Catia Lopes

Age: 33

Height: 5ft 7’

BMI: 28.55

Current weight: 13 st

Lightest weight: 10st 9lbs   

Heaviest weight : 14st 13lbs

Meet Catia

Catia works as a project manager for PWC and says the weight has crept on since 2000, when she moved to the UK. She blames the market for fast food over here which is much greater than in Portugal. She also injured her knee doing intensive running and thinks that has contributed to her putting on weight. As a result she walks a lot now to try to get some exercise.

She loves anything with potatoes and loves food which reminds her of home such as Shepherd’s pie Portuguese style with mash and cream.

She also loves roasted Lamb smothered in butter and oil with mash and gravy and roast chicken with potatoes and rice. She admits she hides things in the biscuit tin like dark chocolate, Oreos, Rich Tea and other sweets and loves Haagen Dazs ice cream. If boredom hits she’ll reach for the Haagen Dazs. She is a big fan of heavy breads like ciabatta and couldn’t live without bread and butter. She says she is a big comfort eater.

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