12 stone lost in a year! (From Daily Echo)

12 stone lost in a year!

9:31am Friday 2nd November 2007

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Vicky Radford is now barely half the woman she used to be after transforming her life in just one year.

It took 12 months of hard work and dedication to lose nearly 12 stone - roughly the weight of an average man.

‘At 25 stone I was just existing, going to work and coming home again. I had no life but I kept making excuses for not losing the weight’

Vicky Radford

Now Vicky is back living her life to the full and brimming with confidence, with the dark days of not being able to walk just 200 yards to the local shop well and truly behind her.

Weighing a life-threatening 25 stone 7lb, the 31-year-old from Sholing, Southampton, admits she had no life and was just going to work as a taxi firm operator and then going home again.

Hiding away However, after years of hiding away and even missing her best friend's wedding because of her size, Vicky took the decision to do something about it.

She joined a WeightWatchers group at Bursledon Community Centre and by following the Points Plan, Vicky quickly shed the weight, amazing all who knew her.

Now, weighing 13 stone 9lb, Vicky's life has changed completely.

Vicky, who has spent all her life on yo-yo diets, said: "Losing the weight has completely changed my life. I can now do whatever I want and am enjoying my life.

"At 25 stone I was just existing, going to work and coming home again. I had no life but I kept making excuses for not losing the weight.

"I went to WeightWatchers and I was hooked from the beginning and everything just clicked into place.

"I really got into it and our leader Marie Aymes, who has become one of my closest friends, has just been fantastic.

"The whole experience has been amazing and people who didn't know me before cannot believe it when I show them old photographs, they think I'm joking with them.

"Everyone has been completely amazed by it all especially losing so much in only 12 months. Now I hope to become a leader myself and help others to have the same success."

Vicky now has just over three stone to lose before she reaches her target weight of 10 stone 6lb. She hopes to achieve that by Easter next year.

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