All news on the topic: Weight loss success stories

Grace Dudley decided to make a drastic change for the sake of her eight-year-old son after believing she was 'eating herself into an early grave'. The surgery was life-changing in more ways than one as she met the 'man of her dreams'

Dad-of-two Daniel Morris struggled to walk up stairs and was 'always sweating' before he discovered a love for fitness and dropped an incredible 11 stone in just 11 months

One woman says she 'learnt how to love' herself after a cruel boyfriend left her due to her weight. Alida Dreyer says she now smiles every time she looks in the mirror at the body she worked hard to achieve

Vanessa Gregory, who is from Crewe, Cheshire, ballooned to 18st 2lb after her diet consisted largely of takeaways and oven-ready meals - but she made some lifestyle changes

When Ian Forrest was watching Manchester City play Inter Milan in the Champions League in June, the dad started feeling unwell - and a visit to the doctor the next day changed his life

Georgia Tulk weighed 25st 7lbs when she decided to embark on a health journey and found a new love for 'fakeaways', including homemade McDonald's, Nando's and KFC

Andrea BoldBody, 37, from Houston, Texas weighed around 234lbs at her heaviest but lost an astonishing 100lbs after changing her diet and focusing on her fitness routine

Slimming World's Woman of the Year Kelly Barker, who was a dress size 32, was terrified that she 'would die on the operating table' if she went ahead with recommended weight loss surgery, so made simple changes to her diet and routine instead

Andrew Hulbert indulged in unlimited buffet food and alcohol during his two-week all-inclusive family holiday in Spain, but on his return home, was left distraught when stepping on the scales

Scott Harrison, a father of two from Herts, went from 'middle aged man going the wrong way' to an inspiration for thousands with his Six Pack Revolution programme

Sophie Matheson was determined to lose weight before her wedding and in just four months she went from a size 20 to a size 10 and has even lost another stone now she's tied the knot

Comedian Dawn French has spoken openly about her weight loss over the years, after dropping 7.5 stone to have life-changing surgery following a health scare in 2014

A free and easy lifestyle tweak meant Christie transformed her body in months after putting on weight during the pandemic. She says she feels 'incredible' after switching her mindset

Olympian speed skater and personal trainer Sarah Lindsay, who has trained everyone from Piers Morgan to Denise Welch, shares the health and fitness secrets she swears by

Former yo-yo dieter Lucy Nield has transformed her diet with Dr Mosley's The Fast 800 plan, and credits Time Restricted Eating and following a Mediterranean-style diet for her three-stone weight loss

Nikki Forbes was so taken aback when she saw a photograph of herself that had been snapped by her six-year-old daughter that she decided to change her whole lifestyle

Laura-Beth had long been a yo-yo dieter but was determined to shed the pounds for good and managed to shed an incredible amount in a matter of months

It was a 12-week online audio programme that stopped grandmother Lorraine Murphy from eating 1,000 chocolate bars a year and helped her lose a whopping 12 stone

When Rick Ward, from Felixstowe, Suffolk, tipped the scales at 18st 3lb last year, his diet was unhealthy and his esteem was low, so he determinedly tackled the weight

Aaron Walker says he had always had a problem with his weight but when he was at Leeds Festival two years ago he realised he needed to take drastic action

Lucy Nield credits Time Restricted Eating for her three-stone weight loss with Dr Mosley's The Fast 800 plan, which sees dieters follow a Mediterranean-style diet and intermittent fasting

Joe Perks shifted four stone after piling on the pounds when he started feeling very low during the pandemic, and said he made the big decision after looking at himself in the mirror

Tobie Vermeire was eating 35 bars of chocolate a week and consuming 10,000 calories a day. Weighing 26st, he realised his addiction was killing him and took drastic action

When Lucy Austen swapped tubs of ice cream for tins of fruit, she thought she was making a positive change to her diet. But it only made her blood sugar levels worse, and she found herself weighing almost 30st

Rachael Sacerdoti ended up weighing just over 14st, approaching a year after the birth of her youngest daughter but small changes towards improving her diet and consistently exercising helped her lose weight