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As the Oscars approach, we send these glanuned-upwonders down the red carpet to show off their new bodies

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vvETTEAFTER WARS of yo-yo dietingand bin geingou chocol.te andchips. Yvette Colliniesweight hit12 I kg. Suddenly her greatest fear

getting nirgery to lose weighthad become a terrifying reality.'I was petrified about going underthe Imile to get a lap band,' shesays. "I woke up one morning andknew was going to lose weighLIt was like I 'dbc been hypnotised rjust decided I wasn't going to fail,"

Yvette, 38. joined Jelin y Craigand Vision Personal Training atSydney's Rose Bay, where she ranand lifted weights, and pictLuedherself in jeans for inspiration.

wanted to be healthy andfeelgood about inyself," she says.

Soon the weight began to dropoff and in just over two months,Yvette had lost 104. Within18 months she'd losti5Okg -halfher body weight.

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Suddenly. Yvette realised shecould erIloyclothes ishoppingagain. "Every time I lost I OkgI had to clear out rny wholewardrobe_ drdn' t keep any fatclothes,

nothingNvette,mum Inlay. 9. andKasay, 4, says losing the weightgawe her a new lease of life. lierproud husband, David, 39, threwher a party to celebrate.

"l'venever partied as much asdo now." she says, want to

go out and not worry about howlook. I'm 38 going on 28, Ifeel

happier than ever.'Gorgomun in hot pink,Yvette

admits she was worried about5tting into a designer gown.

"I couldn't believe a beautifulsize 1G dress would shesmiles. "But I'm wearing it andllove it. I feel like I can finally takepride in my appearance."

Pretty in pink Wattssays sites feeling-38 going or 28"after her ornacwegWeigid loss.

relive was so ....Weirdshe oPlikilVt Play with herchildren. Now they'remower re keep Up with her!

'I lost 40kg...and became achampion swimmer'

WEIG/ 'IN° in at 122kg, ClareStone'sidea of exercise was theodd stroll around the block.

"That's as physical as got,'says the 37-year-old mum.

She would also eat whatevershe could "get her hands on","ird have the biggest mealpossible, then dessert maybeeven two helpings," she says.

But inspiration struck one daywhile watching her children,Lucas, 10_ and Sophie, 7. runaround without her.

"I thought. 'If I don't dosomething now, I won't see mykids grow up'.' she says. "Thatwas the trigger I needed."

Clare joined the Betty Baxterprogram and started on a mixof healthy meals and shakes.

'In the fu-st week I ioSt 2. 7kg."she says. "It was amazing.'

After eight months, losingabout lkg a week, Care neededanew challenge. She'd alwaysloved swimming but hadn'tworn bathers since gaining

CLAREweight." it would have beenmy worst nightmare to get ina conic when I was fat.'

Nervously she pulled on togsand joined a swimming club.

"When I got in the pool I couldharely even swims length." sheadmits. 'ft was exhausting.'

Determined not to be beaten,Clare kept going hack and wasscion training live times a week.

"[ knew the World MastersGames were coming up sothought I'd enter," Clare says."I dreamed I might win a medalbut I knew it was a big ask."

Clare powered through the400m individual medley tomake her dream come true:she won the bronze medal. "Icouldn't believe it," she says.

Beaming in a gorgeous bluegown. It's the first time Clare hasever worn a designer dress.

"Iced amazing," she says."Who would have thoughtcould fit into something this

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1 RED CARPET READY

lost 80kg... andbeat the bullies'

TRIM, TONED end brimmingwith self.conlidence, it's nowonder Chris Ru tta has tried toblock out his '' fat years". In thattragic period of his youth hetopped the scales at 1 70kg.

Each time Chris. 22, looks ata picture from that torturoustime he is reminded of beingcruelly taunted by bullies.

That Chris no longer exists."says the young man who usedwillpower and determination tolose Bag and transform his life.

1 blocked out the fat imagesand stopped watching TheBiggcsILoscr because it made mecry. And I was sick of crying."

Chris's transformation tookplace over less than a year,amazingly without expert dietsor expensive personal trainers.

