{"id":69133,"date":"2023-11-15T14:06:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69133"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:06:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:06:51","slug":"mother-26-shares-weight-loss-journey-after-losing-7-stone-in-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/mother-26-shares-weight-loss-journey-after-losing-7-stone-in-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother, 26, shares weight loss journey after losing 7 stone in 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I couldn&#8217;t afford a gym membership so I started working out with my children as weights &#8211; and now I&#8217;ve lost 7st<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Cassie Morrison, 26,\u00a0dropped from 17 stone to 10 stone in the space of two years<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0I&#8217;m a nutritionist and these are the best diets if you work an office job, do night shifts or manual labour<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>A mother-of-two has shared the secrets to her weight loss success after dropping a whopping 7 stone by ditching her 5,000 calorie diet and involving her children into her home workouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cassie Morrison, 26, from Hull, put in consistent effort to shed the pounds by swapping her unhealthy diet for lean protein products and incorporating her toddlers into a range of workouts, including squats, shoulder presses, planks and arm curling.<\/p>\n<p>With the combination of lifting the kids and following a healthy diet, Cassie&#8217;s weight dropped from 17 stone to 10 stone in the space of two years<span>\u00a0&#8211; and she&#8217;s now a size 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cassie, wo has saved an estimated \u00a31,000 on gym membership, said: &#8216;Exercise with the kids helped me so much. I could never afford proper weights, but I really wanted to put in the effort and lose the weight so using my kids was the next best thing. I&#8217;ve always done it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-two has\u00a0struggled with her weight all her life, and explained that she was always bigger than average.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821561-12751683-image-m-195_1700042338225.jpg\" height=\"702\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cassie Morrison, 26, from Hull now weighs 10 stone and wears size 10 clothing after overhauling her diet\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821551-12751683-image-m-173_1700042048494.jpg\" height=\"1494\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She uses her young children home workouts, including squats, shoulder presses, planks and arm curling<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821557-12751683-image-m-172_1700042036527.jpg\" height=\"963\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cassie Morrison, 26, weighing 17 stone before her weight loss journey<\/p>\n<p>Although she said her meal plan wasn&#8217;t particularly bad, she would still binge on around 5,000 worth of snacks and junk food every day.<\/p>\n<p>But when she hit size 26, she couldn&#8217;t stand the sight of herself in the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>After going on holiday and not even being able to have her photo taken without feeling embarrassed, she decided enough was enough.<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-two began her weight loss journey with no money for the gym, so she decided to get creative with her exercises.<\/p>\n<p>Her children, Rubie, two, and Broden, four, have been essential to her incredible weight loss and muscle building journey.<\/p>\n<p>As she progressed, Cassie was able to increase her workouts, with five-minute sessions on each area of the body, and installed a pole in her garage to teach herself pole fitness.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has managed to work her way down to a size 10 and hopes she will soon be able to squeeze into a smaller size.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821533-12751683-image-m-176_1700042074860.jpg\" height=\"873\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cassie is pictured at her heaviest &#8211; 17 stone &#8211; two years ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821539-12751683-image-m-177_1700042080259.jpg\" height=\"1162\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Before her weight loss journey, Cassie wore size 26 clothing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821563-12751683-image-a-192_1700042302347.jpg\" height=\"649\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821567-12751683-image-m-194_1700042309850.jpg\" height=\"649\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>She took photographs at every stage of her journey\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/10\/77821565-12751683-image-a-210_1700043695301.jpg\" height=\"1116\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-two from Hull has worked hard to lose weight<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821531-12751683-image-m-185_1700042151206.jpg\" height=\"648\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821553-12751683-image-a-186_1700042161332.jpg\" height=\"648\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Cassie is now a healthy size 10, who is happy to have her photo taken<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821547-12751683-image-a-169_1700041986459.jpg\" height=\"946\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She uses her children as weights during a range of exercises, including squats<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;My kids love that I include them in workouts. They love to join in, so we do this a few times a week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve been doing this since Rubie was 10-months-old, it&#8217;s been the most exciting and strange part of my journey for sure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I tried every diet in the book but working this into my exercise routine as well as a 1,500 calorie deficit really stuck with me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My weight was out of control &#8211; I was constantly gaining weight and I wouldn&#8217;t want my pictures taken and I wouldn&#8217;t even take my son swimming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;People underestimate how helpful coming up with unique workouts is and how much you can actually do at home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On the diet side of it, I still try to eat as well as I can but it&#8217;s not the end of the world if I&#8217;m not having a protein shake for breakfast every day because it&#8217;s still better than how I used to eat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/10\/77821545-12751683-image-a-197_1700042467976.jpg\" height=\"1104\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As she progressed, Cassie was able to increase her workouts, with five-minute sessions on each area of the body<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/10\/77821541-12751683-image-a-206_1700042534058.jpg\" height=\"638\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/10\/77821535-12751683-image-m-209_1700042551795.jpg\" height=\"638\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Cassie was a curvaceous size 24 when her fitness journey began<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/10\/77821543-12751683-image-a-196_1700042462740.jpg\" height=\"1006\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She now weighs 10 stone and wears size 10 clothing\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Cassie&#8217;s diet before\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>Breakfast<\/span>: Sausage baguette, four to six slices of toast, chocolate<\/p>\n<p><span>Lunch<\/span>: A binge of junk food, typically consisting of 5,000 calories<\/p>\n<p><span>Dinner<\/span>: Anything fried, usually pizza and chips<\/p>\n<h3>Cassie&#8217;s diet after<\/h3>\n<p><span>Breakfast<\/span>: Protein shake and a cereal bar<\/p>\n<p><span>Lunch<\/span>: Chicken wrap, salad or a sandwich<\/p>\n<p><span>Dinner<\/span>: Spaghetti, lasagne, pizza or a burger<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would binge eat nearly every day &#8211; I&#8217;d eat share size packs of crisps, chocolate, biscuits and ice cream in one sitting, it would easily come to about 5,000 calories just from snacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I became pregnant with my second child, I felt like giving up. 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