Natalie Cassidy: I can't believe I'm a size 8!

The former EastEnder dropped from a size 16 to an 8 and bagged herself a man

Wednesday, 26 December 2007

In a few months, Natalie Cassidy’s shed the image of dowdy Sonia Fowler by losing 2½st and dropping four dress sizes, not to mention 18½in all over.

It's an astonishing transformation. Cutting out junk food and drinking less helped the 24-year-old lose weight but exercise was the key.

'After playing Sonia in EastEnders for 12 years, I thought it’d be good to change my image,' Natalie explains.

'I was 10st 8lb [she’s 5ft 4in] when I started this diet, but it was my body mass index that scared me. I wasn’t just obese – I was off the scale.'

Her breasts were enlarged in 2004 from a 36A to a 36D but because of her weight loss, Natalie is now a 32E. She loves the attention she's getting from the opposite sex.

'I know it’s shallow, but I do,' she admits. 'I get wolf whistled at in the street and I don’t turn round because I’m not used to it.

'I was always bubbly and confident before, but it does make you feel better about yourself. I’ve become a bit of a fox. I’ve just started seeing someone. He’s lovely. We met on my last job, so it’s quite new – and that’s all I’m telling.'

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