Carol Doran Joyce

Carol opens new Saturday Slimming World group

A slimmer who transformed her life by losing almost three stone is using her success to shape a whole new career helping other people change their lives and achieve their weight loss dreams too. 

Athlone native, Carol Doran Joyce joined her local Slimming World group three years ago and dropped from a size 16 to a size 12.
Carol has now trained as a consultant for Slimming World, the UK’s and Ireland’s largest group-based weight loss organisation, at their national training academy in Derbyshire. Now she is opening her own group in The Hodson Bay Hotel, this Saturday (January 6), at 10am. 
Carol said: “A few years ago, I was gaining weight all the time and I had a sedentary lifestyle. I was feeling lethargic and tired and I didn’t have much energy. I knew my usual clothes no longer fit. I didn’t feel inclined to go out to social events, it was just awful looking for something nice to wear. 
“One day, I spotted a dress in the window of Nells Closet boutique. I popped into the shop and tried on my usual size 12, that wouldn’t fit, eventually, I had to settle for a size 16. It was a lovely dress, but when I wore the dress, I just didn’t feel great. I hated my arms and so I bought a wrap to hide them. 
“Then, the following week, our employers provided us with a health check at work. When the nurse weighed me, she told me I had a BMI of 31 and I was in the obese category. I was shocked and horrified to hear the words ‘obese’ and I decided there and then to do something about it. My friends recommended Slimming World and it was the best decision I could have made for my health and well being.
“Support is really the most important thing. It all starts with feeling that you’re not alone.
I couldn’t have lost nearly three stone without the weekly help, encouragement and understanding of my own consultant and group,” she said.

Everyone is welcome to go along on Saturday or find Carol on Facebook, at Carol’s Slimming World.