A retail worker who hated clothes shopping burst into tears of happiness in a shop changing room when she fitted into a slinky pair of 30in waist Levi’s jeans after losing 7st 8lb. Helen Houghton, 50, who lives in Stoke-on-Trent with fellow retail worker husband Ben Houghton, 44, wanted to shed some weight before she hit the menopause.
She has amazed herself by slimming so she can fit into an 8/10 top and 10/12 on the bottom. Helen, who works in a furniture shop, now loves heading to the high street for a spot of clothes shopping.
She said: "It still takes a lot of getting your head around being this new size. Shopping used to be my biggest dread. Now I love it, I’m crying happy tears instead of frustrated ones." Helen was 20st 10lb and at 5ft 7in had a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 45.
