Losing weight has given 78-year-old Cynthia Hillyard a new lease of life. There's no stopping retired Cynthia now as she goes on trips in her classic 40-year-old T25 camper van and has won 35 trophies for roping, knife-thowing and axe-throwing during her exciting travels with The British Westerns Association, which holds camps every year, and is a group of enthusiasts of American history from 1700 to the present day.
Cynthia has lost one stone 7lb, and is reaping the health benefits as she is now a slim 10 stone 3lb. A mother of two sons, who lives in Keyworth, she told Nottinghamshire Live: "Because of my age, I don't want to lose any more. I am a lot healthier. I had high cholesterol and did not want to go on Statins.
"That's why I joined a slimming group, and my cholesterol has gone down. The weight loss has helped with my osteoarthritis.
