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Friends turned to foes as gifts piled on weight

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

When Jean Davis fractured her back in an accident, she spent months recuperating from her ordeal. But, as she tells Zita Collinson , rest and recovery came with an unwelcome side effect – weight gain

JEAN Davis will be forever thankful for her kind-hearted family...

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Cooking is a joy after scare led to a lifestyle change

Brenda Harper aged 73 joined Slimming World and has currently lost three stone. Inset below, Brenda before her weight loss. Picture: Malcolm Hart

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

IT'S A familiar story – after the children have gone and you're left to your own devices, it can be difficult to eat healthily. It can be far...

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Fat File

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Name: Emma Roberts Age: 39 Lives: Loring Terrace South, Porthill Height: 5ft 3ins Weight before: 14st 7½lbs Weight now: 9st 2lbs Total weight loss:...

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Life-changing transplant gave Emma a new start

Emma Roberts has lost more than five stone.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

BEING given a new kidney inspired Emma Roberts to take care of the "gift" she'd received – the gift of life. Since then, the self-confessed...

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Tastes good

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Slimming World Chip Butty Emma says: "This is ever so easy to prepare. "My fella and my son have eaten it too, and they didn't even know it was a...

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New Year, new Ivy as secretary sheds six stones

Ivy Bailey after she slimmed down. Left, Ivy on holiday in 2008 in Greece before she lost the weight.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

IT WAS not a health scare which spurred Ivy Bailey into action 12 months ago, but a New Year's resolution made while watching the Christmas TV. Like...

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Mum took action after festive woe

Trisha Barratt has lost 6st and dropped 10 dress sizes. Pictured is Trisha now, and right, before her weight loss. Picture: Malcolm Hart

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

THIS time last year Tricia Barratt was thoroughly fed up. It was approaching Christmas and she had been ill in bed with a severe bout of flu for four...

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Mother changed eating habits after injections scare

Helen Lovatt before her weight loss, left, and as she is now, right, having lost three and a half stone. Picture: Alex Severn

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

BEING told she faced insulin injections to control her diabetes frightened Helen Lovatt to death. But the 53-year-old has never had to experience the...

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Yummy mummy Tanya's back to feeling her best

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Seeing her dress size creep to new heights was the push Tanya Johnson needed to join her local Slimming World. Now, over four stones lighter, she's...

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Food allergies the secret ingredient to weight loss

Joanne Hyatt. Inset, before she lost weight.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

JOANNE Hyatt couldn't be happier. She's brimming with confidence, her energy levels are at an all-time high, and for the first time ever she can buy...

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