ANIMALS WERE A HUGE PART OF MY CHILDHOOD. I had very severe asthma when I was little and I couldn’t run around with the energy that the other children at my school had. My best friend was a Sheltie dog called Sue. I would put her in my pram and find things in the shed which I would train her to jump over like a showjumper! I’ve had dogs in my life ever since.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 22 I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT MY WEIGHT. I’d done a Cordon Bleu cookery course and I couldn’t stop eating all the delicious dishes I was making. Then I was eating whole tubs of ice cream too, and
