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THE WALK OF SHAME

Karen Fay, 53, from Morecambe, Lancashire

Tucking into Sweet Chilli Sensations, I felt guilty.

This was a sharing packet and I’d reached the bottom.

But I felt like I couldn’t stop myself.

Growing up I was never small, but I wasn’t overweight either.

There would be a bit of name calling from other kids at school, but it didn’t really affect me.

I’ve always been confident, so I just brushed it off.

When I reached my late teens and early 20s, I struggled with food.

I put on weight quicker than I used to and had to be careful about what I was eating.

But things took a turn for the worse after my son Daniel was born.

It wasn’t just pregnancy that had made me bigger – I got into bad eating habits.

I was eating when I wasn’t hungry and was using food as comfort.

Whenever I

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