COPPENHALL super-slimmer Shirley Hockenhull had no time to waist when she set about shedding the pounds.

The 46-year-old, of Bexington Drive, has lost an amazing 5 stones in eight months since joining Weight Watchers in January.

Shirley, who works at the Prime Bake bakery in Nantwich, said losing the weight was only half the problem.

"I had lost weight before but I had never kept it off," she said.

"I had been overweight for a long time and I had one or two weddings to go to so I thought I'm just going to shift it. I needed a lot of determination."

But Mrs Hockenhull said her husband Barry had suffered as a result of her success.

"People think he's out with another woman and he has been told off a couple of times," she said.

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