she was living.

When I first met Teresa, she was worried about an operation she had coming up. With Dare to Shine’s plan and mindset, she was 2 stone lighter for the operation, and her mind was far more at ease – which is fantastic!

Following the operation Teresa has lost her 50lb with Dare to Shine, and recently been on holiday feeling more comfortable in herself.  Teresa is still on her journey, but now has a far healthier approach to eating, her emotions and self-confidence.

Teresa inspires others now in the group and is happy to talk about what works for her.  It’s a long way to come after years of yo-yo dieting.

Well done Teresa for daring to shine!