I LOST A KYLIE - SO CAN YOU!

These women all lost the equivalent of a celebrity in weight ... with the Slimming World plan that starts in today’s Mail. So which star will you shed?

MEET the latest effective, and fun, weight loss tool for anyone — and when you get into the big numbers, you can start tracking your success in celebrities. in the region of seven stone will bag you a Kylie Minogue while ten stone is roughly equivalent to a Kate winslet!

Today, and throughout next week, to mark Slimming world’s 50th anniversary, the Mail will be running a series of special pull-outs with meal planners and recipes to help readers achieve their own weightloss goals.

Here, five Slimming world success stories — who have lost more than 45st in total — tell JILL FOSTER how shedding the pounds has transformed their lives, alongside the famous people they’ve ‘lost’ . . .

HOW IT WORKS AT SLiMMinG world, dieters choose from a list of low-fat foods called Free Foods, such as fruit, vegetables, pasta, potatoes, rice, lean meat, fish and eggs. These foods can be eaten in unlimited amounts.

Dieters also choose from Healthy Extras groups, which include milk and cheese for calcium, wholemeal bread and breakfast cereals for fibre and other essential minerals, and nuts and seeds for healthy oils.

There’s no calorie counting and no foods are banned. Some foods are restricted, however, known as Syns (or synergy foods) and have values attached: typically, slimmers are allowed between 5 and 15 syns a day. A small gin and Slimline Tonic, for example, equates to 4 Syns — the same as one chocolate digestive biscuit.