Weight loss

Every time I went shopping, I had to buy a larger clothes size and at one point I was buying size 30.

I knew then that something had to be done." NutritionWhen she was accepted on to the programme in October 2004, Carol had to give up her diet of bread and pasta and swap it for nutrition drinks.

"I hated cooking tea for my husband and then sitting down to a glass of water," she said.

Carol, who admits her weight crept up through comfort eating, added that the hard work was worth it."When I was big, I couldn't hold my head up," she said, "but now I feel on top of the world."Submit your comments © Copyright 2006 Manchester Evening News.

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