Mum drops four dress sizes after ditching sweet side hustle for curries

A Leeds mum revealed how she managed to drop 4 gown sizes by incorporating curries into her weight loss program. Soneeta Bondhi, 39, discovered herself gaining weight as a result of truffles and candy treats she baked for her aspect enterprise.

Nonetheless, she managed to shed extra pounds and go from a measurement 22 to a measurement 16 by changing the candy treats with wholesome, do-it-yourself curries. In her recipes, she substituted oil with water and changed double cream with fat-free yoghurt.

Soneeta, from Leeds, defined: “It was fairly simple as a result of we’d simply take out oil and use fry-light or water as a substitute. While you put the onions within the pan, then they only do not burn to the underside of the pan.”

“We’d additionally simply chuck all the things within the gradual cooker after which mix it when it is completed cooking, which is sensible. We’d additionally swap out double cream for fats free yoghurt – we’d mix it earlier than we put it within the curry and it might come out like double cream. We simply used easy options.”

The Leeds-based mum-of-one did not need to know her actual weight, so her Slimming World marketing consultant would cowl up the scales. She even started promoting luggage of curry-inspired seasonings to different members of the group.

Soneeta mentioned: “We’d go into the group and would speak concerning the totally different meals we had been lacking consuming. We’d inform individuals we have had the curry however had turned it right into a Slimming World, more healthy model.

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“Individuals had been then asking for the spices and had been making an attempt it at house – they had been actually having fun with it as a result of they had been bored of getting boiled greens. However if you happen to boiled greens and added some spices like garlic and ginger, then they had been extra and consuming extra of it.”

“It was revolutionary actually. Individuals began to inform others about it and it bought busier and busier – we had been promoting them to individuals from Canada, Belgium and Finland.”

Soneeta now owns restaurant The Spicy Biker in Wakefield and at all times ensures there’s a Slimming World syn-free choice on the menu. She mentioned: “We at all times have one thing on the menu that is Slimming World pleasant.”

“It could possibly be lamb keema or ribs – we at all times attempt to work out what number of syns every meal has as a result of we have labored with the weight loss program for therefore lengthy. We get an everyday Slimming World group come right here after their assembly as a result of there’s one thing for them.”