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Since Christmas last year, I’ve had one aim – to lose weight.

At 17st 5lb, I was feeling chubby and wanted to shed some pounds.

I cut out all the unhealthy foods I often scoffed and soon I was on a healthy diet. The weight fell off me. I’d discovered other ways to indulge, which didn’t involve chocolate.

One thing I did continue to do was play bingo!

I’ve always loved bingo, both online and at the hall.

Chat Mag Bingo is great fun, really friendly and there are some super bingo and slot games to play from just 1p. My favourite room is Tiki. On 15 July this year, my husband Len, 68, and I were chilling in the living room.

It was a Saturday night and we were catching up on our favourite programmes.

The great thing about Chat Mag Bingo is you can set yourself a budget as to how much you want to spend each day and even how long you want to play for.

On that night, I decided to just buy one 10p ticket for the next 90-ball bingo game in Tiki.

I watched as the numbers popped out. Oh my God! My numbers! One by one, I couldn’t believe it as they were all dabbed off.

As I jumped off the sofa, Len wondered what was going on.

‘Have you knocked something over, love?’ he asked, looking concerned.

The game was over in seconds and I’d won £1,000!

Len was over the moon. ‘What are we going to do with the money?’ he said, excitedly.

We’d already booked a holiday to Florida for September.

And we’d saved all of our spending money for that.

We like to go away in May for our anniversary, too, so we decided to save it for a trip in 2018.

To Mexico! Our favourite place.

We’ve been to Cancún and Riviera Maya before. Swimming with turtles,

relaxing by the pool and snorkelling – it’s perfect. I work as a courier and its long hours, so it’s great to get away for a week or two. ‘I might need to use some winnings beforehand,’ I told Len. When he asked why, I told him I needed some new holiday clothes. Since Christmas last year, I have lost 5st! I’m now 12st 5lb and I couldn’t be happier. I’m excited about browsing for new clothes and feeling proud of my body. I don’t need to cover up on the beach, so I’m going to splash out on loads of bikinis! We had a wonderful time in Florida and now we are counting down the days until Mexico. This year has been phenomenal – amazing holidays, £1,000 on Chat Mag Bingo and losing all this weight. It’s been brilliant.

The game was over in seconds and I’d won £1,000!