Two sisters who do ‘everything’ together shed 12 stone between them after ditching their chippies and kebabs.
Toni Fitzgerald, 28, and her older sister Rachel, 33, both from Dingle, said they both had a huge appetite for take-aways and saw their weight creep up over the years.
Rachel told the ECHO : “I would sit there and eat pasta with loads of cheese piled on it.
“I wouldn’t eat much in the day but it got to 3pm and then I would eat, I’d come home and have kebabs or five pieces of toast at once.”
Toni also gorged on unhealthy food while she was living in Benidorm and working at a nightclub.
Speaking to the ECHO , the health assistant said she would finish work at 6am and polish off a chippy after every shift.
She said: “I would have a chippy all the time and fast food because I was finishing work at 6am because I worked in a nightclub called Hippodrome in Benidorm.
“I'd be in bed all day till I had to go back to work in the night time.”
It was New Year’s Day in 2016 that Rachel decided she had enough of feeling depressed about her weight and needed to do something about it.
The stay-at-home mum decided to re-join Slimming World and to stick at it.
Her little sister, Toni saw how well she was doing and was also “so unhappy” about her weight that she decided to join the group while still in Spain.
Rachel said: “It was New Year’s Day 2016 and I was so depressed and sad.
“You know how everyone says ‘new year, new me’ I really wanted it, so decided to join Slimming World again.”
Sister, Toni added: “I was living in Spain and was so unhappy about my weight and when my sister started Slimming World I couldn’t believe how well she was doing.
“So I joined in Spain and we helped each other - we used to facetime every single day about our food and what we're eating.
“Then when I came home for good me and my sister went to the gym together and we take dogs for walks and we do everything together.”
However, for Rachel she found the new healthy lifestyle difficult and admitted she would “would cry every night” in the beginning.
But with the support of her sister and mum, the 33-year-old went on to lose an incredible eight stone.
She said: “She would scream at me to motivate me and say you can do it.
“My sister would phone me from Benidorm and say you can.”
Toni - who has lost an amazing five stone - and her sister said they both had tried numerous diets in the past and slimming pills.
However, with the Slimming World diet they said the weight has stayed off and they feel they have more energy.
The inseparable duo are now frequently seen in the gym and Toni said she’s “always in the gym” when she’s not in work.
The pair said they feel so much happier and confident after their weight loss and “love going clothes shopping now.”
