Mother-of-one ‘unrecognizable’ after a stunning nine stone weight loss-she has applied a lifestyle change

A mother of one who once weighed more than 18 stone has revealed how she lost half of her body weight without turning weight loss injections.

Kyra Dawson, 31, from Essex, throws an incredible nine stone after she admitted that her drink had ‘got out of hand’.

The former self -described ‘Party Girl’ says that she had spent most of her twenties ‘almost every evening’ and throwing bottles of wine and vodka back.

“In my worst I ordered five pick -up restaurants a day while I hang out,” she said. ‘I would eat all day and then start drinking in the evening – and repeat the cycle. ‘

An outburst would hold a greasy full English breakfast, followed by fried chicken for lunch and a collection pizza for dinner. Between meals she snacked on sausage rolls – all washed away with wine.

She started drinking regularly at the age of 15, but said it was only when she hit ‘Rock Bottom’, that she realized that something had to change.

“In the beginning I didn’t think I had a problem,” she said. ‘I just thought I enjoyed going out and partying. But while my friends drank Alcopops, I was on Vodka. ‘

Giving up alcohol, she says, was the turning point – both physically and mentally.

“As soon as I stopped drinking, the weight fell off,” she said. “I always stopped with the desire for greasy food and the obsession with too much food while the hangover disappeared.”

At its heaviest, Kyra weighed 18th 5 pounds and struggled to fit in a size 18

Kyra dropped an amazing 9 stone after throwing away the take -away restaurants, became sober and sports

Kyra lays down her impressive weight loss on stopping alcohol, eating nutritious protein packed food and doing everything in her power to appear for her son

“There is so much sugar in alcohol – as soon as I stopped drinking, I lost about four stone.”

Mrs. Dawson puts her weight and heavy drinking on her difficult upbringing and loses her adoptive mother, Marie, to cancer-related sepsis In 2018.

She was adopted by her at the age of 10, after she had spent her childhood Growing up in foster families.

She said: ‘I lost her the day after my birthday, very suddenly she died in my arms.

“It was so painful and made it worse. I partyed more, and when I didn’t drink, I ordered take -away restaurants and the food of junk food. Everything to help me to deal with the loss. ‘

She added that admitting that she had a problem was the most difficult part of the journey.

Mrs. Dawson started to reverse things when she met her ex-partner in August 2020 and made the decision to give up alcohol and junk food to record a healthier lifestyle.

But the real turning point came when she found out that she was pregnant with her son, Reo, now three, only five months after she gave up drinking. “My little boy who arrives, keep my life,” she said.

Drinking Kyra’s became more intense after her adoptive mother died in 2018

Kyra found out that she was pregnant with her son Reo, now 3, only five months after she had gone sober

Kyra said her son saved her life

‘I wanted to do it better for him – make sure he didn’t have the youth I did. He gave me something to live for and I promised that I would be everything he needed. ‘

Mrs. Dawson exchanged Fry -ups for yogurt and fruit, followed by a salad for lunch and proteins such as chicken or fish combined with rice and vegetables for dinner.

She then started to take long walks and dance, focused on the recommended 10,000 steps a day and signed up for a gym membership to keep the weight.

She added that the mental transformation she experienced had an in -depth impact on her life, so that she could reach help and made contact with family and friends again.

“Dancing is like therapy,” she said. ‘It has brought me through some dark situations and is a great way to move and lose my body. It really helped my mental health. ‘

By 2024, Mrs. Dawson had dropped a colossal nine stone and now weighs 9th 10 pounds.

She is now insisting on everyone who is struggling with destructive habits such as Binge drinking and eating to get help.

She said: ‘Hopefully everyone who reads my story will take something positive about it.

‘With recovery it is so important to get into AA. It is very difficult to stop alone and I have had enormous support from that.

“You can always turn things around with the right support,” she added.