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Thrill-seeking colleagues who lost 14 stone together are ‘reliving their teens’ with rollercoasters and nose piercings

Two women who bonded over their weight struggles at work are now “reliving their teens” as thrill-seeking best friends after losing over 14 stone between them by swapping takeaways and chocolate for zip-wires, rollercoasters and mountain climbing. ...

03 Oct 2022 at 14:37

Health

An 18st 6lb childminder who gorges on cheese and chocolate sheds 7st after struggling to fasten size 22 skirt on Boxing Day and likes her body

An 18st 6lb childminder who gorged on cheese and chocolate was prompted to shed over 7st after struggling to button up her size-22 skirt on Boxing Day – and now likes her body for “the first time in her life.” Bullied from the age of 12 for ...

18 Aug 2022 at 09:14

Health

22st mum who struggled to walk down the street loses 8st so she can meet her future grandchildren

A mum-of-three was inspired to lose 8st after facing cruel comments that she had “let herself go” and even that her husband might leave her and came to fear she would not live to meet her future grandchildren. Michelle Gayle, 53, who works ...

17 Aug 2022 at 08:00

Health & Wellbeing

Pumping weights could help you live longer – how to start at any age

Gymtimadation is real, especially if you’ve never entered the weights section of a gym – where everyone seems to know what they’re doing, and has muscles bulging out of their shirts. But pumping iron is about more than sculpting abs or ...

28 Sept 2022 at 14:42

Woman who ‘couldn’t run to front door’ doing London Marathon in father’s honour

A mother-of-two who once “couldn’t even run to the front door” is taking on the London Marathon in memory of her father who died 10 years ago from heart failure. Navinder Molyneux said her world “came to a complete halt” when her ...

30 Sept 2022 at 15:01

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A 25st 5lb trans chef who overate thinking he was “a crackpot” drops to 13st 5lb post bariatric surgery and needs £10K to remove DD breasts

A 25st 5lb trans chef who “ate on his feelings” thinking he was “a crackpot” for wanting to change gender lost 13st 5lb after drastic bariatric surgery and now needs £10k to have his “flab” and DD breasts removed. Campbell Price,...

11 Aug 2022 at 08:35

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Young woman who couldn’t fit into Thorpe Park rides because she weighed 27st has a gastric sleeve op aged just 20 and loses an incredible 14st

A 22-year-old woman who overate so much in her teens that her parents put locks on the fridge has lost 14st and dropped from a 27st 2lb size 28 to a 13st 4lb size 12 after having an irreversible gastric sleeve operation when ...

22 Jul 2022 at 08:34

More than 42 million adults in the UK ‘will be overweight or obese by 2040’

More than 42 million adults in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2040, according to new projections. Analysis by Cancer Research UK shows that seven in 10 (71%) people will be overweight or obese by 2040. Of this, ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

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A 22st school chef is so embarrassed by her size 22 outfit at her dad’s funeral she sheds 8st dumps her black clothes and dyes her hair orange

A 22st school dessert cook who was so embarrassed by her size 22 mourning outfit at her father’s December 2020 funeral that she shed 8st has replaced her black clothes with bright colours and dyed her blonde hair ...

17 Mar 2022 at 08:25

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A size 22 19st 7lb businesswoman struggles to climb stairs and is terrified of Covid so sheds 5st 1lb and plans to start Zumba and salsa classes

A size 22 businesswoman who at 19st 7lb struggled to climb stairs and was terrified that catching Covid could kill her shed 5st 1lb and now plans to start Zumba and salsa dancing. Ashamed of her bulges, Sharon ...

09 Mar 2022 at 08:25

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Mum will run London Marathon as she wins 20 year weight battle in 15 minutes “almost immediately” losing 24lb after swallowing a balloon

A mum is sprinting back to fitness and plans to run the London Marathon this year after winning her 20 year battle with her weight in 15 minutes prompting an “almost immediate” 24lb loss after simply ...

15 Mar 2022 at 08:25

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Truck driver who grapples anxiety and fear of vomiting goes from 18st to 9st after gastric bypass then ends marriage and finds new love

A truck driver who was an 18st size 24 and grappled with anxiety and a terror of being sick shrank to 9st following a gastric bypass five months after tying the knot which led to her marriage ending ...

08 Mar 2022 at 08:25

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