A mum who spent £4k-a-year gorging on nightly takeaways dropped four stone in six months to become a competitive bodybuilder. Helen Buchanan, 40, used to eat takeaways and junk food every night leaving her tipping the scales at 13 stone and wearing a size 18 - and spending £80 a week on her habit.
She decided to make a change to be a good example to her daughter, Elliemae, 13. She credits walking and running as the two exercises that helped her kickstart her weight loss journey.
Helen then joined and gym and fell in love with exercising and decided to follow her dream of becoming a bodybuilder and has slimmed down to nine stone and a slender size six to eight. Now she competes professionally and said her daughter is "proud" of her for how far she has come.
