Daily Star Sunday

I LOST 6 STONE BY DOING THE SPIN-FAST DIET!

- HOLLIE BONE

A BRIDE-to-be has lost more than six stone thanks to her hula hoop.

Izzie East, 25, ballooned to more than 15st after meeting her fiancé Nathan as a teenager.

They often dined out or stayed in with takeaways during their date nights together.

But when doctors warned she was at risk of developing polycystic ovary syndrome and had a fatty liver at the age of just 21, she started workouts with a weighted hoop. And she has transforme­d her size-18 figure to a size 8 with just 20 minutes of hip-shimmying a day, and dropped to nine stone.

Izzie has become a social media influencer with nearly 20,000 followers, and is dubbed the “Hula Hoop Queen”. The support worker said: “I hate the gym, so when I discovered the hula hoop it was the perfect fit.

“When I took it up I couldn’t believe the results – especially on my legs and arms, because I didn’t think it would change them at all.

“I have a couple of hoops but my everyday one weighs 1.6kg and I do all sorts with it – even squats and lunges – while I just hula hoop and watch the telly.

“It’s helped me tone up my tummy and get rid of the excess skin I had too. Even a wedding dress I bought in August fell to my hips when I tried it on last week because I’m still losing weight.”

Izzie, of Malton, North Yorks, will marry Nathan, 31, in May.

She said: “He can eat and eat and not put anything on and I thought I could keep up because I didn’t really care what I looked like, I was happy. But I got a real wake up call when I went to the doctor’s in 2016.”

She added: “I’m hooked on hula hooping now. The hoop comes on holiday with me because I’ve got a foldable one.

“I think people are shocked that you can get these results from just a hoop.”

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