Fed up with being a diet icon, Natalie balloons from size 8 to a 12
Sunday, 6 July 2008
Natalie Cassidy has given up on her diet and put on a stone and a half in just eight weeks.
Recently spotted enjoying a boozy lunch in central London with boyfriend Ben Porter, 40, puffing on a cigarette, Natalie cut a very different, chunky figure from the one seen on holiday last March.
Back then, dedicated Nat - whose fitness DVD Then And Now was the fastest UK fitness DVD of all time - was bragging about fitting into a pair of size 0 jeans.
Now it’s emerged that she’s ballooned from a size 8 to a 12.
It's Natalie’s worst nightmare. Only last month she admitted that the pressure not to slip up was immense.
‘Unfortunately, there are people who want to see you fail,’ she confessed.
But Now can reveal that former size 16 Natalie, 25, got fed up spending all her time exercising.
‘It was a vicious circle in the end,’ a friend tells Now. ‘Natalie wanted to maintain her weight loss, but she isn’t naturally that size.
'Also, remember that she’s been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, which makes losing weight even tougher.'
Desperate Natalie had even upped her exercise regime to two hours every single day after the PCOS diagnosis.
Her regime initially included working out three to five times a week. But it wasn’t sustainable for the actress.
‘She’s been enjoying life more with Ben and the weight crept back on,’ explains the friend.
Natalie’s agent Maureen Vincent says: ‘I don’t know if she’s put weight on – I don’t weigh her every day.’
See the full story in Now magazine - out now!
Check out our Natalie Cassidy photo gallery (before things went pear-shaped again)>>
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omg i hate it wen they describe Natalie as a balloon coz i think size 12 is the right size 4 her age and she is NOT ova weight. it just pees me off wen pple say say it is!!!!!
Well keeping the wight off and exercising is kinda fun by after a while it gets boring. But natalie didn't have to do that much exercise she could only do half and give her body a rest. She don't always have to do an hour every day.
Im almost a size 12 and very happy with my size.. when you desribe her as 'ballooned' it's not nice for the people reading this page as most women between 20-30 are a long the lines of a size 12.. tut tut NOW magazine
OMG wasnt she doing that diet programme, testing out the diets and seing if they work? thats why she got sooo skinny. leave the poor woman alone, theres nothing wrong with being a size 12!!! its all so silly
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