Article: Vital: Health: Irene's jetting off with a new lease of life; AFTER LOSING NINE STONE, IRENE WON SCOTTISH SLIMMERS' SLIMMER OF THE YEAR - AND THE CHANCE TO FINALLY ENJOY A HOLIDAY.(Features)

Byline: By Margaret Mallon

NURSING auxiliary Irene Ritchie was so ashamed of weighing 20 stone that she would work an extra shift to avoid going to parties. But now that the Scottish Slimmers' Slimmer of the Year has lost more than nine stone, she's out nearly every night.

The 44-year-old said: "Before I joined Scottish Slimmers I was overweight and depressed. If my husband and I were asked out, I would offer to do extra work at the hospital.

"Now I'm happy, attractive, active and confident - and I love going out. And it's all because I'm slim for the first time in ...

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