Worth the weight

Meeting lost childhood sweetheart 40 years on spurs gran to lose 8st

- ADAM ASPINALL

A GRANDMOTHER has shed nearly 8st and found a new lease of life after being reunited with her lost first love, 40 years later.

Julie Mutlow, 58, weighed over 20st, was a size 24 and was "in a dark place" when she heard from Mark Harris, 57, who she briefly dated aged 14.

The single mum-of-four, who has seven grandkids, had been told by her doctor she had a fatty liver, was "on the borderline of obesity", and at high risk of diabetes.

But she turned her life around, spurred on by the Facebook message from childhood sweetheart Mark. Julie said: "I was so shocked when Mark reached out to me that I didn't know what to do.