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Natalie Cassidy
Natailie Cassidy lost weight with a strict 6-month regime,but is now comfort eating again

Natalie Cassidy's diet despair

Nat's feeling down about her ongoing weight gain

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

As Natalie Cassidy has piled on weight – going up four dress sizes - work has dried up.

The former EastEnders actress is back to a size 16 and has been bingeing on biscuits, cakes and stodgy foods.

‘It’s so sad – Natalie’s at her lowest ebb,’ our source reveals. ‘Her phone’s no longer ringing off the hook with job offers and she just can’t shift the distress and embarrassment of putting the weight back on or having let down the people who bought her fitness DVD. The more down she gets, the more she eats – it’s a vicious cycle.’

Natalie, 25, is so disillusioned, even the prospect of reprising her role in EastEnders is too daunting.

‘Natalie would normally be keen to go back as Sonia as she’s still close to a lot of the cast and feels at home on set, but the idea of going back to being that frumpy character distresses her,’ says our source.

Although her spokesman says there are projects in the pipeline and she’s ‘happier than ever’, our source says she’s feeling the pinch of not being busy.

‘She spends her days walking aimlessly around north London, then heads home to eat fattening foods in front of the telly. She’s pretty much given up.’

Natalie’s sombre moods haven’t been helped by her insistence on keeping most of the clothes she bought when she dropped down to a super-trim size 8.

‘She refuses to get rid of those clothes,’ our source tells us. ‘But it’s a painful reminder of her failure to stay slim.’

The 5ft 4in actress, whose workout DVD Then And Now became a bestseller and is said to have made £300,000, shrank from a size 16 to a size 8 with a gruelling regime during a six-month stretch. But just months after showing her slender figure on the beach, Natalie’s natural curves began to return.

See photo gallery special - Natalie Cassidy's amazing weight loss>>

Full story in Now magazine dated 13 October 2008 - out now!

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pinkflirt October 08 12:08

I don't think Nat should worry about it too much. The next thing we'll be hearing is that she's gone the other way and is accused of being anorexic! Being in the business is hard I'm sure, but she needs to remember that life is too short to be constantly feeling down and depressed about being overweight - look around Nat and be happy being who you are - a fabulously pretty girl, popular and who has loads of friends. Keep it real Nat - the rest will follow..

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sarah October 18 19:00

I don't know why NOW are suddenly attacking Natalie Cassidy every couple of weeks. Enough already. She looked very happy at Wendy Richard wedding and despite the dress, didn't actually look overweight. Bigger yes, but not overweight. She is working at the moment according to a national newspaper and has recently become engaged to a man who seems to love her skinny or with a few pounds. As for her weight, she is still young and will sort herself out in time.

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