Mum of two Kerri Whitbread sheds 12 clothes sizes after losing 42kg

A Townsville mum-of-two hardly recognises herself after unlocking her body from her 20s.

A Townsville mum-of-two hardly recognises herself after unlocking her body from her 20s.

Kerri Whitbread, 40 has shed 42kg by working out at 5 Star Fitness Townsville and eating healthier in the last 12 months.

Weighing 123.6kg at her heaviest, Ms Whitbread now weighs 81kg.

She said she used to fit size 24 clothes after the weight “crept on” after she gave birth to her second daughter two and a half years ago.

Kerri Whitbread has shed 40kg this year and his halved her dress size from 24 to 12. Picture: Evan Morgan

“I don’t think I ever owned scales and if you are not weighing yourself you don’t know what you are and you just go by what size you wear,” she said.

“I now fit size 12 and 14 clothes and in the last holidays I got rid of 15 bags of size 16 to 24 clothes.”

Ms Whitbread said she still ate the occasional fast food meal but mainly stuck to healthy salads and enjoyed protein mixes.

The primary school teacher said keeping the weight off was a balancing act but she was grateful.

Kerri Whitbread has shed 40kg this year and his halved her dress size from 24 to 12. Picture: Evan Morgan

“I can do a lot more physically now but the hardest thing as a teacher is maintaining my weight over the holiday period because it is when you lose your routine,” she said.

“I love having the energy to climb up on to the playground and fit down the slide,” she said.

Originally published as Mum of two Kerri Whitbread sheds 12 clothes sizes after losing 42kg