Weight loss was mind over body for slimmer Ellie

A PLYMOUTH woman has lost seven stone - without taking a weight-loss jab.

- By WILLIAM TELFORD

Ellie Wild shed the weight without dieting or taking drugs, but by addressing the emotional causes of overeating and having hypnotherapy.

As new year weight-loss resolutions surge and about one in 10 UK adults turn to weight-loss injections, Ellie, aged 64, found a different route to becoming slimmer.

Ellie said she had spent decades trapped in cycles of dieting, weight regain and self-blame. At her heaviest, she weighed more than 19 stone, had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, and was taking antidepressants.

"I felt numb, ashamed and exhausted," Ellie said. "Food wasn't the problem, it was how I coped with life."

Before her transformation, Ellie had tried every well-known slimming plan and weight-loss group.

"I had certificates proving I could lose weight," she said. "But nobody ever dealt with the elephant in the room, why it kept coming back."