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Trimmings and slimmings!

Tracey Clarke, 57, Saltash

As I squeezed a couple of extra pigs in blankets next to my turkey and heaped my plate with potatoes, I made a secret promise to myself.

Next Christmas, I’ll be slim.

It was 2017, and me and my hubby Mark, then 50, felt lucky to be surrounded by family.

Our grown-up kids – Jamie-Leigh, then 25, Zoe-Louise, 22, and Aaron, 19 – had all piled round for a festive feast.

And our first grandchild Charlie, then

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