Coffee addict mum ditches her 15 cups a day habit…and seven-and-a-half stone

A MUM-OF-THREE has told how ditching her daily 15 cups of coffee has helped her over an impressive seven and a half stone.

Lorraine O'Loughlin, 26, from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, dropped a whopping seven dress sizes when she decided to slim down after falling into a deep depression and rarely leaving the house.

Lorraine said that she was stuck in a rut – skipping meals in the day and then bingeing on crisps and chocolate through the night.

Then, because the insomnia sufferer was up all night, she would rely on an average of 15 cups of coffee to keep her going all day – each one laden with three sugars.
Lorraine, who has now lost 7st 7lbs, said: "I was relying on coffee so badly, it was what kept me functioning all day and I basically lived on it.

"I don't miss it at all now though – I'm now eating healthily and get a good night's sleep so my body no longer needs to caffeine to function.
"Everything's different now I've lost the weight, I was so shy beforehand and never even wanted to leave the house.
"I'd always make up excuses to my kids as to why we couldn't go out and play but now we're down the park all of the time."

The stay-at-home mum now limits herself to only four cups of coffee per day and has swapped the sugar for sweetener.
Lorraine said that she had struggled with her weight since her teens, but never made a change until it began to spiral out of control after having kids.

After having daughters Isabella, seven, as well as five-year-old twins Molly and Emily with husband Damian, 51, she said weight loss wasn’t her top priority as she was too busy to change her ways.
However, Lorraine joined Slimming World in April 2015 and hasn’t looked back.
She started off her journey weighing 19st and now weighs just 11st 7lbs – dropping from a size 24 to a slim size 10 to 12.

And after years of making excuses about her weight and hiding from mirrors, she said it was her children who finally gave her the motivation to lose the weight.
Lorraine said: "I was running out of excuses to tell me children about why we couldn't go outside or ever do anything fun.

"They really helped me with the whole weight loss journey and they're so proud, they always ask me how my Slimming World sessions are going.
"They like to keep up with how much weight I've lost and always ask if I've got another certificate, they're amazing about it all.
"Before losing the weight I didn't want anyone to see me or even look at me.
"My confidence now is just amazing – my whole family have noticed a massive difference in me."