Sharon Marshall

"I lost 13lb in one week. It's better than liposuction!"

There are benefits from the Boot Camp that go beyond weight.

Theoretically, a roomful of women on a diet should have been a nightmare. But in just seven days, a group of strangers were 100 per cent behind each other. There are women here who've been dealt a bad hand in life, but lacked the strength to take control of it all. Yes, the girls have all shrunk in size, yet by the end I can see everyone has grown, too. In self-belief and determination about the future.

A couple lost more than a stone. Our collective weight loss - between 17 girls - is 174 pounds, and 141 inches. That's a whole person. Best result of all is the 19-year-old who's just lost 12 stone - by deciding to junk her useless boyfriend!

Collective delirium wipes away the memories. "I have never," says one girl, clutching her end-of-course certificate, "never felt this good about myself. Ever."

Sharon Marshall This Morning TV Presenter
Back to Basics Feb 23rd – March 1st 08

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