Gran hails herself 'salad whisperer' after shedding 5 stone over diabetes fears
A former school cook has hailed herself the "salad whisperer" after she dropped a whopping five stone in the space of a year.
Kay Warren, from Cheshire, embarked on a weight loss mission after she feared she would develop diabetes.
The grandma-of-three was classed as obese during the pandemic as her weight soared to just over 16 stone.
Kay, who had already been diagnosed with a heart condition, decided to sign up for slimming group Beeweighed in July 2022.
Combined with calorie counting and regularly walking her beloved lurcher dogs, the mum managed to go from a dress size 22 to a size 12 in just 12 months.
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And she puts the key to her weight loss success down to one thing – her newfound love of salads.
Kay Warren changed her eating habits in a bid to get fit (Kay Warren)
The nan had already been diagnosed with a heart condition (Kay Warren)“Now I’ve been doing calorie counting, you can have what you like but not necessarily as much as you’d like,” she told Manchester Evening News.
“It’s been a case of playing around with salads. So many people think salads are just lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber.
“But I’ve thrown everything at a salad – including sprouts. I’m sort of like a salad whisperer.
“It’s just proven that you don’t have to have an empty plate to lose weight.”
Kay signed up to a fitness group in July 2022 (Kay Warren)Having been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle where the walls of the heart chambers have become stretched, thickened or stiff, Kay had an ICD device fitted around two years ago.
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, or ICD, is a device that detects a life-threatening, rapid heartbeat called an arrhythmia.
If it occurs, the ICD quickly sends an electrical shock to the heart. The defibrillation changes the rhythm back to normal.
But Kay knew one way to reduce the cardiac risk of those with ICDs was to lose weight – now seeing a huge change in her physical health.
“When I see a hill now, I’m charging up it, whereas before I’d go around it,” she added.
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The former school cook said she feels healthier than ever (Kay Warren)The nan had already been diagnosed with a heart condition (Kay Warren)“Health wise, it’s made a difference – and it makes a difference to mental attitude.
“You walk past the odd window and think, ‘Oh, what she’s wearing is nice,’ and realise the person you’re looking at is you.
“Other people see the difference, but only now when I bring up a picture from 12 months ago, I think, ‘Oh my God, I look so different!’”
Incredibly, Kay’s new healthy lifestyle has now reversed her prediabetes, a condition that meant she was likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
“It’s had a knock-on effect with health,” she said.
“I’ve kept the diabetes at bay. The nurse couldn’t believe I’d lost that amount of weight; she said the results were amazing.
“At one point, I was being classed as obese. You have to [lose weight] because you want to do it – and for yourself.”
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