Women: 40 years on.. I can wear my WEDDING DRESS AGAIN! 'IT FELT BEAUTIFUL TO SLIP INTO MY WEDDING GOWN FOR MY RUBY ANNIVERSARY. I WAS NOT THE FRUMPY GRANNY ANY MORE.'.(Features)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: March 10, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: BY SUZANNE FINNEY

FLICKING through her wedding photos Grace Reed realised the shapely young woman posing for the camera bore little resemblance to the fat, frumpy grandmother she had become.

Over almost four decades Grace, a retired primary school teacher, had ballooned from 11st 11lb to 17st 2lb, leaving her fat, miserable and her confidence at rock bottom.

But with her 40th anniversary looming Grace, 63, had a goal. She vowed she'd lose f...

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