"lliterally woke up one day anddecided rd dolt myself, and Ihave," he says. "The day I decidedto lose weight, I instantly startedfeeling different in myself. Kids

CHRISfrom school would drive by andyell out abuse but]. kept tellingmyself, They no longer matter"."

His diet was simple. lentout all soft drink.' For breakfastChris ate a "big brad ofporridge", lunch was lean meatand salad dinner was lean meatand vegies. He snacked on fruit.nub cereal and yoghurt,

'Inas stria L ate the same foodevery day for 1 8 months. I didn'tcareit was working." he says.

Christ...mists' with the santedevotion: gm:liked and walked.I walked for one hour. four timesa day, and then did weights athome to stay toned.'

Woman's Day paid for surgeryIn reautve the huge skin folds leftby Chris's dramatic weight loss.

It was Ileum last of the 'oldChris' had gone," he says.

feel a million dollars, beat thebullies and now Fm more thanhappy to walk the red carpet."Watt www.howgost801rgs.comau

Determination anda strict regime a

healthyfoodcadsralse gaVe

Chris the leak he'dalways craved.

Sally says shitImproved every parkof her- Mention sheivat weight and newshe's helping othersto clothe same.

Lost 53kg... andmy life back'

'SHE'S LOST half her body weight,butbeaming Sally Symonds saysshe's doubled the qua lit y of her life.

Havin g spent years avoidingphotographs, too ashamed of hersize, the former drama teacherturned healthy Life mentor is redcarpet ready in her Figure hoggingdris. 'I'm finally happy in frontor the camera," she smiles.

Sally's remarkable weight lossbegan with walking and eatingless, which led to a 1 7kg drop.Ramping up her regime, whichshe went on to share Ice hook,she lost 45kg in just 33 iymks.

Lasing weight improves everypart of your life," says Sally 37.who eventually beta total of 53k."Looking back, I can't believeIliad the energy to be overweightIt's so exhausting. If everyoneknew how good It feels to befit andhealthy. they wouldn't hesitate "

SALLYSally says the secret toner weight

loss was learning to love exercise.went from someone who

Loathed exercise to lot:ring it,' shesays. '' I'd do thin p like wear wristweights while doing the washingOf cleaning. If there was a personstanding on one leg in a queue atthe bank that svas probably me.You may as well strengthen yourcore while you're lining up."

Sally doesn't count kdoiouleswatch portion sizes. "I just don'thave the Lime.' she shrugs,

'The people who dou'istruggkwith their weight don follow aset diet or set exercise plan theyj us t make it part of then

Sally does keep a food diary, soshe knows what she's eaten, butshe still loves chocolate "I didn'teat any for six months, but nowI have some every day,' she says.Visit www.sallysynionds.com.au




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'We each Lost25kg... and

rekindled ourromance'

ALERA-RAE & QUINTON

WHEN Alen.- Rae Kingharn and QuintonEvans look at thet.wedding photos,they can't Indio., its really them -sincethat happy day three years an they'velost a combined 50kg,

-rt looks like two different people," saysMere, 2 7. I'm four dress sizes smaller andQuinton has gone down five pants sizes.'

Quinton, 30, admits their relationshipused to revolve around food, especially bigdinners with alcohol, But when Meta'sconfidence Lit an all limo low, she knewsomething had to be don.e. Quinton wasright hy her side when they joined theBodytrim program as a couple and got theultimate enee uragernent when in the firstweek Alen lost 3..5kg and Quinton lost .5 kg.

Now they've each lost 2 5kg and 'thingshave or a lot more romantic," blushes thenewly svelte Quinton.

"We're more in time with each otherbecause we've experlenoed it together,"Meta adds. 'We've got more of a zest forlife now. Our life Isn't centred aroundfood anymore."

When Alen and Quinton donned theirslirnline threads for this shoot, theycouldn't take their eyes off each other.

"[ never e.ver imagined] would be slippingInto a size 10 dress," says Alera. "Before I'dcover my arms with c-arcliga as or wear black,even in summer. But I feet fantastic today.'

She rims her hands aver her husband'sjacket- He looks amazing." she says.smiling proudly. Quinton nods and grins:"Wow. A lera looks hot."

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