'They couldn't find a life jacket big enough to fit me': Mother loses EIGHT STONE after white-water rafting humiliation

• 軽食ing and 不景気 原因（となる）d 5ft 2in Sarah's 負わせる to rise to 18st
  
• Humiliated when was told she was too big for normal life jacket on day out
  
• Began walking daily and 精密検査するd her diet, 溝へはまらせる／不時着するing the 軽食s
  
• Sarah dropped from 18st and size 26 to 10st and a size 12
• Now helps others 減少（する） 続けざまに猛撃するs and runs a lunch hour walking 事業／計画（する）
  

By Katy Winter

Published: 10:46 BST, 8 April 2014 | Updated: 11:16 BST, 8 April 2014

A mother-of-three lost 8st in 負わせる after a white-water rafting 指導者 told her she was too large to wear a 正規の／正選手 life jacket.

Sarah Liveing, 53, was on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Vermont, USA, when she was told she needed to wear an extra-large life preserver ーするために go rafting with her family.

鎮圧するd with 当惑, she 誓約（する）d to abandon sugary 軽食s and took up 正規の／正選手 walking, 原因（となる）ing her to 縮む from size 26 to a size 12.

Sarah dropped from 18st and size 26? (権利) to 10st and a size 12 (left) に引き続いて the 出来事/事件 on holiday

Sarah rafting with her children after the the 指導者 could not find a life jacket to fit her, 結局 fitting her in an extra-large life preserver

Today she has 設立する a new career as a 十分な-time 負わせる loss 顧問.

She said: 'The rafting 指導者s struggled to find a large enough vest. One of them called out ‘we’re going to need a big one - she’s a large lady’.

'I had to just stand there and take it. I felt 完全に 鎮圧するd. It was a moment I’ll never forget.'

Mrs Liveing, of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, saw her 負わせる creep up to 18st as she 焦点（を合わせる）d on raising her children Millie, now 22, Alice, 21, and James, 17.

She said: 'In my childhood home 薄焼きパン／素焼陶器s and chocolates were locked away in a cupboard, which only 増加するd my 願望（する） to get 持つ／拘留する of them. That 願望（する） continued into my adult life.

'I knew I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be a mum but the change to the rhythm of my life threw me a bit. I put everything into raising the children and 正当化するd constant 軽食ing as a way to reward myself for my 成果／努力s.

'I had one meal a day - but it lasted from breakfast until way into the evening. I couldn’t help eating baked 扱う／治療するs like croissants and chocolate.'

Sarah used to eat an unhealthy diet 十分な of junk food and 軽食 定期的に on chocolate and pastries, which saw her 負わせる rise (権利) but now only 軽食s on fresh fruit and almonds, eating a healthy diet (left)

As her 負わせる 増加するd, Mrs Liveing was 傾向がある to 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s of 強調する／ストレス and 不景気.

She said: 'I once took my children to a Hear’Say concert and a man behind us rudely swore at me and said he couldn’t see the 行う／開催する／段階 because I was so large. I tried to defend myself, but I was so ups et I shook with 神経s.'

In 2004, 重さを計るing 18st, Mrs Liveing, who is 5ft 2in, 旅行d to America with her family to enjoy a holiday.

She said: 'I saw some very overweight people in America so at first I thought I was やめる わずかな／ほっそりした by comparison.

?Mrs Liveing was 傾向がある to 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s of 強調する／ストレス and 不景気 when she was overweight

'At the rafting centre the 指導者s fitted out everyone with life vests, but when it （機の）カム to me , they couldn’t find a size big enough in the pile.

'They had to keep going 支援する to the 貯蔵 shed, looking for one which might fit.

'They 結局 設立する one - but I could barely breathe. I didn’t want to say anything because I thought I would be banned from taking part.

'We later climbed a hill as a family. I was sweating because I was panting so much. I had sores on my 団体／死体 where my 肌 rubbed.

'I turned to my husband and said, "I can’t go on like this".'

Sarah has 開始する，打ち上げるd a 事業／計画（する） to go into workplaces and encourage people to enjoy walks in their lunch hour

After she returned home, Mrs Liveing, supported by her husband Chris, 56, a marketing director, decided to break the cycle of inactivity and overeating and began daily long walks.

She said: 'I stopped eating the 軽食 foods I loved so much and 攻撃する，衝突する the streets, walking for more than an hour each day. I started by walking three mile 大勝するs but as I 徐々に got fitter the distance 増加するd.

'As I walked more, I felt my 不景気 解除する. 存在 more 肉体的に active made me feel better. Having something to 焦点（を合わせる） on stabilised my mood.

'Walking was something simple I could do without much thought, and do forfree, which I realised could make a 抱擁する difference to my lifestyle.

In five months Mrs Liveing dropped 5st.

At her largest, she typically ate three bowls of sugary cereal for breakfast, followed by bacon and eggs with bread and butter for lunch.

Dinner would consist of a 二塁打 helping of shepherd’s pie with ice creamfor dessert. 軽食s would be croissant, chocolate or iced buns.

Today, she enjoys 緊急発進するd eggs with ロケット／急騰する and mushrooms with breakfast, followed by a crunchy salad of red cabbage, carrot and peppers with 腎臓 beans and マグロ for lunch.

An evening meal might 伴う／関わる a chicken curry with 甘い potato and butternut squash with green vegetables and quinoa.

She tends to 軽食 on fruit with almonds to 援助（する） metabolism.

Sarah, pictured skydiving since she lost 負わせる, now says she is much happier and no longer gets so 強調する／ストレスd

Sarah says: 'I want other people who might be struggling with their 負わせる to realise that there is always hope and if I can do it, they can too'

Now at a stable size 12, Mrs Liveing has 設立する a new career 株ing the 肯定的な 利益s of walking with （弁護士の）依頼人s hoping to emulate her success.

She said: 'Chris has been supportive of my lifestyle change and it’s had 利益s for him too. After he began eating the same meals as me he lost more than a 石／投石する.

'When I was larger I didn’t enjoy shopping because I couldn’t 直面する the mirrors in the changing rooms. I bought most of my 着せる／賦与するs online. I feel so lucky to be able to go to a nice shop and 選ぶ 着せる／賦与するs off the rails to try.

'I was once a very angry person with やめる 壊れやすい emotions. But today I am 静める and don’t let everyday troubles 強調する／ストレス me out.

'I want other people who might be struggling with their 負わせる to realise that there is always hope and if I can do it, they can too.

'I know from first 手渡す-experience how people with sedentary lifestyles can become used to feeling 不振の and unhappy. That’s why I’ve 開始する，打ち上げるd a 事業／計画（する） to go into workplaces and encourage people to enjoy walks in their lunch hour.

'The 利益s of walking are enormous and they’ve made a 抱擁する difference to my life. I want to pass that on to other people.'

To find out more about Mrs Liveing’s lunch hour walking 事業／計画（する） visit www.walking-作品.com