Two years ago I booked a narrowboat holiday with my son and his wife. After booking the holiday we decided to go to a local boat festival to check out the boats.

I suppose the clue should have been in the name but those boats really are narrow and the entrance doors are even smaller.

At that time I weighed in at roughly 19 stones and there was no way I was going to fit so I decided to join Slimming World.

Now two years later I have lost nearly 7 stones and have recently trained to become a consultant.

I am opening my new group on Thursday, september 8 at 6pm. the venue is the Pensnett & Bromley Liberal Club, High Street, Pensnett, and anyone who would like to change their life like I did would be very welcome.

I had a wonderful holiday on that boat and since then I have also climbed Snowdon twice, raising money for the local Air Ambulance on the way.

Based on information supplied by Mrs Gillian Parrish.