Self-confessed chocoholic ballooned after comfort eating - now she looks unrecognisable

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A self-confessed chocoholic who loved comfort eating has revealed how she managed to lose over four stone. Debbie Lord piled on the pounds over lockdown after snacking on biscuits and chocolate – seeing her weight balloon to 14st.

At her heaviest, the 56-year-old was a dress size 18 and felt unhappy in her appearance. Despite trying multiple diets and weight loss groups, nothing seemed to help her slim down. READ MORE: Gran used one everyday household chore to drop three dress sizes READ MORE: Pastry-loving mum who 'reversed diabetes' reveals secret to losing two stone That was until she joined Greater Manchester and Cheshire slimming group Beeweighed, going on to lose an incredible four-and-a-half stone.

Debbie, who lives in Winsford, Cheshire, told the Manchester Evening News: “I had put on a lot of weight and to be honest, I was struggling with it. “I was comfort eating a lot of chocolate and biscuits, anything sweet – I have an extremely sweet tooth.

If it’s in the house, I’ll eat it. If I see chocolate there, I’ll eat the lot. “Through lockdown it was worse because I was at home.