Woman says she has kept six-stone weight loss off for 11 years

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  Pauline Smith, 75, from March, Cambridgeshire, says she lost six stone and has kept it off for 11 years without weight-loss injections.

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  She went from 17st 8lb and a size 26 to 11st 10lb and a size 14.

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  Smith says bullying in childhood and grief after the deaths of her baby son and sister contributed to her using food for comfort.

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  After refusing to get on the scales at a hospital appointment, she joined a local Slimming World group and lost 1st 7lb in six weeks.

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  She says planning meals, adapting favourite recipes and finding other ways to cope with difficult emotions helped her change her relationship with food.

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  Smith says she now walks and gardens regularly and no longer needs the blood pressure medication she had taken for about a decade.

Who

Pauline Smith, 75, of March, Cambridgeshire

What

She lost six stone and says she has maintained the weight loss for 11 years.

When

She reached 17st 8lb by 2013; the article was published on 10 October 2026.

Where

March, Cambridgeshire

Why

She wanted to address her weight and health after a hospital appointment prompted her to confront the issue.

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