Being told they were too fat to sit together on the flight back home from their holiday was just the wake-up call Alan and Jane Coupe needed to face facts about their weight issues. Humiliated on their return from a trip to Guernsey, when the air stewardess asked them to sit in separate parts of the plane to spread their weight, Mrs Coupe decided to take action. She signed the pair up to a Slimming World group where they went on to lose an impressive 15st between them. Mr Coupe, 55, lost 8st 0.5lb, dropping from 20st 10lb to 12st 91b and his wife, 51 shed 7st 10lb, plummeting from 18st 3ib to 10st 7lb.
The couple, who used to struggle to walk anywhere now go cycling twice a week for 15 miles at a time and love to go walking and swimming. 'Losing weight has saved our lives and given us our lives back at the same time,' Mrs Coupe told The Daily Mail.
'We're so much more sociable and active, it's like we have a new lease of life. The health benefits have been colossal. You don't realise what you are missing out on until someone gives you back your life.'
The couple have gone on to win the Slimming World Couple of The Year award including a £3,000 cash prize, a night in a suite at The Ritz Hotel in London and a makeover. We wonder if thy shared any of their prize monywith the air stewardess.
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Thursday 18 March
By sue walker
Well done you both look great!
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Thursday 18 March
By Jan
I was lucky enough to never have been overweight in my life. That all ended after the birth of my second child. I got down to 20 pounds over my normal weight but no matter what I did I couldn't lose the rest. I didn't know if was age catching up with me or if somehow my metabolism changed. Whatever the reason, nothing was working. I tried all the bogus "diet" pills that we see all over the internet, but are just scams. All I ever lost with that stuff was money. One of my friends, knowing what I was going through, told me that she had been losing weight using a special plan that she found at this web site (Http://tr.im/easyfatloss) It laid out the facts in a way I never saw before and had easy to follow meal plans and diets. Not only have I lost the weight and kept it off but I'm leading a healthier lifestyle, mostly from the knowledge I gained from this amazing program.
Saturday 03 April
By gilli
SPAM makes you fat! ;)
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Thursday 18 March
By Bob
The comment from Jan on 18th March looks very much like a try at advertising to me,
Let's hear how much cash this wonderful method costs???
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