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After dieting for years, Angela is
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TV host Lisa'Riley,36, shoraed
being bigger need nct mean you are
unfit when shc our performed
Olympic champion cyclist Victoria
Pendleton on Strietly Come Dancing.
The size 20 star says,'Be confortable
in your own skin. People should be
who they want fo be and not made to
think they have to eat ceiery.'
Steps singer Claire Richards, 35,
speaking after launching her clothes
range for size 12 to 3? women, has
turned her back on yo-yo dieting"
Claire, who has gone from a size 8 to a 16
and back again rwice, says. 'I learned rvhat
people thitrk about me is nonr'of mv
business. I'm not harming anvone being a 16
and I've maintained this weight foi a r ear.
Ionger than I have n'itb any other weighr.'
Comedian Dawn French, 55, iost a
staggering seven stone three years ago but
has happily put most af it back on since
meetirlg her new husband, charity chief Mark
Bignell. 'I'm very fond of this bodv. It's
sen'ed me well and neve r disappointed mu'-'
Even shapelv stars Jennifer Aniston, 43,
and Kell.r* Osbourne.28. have spoken out
against crazy dieting. Friends star
Jen says.'The fads are too much.
the fasts, when you hear people
saying: "I'm going on a cleanse" it's
just so bad for your body.'
Meanrvhile Kelly admits she still
eats pizza but has ditched the diets.
'I learnt
how to work our right and
eat right,' she says.
Angela. 44, pictured top, of
Manchester, (neverdietagain.co.uk)
has dieted on and off for years. She
sa,vs: 'The degree of cutting out
foods to be a thin person for man.t is
phenomenai. Few can keep that up
for long. Most rvomen r.vho diet fail
as most don't work.
'It is better to be fit and fat than
thin and not fit.
'Dieting is not necessary for good
health. I'm a size 16 now and a
qualified pilates instructor. I am
convinced I'm the weight I'm
supposed to be.'
BodyGossip's Natasha Devon (bodygossip.
org). pictured bottom, hopes the diet
backlash is here to stay.
She said: 'Many celebs feel the pressure as
much as rve dc. If you want to talk to
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yourself fbod" That's why people end up
doing things like bingeing on biscuits on a
Sunday before dieting madly on lhe Monday"
'We've lost our ability to listen to our
bodies and onlv eat rvhen we 're hungry.
'If rve're dieting all the time i! means we
don't trust ourselves.
'We advise people to eat rvhen thev're
hungry, to exercise moderately and then
you'1l be the size you're meant to be.'
Sarah Liveing" 52, pictured rniddle, of
(walkingfonr,'eightloss.co. uk), says frorn the
age of 1 i to 42 she rried every single diet
going bul none worked.
She says,'Then in 2005 I did a chariry walk
weighing 18 stone and loved ihe erercise.
'I decided to stop restricting foods too as,
whenever I did so, I just *
wanted to eat more.
'All I did was just
eat healthily every
day and get
outside to walk
rvhen I could.
I've dropped tcr
a size 10 it was
unbelievable.'