Bronka's story: confidence boost

Read Bronka from Dundee's transcript, talking about her Keep Well health check.

What difference has the Keep Well health check made to you?

If anybody had told me you know, last year at this time that I’ve lost a stone in weight, I’ve lost the inches off my waist - if anybody had told me that - I wouldn’t have believed it, I really wouldn’t.

When I went for the check-up they measured my waist and I was 40 inches, I had never been that in my life, 40 inches round the waist. I’ve lost 4 inches off my waist, I couldn’t have done that on my own.

I did try, I did try it on my own but it just didn’t work you’ve got to have a wee bit of motivation and other people there. I just feel, I just feel a lot better in myself, do you know what I mean?

As I say I sort of resigned before I went along, I sort of resigned myself to the fact that that’s me 2 stone overweight and I’ll never get it off at my age but that’s a myth that’s definitely a myth.

How would you describe how your eating habits have changed?

You get booklets on what to eat and really a lot of information. You know it’s not a diet I would nay say I’m on a diet. I would say I’m eating more healthily, you know, more fruit more vegetables. I do have biscuits I mean I do have a thing for biscuits. But whereas I used to sit and maybe eat half a packet - but I maybe eat one or two.