Epsom woman drops 10 dress sizes

8:05am Thursday 3rd January 2008

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Nikki Catling is celebrating the new year, big time.

She is heading for the sales with the aim of buying slinky glamorous dresses and tops to show off her size 14 figure.

“The support from the consultant and the group is fantastic, everyone is so friendly. I don’t feel like I’m on a diet and I really can eat so much.”

Nikki Catling

It is a size she never thought she would reach. This time last year she was wearing huge size 24 dresses and her choice of clothing was severely limited.

Nikki, from Epsom, who is in her 20s, has lived with a weight problem all her life.

When she was 12 she had reached a size 20 and was breathless when she tried to take part in normal activities for children of that age.

And it got worse as she got older. She weighed more than 16 stone when she was 16 and the weight crept on and on.

Her comfort eating reached new heights when she was 19 and her mum died, but although she was embarrassed and upset at her size she carried on snacking.

The final straw came when she developed an illness which was made worse by her weight and she decided that enough was enough.

She joined the Epsom Slimming World club and has not looked back. As the months went on, the weight dropped off and she was thrilled to abandon her large dresses for pretty and fitted clothes instead.

Nikki said: "The support from the consultant and the group is fantastic, everyone is so friendly. I don't feel like I'm on a diet and I really can eat so much."