‘A beautiful white light appeared, shimmered towards me’ Leafing through my favourite glossy magazine, I suddenly stopped at a picture of gorgeous model Naomi Campbell.
‘I wish I looked like that,’ I sighed, gazing enviously at her long, slim legs and toned body.
Like so many women, I fought a constant battle with my weight.
And being surrounded by images of beautiful, skinny models made things so much worse.
Dizzy spell
I was so desperate to be slim, in the day I starved myself, nibbling lettuce and nuts and drinking water.
But by night, I was so hungry, weak and exhausted, I craved sugary, fatty food.
I waited until my kids Jaada, now 19, and Teigh, 14, were asleep in bed.
Then I gorged packs of shortbread and chocolate fingers,…
