RUNNING IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO LOSE W WEIGHT. HERE FOUR WOMEN. WHO LOST OVER W 22ST BETWEEN THEM, SHARE THEIR ¶ INCREDIBLY INSPIRING STORIES

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WORDS: LISA JACKSON

Nadia (left) with friends

“I SIDE-STEPPED DIABETES BY LOSING OVER 6ST”

“Just before my 50th birthday I was shocked to learn I had early type 2 diabetes,” says Nadia Winborn, 51, from Hastings.

“I’m a podiatrist and know full well how it can cut off circulation to your extremities and lead to problems such as gangrene, so I was horrified to be diagnosed with the disease I’d been treating in others for years. At that time I weighed 17st 6lbs. I decided I needed to get fit and lose weight. I began power-walking with a friend and signed up for the 2016 Moonwalk, a charity 26.2-mile walk through London at night.

“My training went well. I started feeling fitter and I was slimming down, which prompted me to join parkrun in Hastings. I power-walked my first one in 41mins 41secs and then tried running some of it. Within a month I’d cut my 5K time to 35mins 25secs and, before long, I was able to run the whole way in about 30 minutes. That spurred me on to join Hastings Runners, where I trained for and ran the Hastings Runners 5 Mile in 52 minutes on a scorching hot day. By running and walking three to four times a week and joining Weight Watchers, I was able to slim down to 13st 3lbs.