A Primary school teacher who used to weigh over 28 pounds drastically reduce in body.
The 48yr old mum of one, Kelly Barker struggled with her plus-sized body since she was a kid. Her weightloss journey all started after her GP advised her to undergo surgery to remove her body fat 5 years ago.
Despite that, she did not heed to the advise due to the fear of not making it alive. She began focusing on her life, Relationship and food with exercise. During those times, she reduced 18pounds after she began eating healthy foods.
She said:
“I struggled with my weight my whole life. As a child, I was placed on a special diet and had to be weighed at school. While the other children were eating fish and chips, I would have to eat a separate meal on my own – usually something bland like boiled fish and potatoes. It made me believe that weight loss was miserable, embarrassing and shameful, and it didn’t work – I gained weight every year into my adulthood.”
Being a teacher, Kelly made it known she feels hypocrite teaching children about eating healthy foods while she was so fat then.
“I just felt like a fraud.” she said
“My big wake-up call came when my GP recommended weight loss surgery. I researched the procedure and knew that my weight made me a huge anaesthetic risk. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I would die on the operating table.” she continued
Her determination joing the Slimming world woman of the year, she was able to join with the help of her cousin Fiona who was also a Slimming world consultant after being encouraged to enroll.
She said: “Fiona had tried to encourage me to join her group for a long time, I had to be ready myself though. Deep down I’d been worried that it would be yet another failed weight loss attempt and that I’d be made to feel the way I’d felt my whole life when it came to food
“How wrong wrong was I? From the moment I joined the group, I was surrounded by warmth, kindness and compassion.”
“Although that number was frightening, it also felt like the start of something. Fiona told me that she would never give up on me and she has remained true to that promise. She and my group have been there every step of the way.”
After struggling as a single mother of two children with different fathers, a 23-year-old woman found love in an unexpected place.
While attending a business dinner, she met a man who ended up changing her life. Just three months later, he proposed and they are happily married for 6 months.
The orange is the new black star actress, Uzo Aduba becomes a mom at the age of 42.
Announcing the news on her instagram page, she shared a selfie photo in hospital bed alongside with her newborn sleeping on her chest.
Sharing the photo, she captioned;
My daughter. I’ve never been in love so quickly, so deeply in my entire life. I really don’t know what to say, guys. My heart is full. Thank you, God. I have joy like a fountain. I have witnessed a miraculous thing, and I feel blessed to know you are ours. We love you so much, Adaiba Lee Nonyem – Daughter of the people, treasurer of the mother’s names who came before you.
I’m a Mommy you guys.
Motherhood. I’ve joined the club. I hear the dues are high, but the membership is completely worth it:).
A 70yr old woman in Uganda wows so many people after giving birth to Twins.
In a facebook post, Woman hospital International and fertility centre said the woman, Safina Namukaya delivered twins on November 25th at around 12:04pm.
“Sets African Record! Celebrating our 20th anniversary, we’ve achieved the extraordinary—delivering twins to Africa’s oldest mother aged 70!” the hospital captioned
A Lady who recently gave birth recounted on how her female friend thinks she is the owner of the baby.
In a video she posted on Tiktok, Her friend seemed to be fond of her daughter as she carries her lovingly on her arms without clothing around her body.
A picture of a grumpy baby which went viral in February 2020 shows her Now photos as she is all grown up.
The baby girl, Isabel rocha made headlines in February 13th, 2020 after she frowned at obstetrician who was trying to get her cry when she was out of the womb.
In a recent interview with Brazilian magazine Crescer, her mother, Daiane Barbosa noted that she never thought the photos of her daughter was going to be viral.
She said: “It was certainly something that never crossed our minds as first-time parents, but it was a moment that happened naturally
“We thought it was super funny and welcomed all the national and international repercussion of Isabela’s angry photo!.”
Ever Since then, Isabel photos has been used for meme all over the internet.
A Beautiful single mum, Millicent Ngugi who resides in south africa opened on why she has been celibate for more than 5 years.
In a lengthy post on facebook, she said one is not too high maintenance, standards aren’t too high, demands aren’t ridiculous or too old, she said it depends on the person to start relationship with themselves.
“I’ve confirmed that whatever you seek exists—life partner, job, business opportunity…any reality you have thought of is within reach”
“It all starts with your relationship with yourself, your conscious/unconscious beliefs about yourself. When that is fixed/aligned everything else flows,”
” Your reality field becomes what you envisioned and doesn’t have to reflect theories and stories spreading around,”
In a chat with Tuko, Ngugi revealed she got married at age 26 due to family pressure but 2 years later, it ended due to traumas and poor partner choice.
Practicing celibacy, she said it was crucial for her but she is focused on healing her past traumas, embracing healthyidness, independent relationship and turning her dreams into reality.
A Kenyan woman, @hannahnoons advised women to be careful with the type of friends they make.
In a video she shared on tiktok, she recounted on how one of her friend advised her to terminate her pregnancy and then she was just 20yrs old when she got pregnant.
She said: “I got pregnant at 20. When you don’t know better, you don’t do better.That age is you think our parents know nothing and your friends are lit. There was a friend who was telling me, does that fur bother you? You have 6 days, let me find you a pill.
I got my baby on September 22, and she got her baby in the second week of August, which means all this time she is telling me to take out my pregnancy, she was pregnant.
She also advised people to run to God and pray rather than gong to friends because they will mislead them to the wrong path.
“There is this habit of running to your friends leave it. There is a woman who did not accept the advances of a certain guy because he did not have a car. Right now, the guy has a car, and he does not want her anymore. Right now, she is stuck saying, ‘you know that guy used to hit on me’ Continue with hao mabeste wako,”