'I thought it was a load of garbage. But now it's stopped us moving to Manchester'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA couple who were planning to move back to Manchester have had a change of heart after joining a weight loss group. Trish Hopkinson was initially sceptical about the idea of joining Slimming World in Alsager and 'paying someone to weigh you' - something she considered a 'load of garbage'.
But persuaded to join to support her husband Mike, the 60-year-old is now the group's biggest advocate - even deciding to move home to maintain to the friendships they've formed at the club. READ MORE: Man who shed almost 10 stone shares weight loss secret - and anyone can do it Trish, who works in HR, said: “Interestingly, Mike wanted to join.
I was very anti-joining. I didn’t see the point of it. Mike was telling my mum about it and she put me on a guilt trip saying I should be supporting him. “We agreed to go.
When I got there I said ‘I want to be up front, I won’t be here next week, I’ve just come for Mike’. I’ve gone from its worst critic to its biggest advocate and I’ll tell anybody who wants to listen to it.
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