I'm so happy to be me now, says super slimmer Lisa

A ROTHERHAM slimmer who dropped four dress sizes in just 20 weeks is featured as this month’s cover girl of a national weightloss magazine.
By Amy Westby
Published 2nd Jun 2011, 15:30 BST
Updated 21st Dec 2016, 12:30 BST

Lisa Bell (40), of Maltby, is the star face of June’s Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness magazine after shedding 2st and 8lb.

Lisa was bullied at school for being the heaviest in her class and has been on various unsuccessful diets from the age of nine.

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But thanks to a healthy diet and exercise plan, the 40-year-old dropped from a size 16 to an 8 or10 and now weighs 9st 6lb.

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    She said: “I feel happy with myself and I never thought that I would.

    “For me, life did begin at 40 and I feel like I’ve waited all my life to feel like this.

    “I now love going out and socialising with my husband and I’m looking forward to booking a holiday for later in the year. 

    “I will definitely be wearing a bikini.”

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    Lisa had been a yo-yo dieter from the age of nine, when an insensitive teacher weighed every child in the class and Lisa came out heaviest at 8st.

    As a result she was bullied by other schoolchildren and spent a lifetime of feeling “fat and ugly.” 

    “I didn’t like myself and my weight affected everything in my life,” she said. “My general everyday mood, my confidence, the way I dressed, the way I walked, the way

    I did my job, my social life, my home life—it was such a hindrance to me.”

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    It took an embarrassing incident in a clothes shop when she bent down to pick up a cardigan and the size 16 trousers she had squeezed into ripped open in public for Lisa to finally take action. 

    Lisa, who is an administrator for a construction company in Sheffield, joined a Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Club and succeeded in shedding 2st 8lb in just 20 weeks. 

    She said: “Jane who runs the club was fantastic from the start and she made me feel extremely welcome. 

    “She’s been an amazing support all the way through my weight loss journey and gave me great advice.  I couldn’t have done it without her.” 

    Lisa’s story is featured in June’s Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness magazine and on Rosemary’s free Internet TV channel, www.rose maryconley.tv

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