A graduate who was told by her ex-boyfriend she should cover her legs to hide her cellulite has transformed her body in six months.
At her heaviest, Scarlett Skinner, 23, from Surrey, weighed 10st 2lbs as she comfort ate junk food and fry-ups while in a new relationship and studying.
However, she only wore trousers and high-neck, long-sleeved shirts after her now former partner told her people had been poking fun at her behind her back because of her size.
The musician has now lost nearly two stone – slimming to 8st 6lbs after embarking on a strict vegetarian diet and exercise plan to boost her confidence. And she’s got a new boyfriend too.
Scarlett has now lost nearly two stone – slimming to 8st 6lbs after embarking on a strict vegetarian diet and exercise plan to boost her confidence
Scarlett (pictured before left and after right) was inspired to lose weight after seeing photographs of herself in underwear
Scarlett, who would also be sick ‘twice a week’ due to the amount of junk food she was consuming, said her ex told her not to wear anything shorter than trousers because of the cellulite on the back of her legs.
She said: ‘He told me that it was for my own benefit because people had been laughing at me behind my back in a club.
‘Anyone who tells someone that they should be ashamed of their body is just disgusting, but it was someone close to me, so I followed what he’d said for years.’
Scarlett, who now goes to the gym five times a week, said the comments were the catalyst for her weight-gain woes.
Scarlett (pictured before) claims she would be physically sick at least twice a week because of her over indulgent diet
Scarlett, who has overhauled her lifestyle and now walks everywhere instead of catching the bus, began working on her body after her new boyfriend took photographs of her in underwear
She revealed: ‘I knew I was gaining weight at the start of my new relationship – it was just that comfort of sitting at home with your favourite person watching movies and eating all your favourite snacks.
‘The whole time though, I just had no confidence in the way I looked.
‘I was eating fry-ups for breakfast all the time, as well as copious amounts of junk-food, crisps, sweets and chocolate, and my confidence was at rock bottom. I was hiding away completely and completely changed the way I dressed.’
‘I started to notice that every single outfit I wore was long sleeved and high-necked – it was loose, long trousers and a big jacket as well.
‘I never felt sexy or attractive. I remember always feeling my fat roll over my trousers in my jeans and just never being able to be comfortable when eating a meal.’
Scarlett, who has overhauled her lifestyle and now walks everywhere instead of catching the bus, began working on her body after her new boyfriend took photographs of her in underwear.
Scarlett (pictured after) now follows a vegetarian diet and exercises around five times a week to maintain her new look
Scarlett (pictured before left and after right) used the LDN Muscle Bikini Bible as a guide for her exercise and diet regime
Scarlett began using the guide to transform her body last February, and lost nearly two stone in just six months
Scarlett, pictured before and after above, said: ‘I’ll go to the gym roughly five times a week now and have made some simple lifestyle changes like walking instead of catching the bus’
She said: ‘I honestly couldn’t believe what I was seeing, and I felt absolutely sick.’
‘My friend Amy had completed the LDN Muscle Bikini Bible and I honestly could not believe how amazingly it worked for her.
‘When you can see first-hand that it’s actually worked for someone you know, that encourages you to just go for it. I researched it and decided to commit.’
Scarlett began using the guide to transform her body last February, and lost nearly two stone in just six months.
Scarlett said of her workout programme: ‘When you can see first-hand that it’s actually worked for someone you know, that encourages you to just go for it. I researched it and decided to commit’
Scarlet (pictured before) began overhauling her lifestyle last February and was able to achieve her desired body within six months
Before beginning the plan she decided to become vegetarian eating mainly vegetables and meat-free protein sources.
She said: ‘Something just clicked in my brain – I think it really just helped me to achieve the routine and structure that I was crying out for.
‘I was under mega stress in my third year at university, but the feeling after the gym and seeing my progress made me so much happier.
‘I’ll go to the gym roughly five times a week now and have made some simple lifestyle changes like walking instead of catching the bus etc. The information in the guides has been really helpful in guiding my workouts and nutrition.’
‘If I’m pushed for time, it’s great to be able to just do a HIIT workout or bodyweight circuit at home instead.’