{"id":5189,"date":"2025-06-22T12:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5189\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T12:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:25:11","slug":"i-lost-half-my-bodyweight-but-it-had-nothing-to-do-with-ozempic-a-simple-daily-exercise-helped-me-shed-the-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5189\/","title":{"rendered":"I lost half my bodyweight but it had nothing to do with Ozempic – a simple daily exercise helped me shed the pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

A WOMAN has revealed how she lost 10 stone in two years without Ozempic thanks to one simple daily exercise.<\/p>\n

Hannah Mai, 37, was diagnosed with Cushing’s disease – a hormonal disorder caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of cortisol – in October 2020, after gaining 10 stone in two and a half years.<\/p>\n

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Hannah Mai gained 10st due to a rare condition that saw her balloon to 20stCredit: SWNS\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

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She has now lost the weight in just two yearsCredit: SWNS\"Before<\/a><\/p>\n

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However, Hannah did it all naturally without the help of fat jabsCredit: SWNS<\/p>\n

Five months after her diagnosis, in February 2021, Hannah underwent brain surgery to remove the pituitary tumour that causes the condition, and was placed on steroids to control her condition.<\/p>\n

In April, 2023, Hannah was taken off her steroid medication and was determined to shed the 10 stone she gained due to the disease as she now weighed 20st 5lbs and was a size 26.<\/p>\n

In two years, Hannah slimmed down to 10 stone 4lbs and a size 10 by eating high-protein meals and doing pilates every day.<\/p>\n

Hannah, who is currently unemployed, from Coventry, Warwickshire, says: “I think Ozempic is great for people who need it, and for medical reasons.<\/p>\n

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“It is really helping some people, but I feel if you give yourself a chance, you can really push yourself.<\/p>\n

“Once I started losing the weight, I just kept going.<\/p>\n

“It isn’t easy, you really have to push yourself, and focus on who you want to be and think about who you want to be.”<\/p>\n

When she turned 30, Hannah noticed she started gaining weight and went from nine stone to 16 stone in a few months.<\/p>\n

She said she kept going to the doctor, but would always be asked if she was pregnant, or the weight gain was blamed on hormones.<\/p>\n

Hannah says: “I was always around nine stone, but I noticed how I started to gain a bit of weight.<\/p>\n

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“I knew there was something wrong with me, but people around me thought I had changed my diet and asked if I was eating more.<\/p>\n

“I was asked if I was pregnant six times, and told that my weight gain could be caused by hormones.<\/p>\n

“I went up to 20 stone at my heaviest.”<\/p>\n

In October 2020, more than two years after she started gaining weight, Hannah woke up one morning with a hunched back.<\/p>\n

Hannah googled the cause, and it mentioned Cushing’s disease, and after seeing the other symptoms – including weight gain – she went straight to the doctor.<\/p>\n

The doctor transferred her to University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire, where an MRI scan and blood test confirmed she had Cushing’s disease.<\/p>\n

Hannah says: “I printed off the list of symptoms and took them to my doctor, who then referred me to the hospital.<\/p>\n

“There, I had an MRI scan and blood tests, which confirmed that I had Cushing’s disease.<\/p>\n

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She switched up her diet to calorie controlled and fresh ingredientsCredit: SWNS\"Bowl<\/a><\/p>\n

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As well as healthy eating she also practiced pilates every dayCredit: SWNS\"Before<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hannah says that anyone can lose weight if they put the hard work inCredit: SWNS<\/p>\n

“I was relieved but scared when I got the diagnosis. I had been saying for years that there was something wrong with me.”<\/p>\n

Five months after her diagnosis, in February 2021, Hannah underwent brain surgery to remove the pituitary tumour that causes the condition, and was placed on steroids to control her condition.<\/p>\n

Then, after two years on steroid medication -to control her condition – Hannah was taken off her meds because she started to get better.<\/p>\n

After she came off her medication, Hannah says she knew she was better and became determined to lose weight.<\/p>\n

The 5 best exercises to lose weight<\/p>\n

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By Lucy Gornall, personal trainer and health journalist<\/p>\n

EXERCISE can be intimidating and hard to devote yourself to. So how do you find the right\u00a0workout<\/a>\u00a0for you?<\/p>\n

As a PT and fitness journalist, I\u2019ve tried everything.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve taken part in endless fitness competitions, marathons and I maintain a regime of runs,\u00a0strength training<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Pilates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fitness is so entrenched in my life, I stick to it even at\u00a0Christmas<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The key is finding an activity you love that can become a habit.<\/p>\n

My top five forms of exercise<\/a>, especially if you’re trying to lose weight, are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Walking<\/li>\n
  2. Running<\/li>\n
  3. Pilates<\/li>\n
  4. High-intensity interval training (HIIT)<\/li>\n
  5. Strength training <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    She adds: “It wasn’t easy to lose weight whilst I was still on steroids, as soon as I came off them, I knew this was my body and I was a lot better.<\/p>\n

    “I really pushed myself, I worked super hard, cut out all sugar, cut out dairy, and gluten after I was diagnosed with celiac disease “I have a low-carb, high-protein diet with lots of vegetables, and I do pilates every day.”<\/p>\n

    In two years, Hannah was able to shift the pounds going down to 10 stone from 20 stone.<\/p>\n

    She went from wearing a size 26 clothes to wearing a size 10 – back to where she was before Cushing’s disease.<\/p>\n

    Hannah says: “I am super proud of myself, I am always worried that the weight will come back.<\/p>\n

    “I feel so much happier. When I look back at myself, I just can’t believe I was that size.<\/p>\n

    “When I look back at old photos, I feel very sad about what happened to me, but it makes me think that I need to be proud about how far I have come.”<\/p>\n

    Hannah is currently raising money for The Pituitary Foundation, to donate click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Hannah is ‘so much happier’ now she has lost the weightCredit: SWNS\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

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    She says she is extremely proud of how far she has comeCredit: SWNS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A WOMAN has revealed how she lost 10 stone in two years without Ozempic thanks to one simple…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[6660,6661,1198,6662,210,6663,1691,6664,565,67,132,68,6665],"class_list":{"0":"post-5189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-body-shapes","9":"tag-diet-nutrition-and-weight-loss","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-fitness-and-exercise","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-health-warnings","14":"tag-heart-disease","15":"tag-longtail","16":"tag-nhs","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-weight-loss-success-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114727008718179535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}