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HISTORY: 12. Which American writer spent part of his childhood in Irvine in 1815?
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Size 26 mum who could barely tie her own shoe laces loses eight stone
Lynn Templeton says her biggest transformation since her weight loss has been in the way she feels about herself
Lynn Templeton (Image: PA REAL LIFE)
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“He was telling me I was no longer fun and, as a mother, hearing those words left me so upset. It was the moment that I decided enough was enough. “I wanted to be fun again and able to do all the things I used to, like walking on the beach or playing outside.”
Lynn Templeton and son Jack Shove, 17, on holiday in Cyprus in August 2019. PA REAL LIFE She said: “Instead, I was becoming unable to do simple things, like tie my shoelaces.” Lynn, whose partner, Steven Shove, 50, is currently out of work, had been a normal weight until a loved one, who she prefers not to identify, died suddenly in 2013 and the shock saw her turning to food for comfort.