<p><br /> A 23-and-a-half stone teenager has lost almost half of her body weight.<br /> </p><p><br /> Kelly Meager, who used to suffer from dangerously high blood pressure and high cholesterol went from a size 26 to a size 12 in two years.<br /> </p><p><br /> The fine art student at the University for Creative Arts in Canterbury has been named Slimming World's Young Slimmer of the Year 2010 after losing 10st 9lbs.<br /> </p><p><br /> The 21 year old said: "You're supposed to have the time of your life at uni but I just hid in my room and lived off takeaways. I didn't feel 19. I felt old, overweight and unhealthy."<br /> </p><p><br /> "I finally feel young. I'm loving life for the first time ever and have probably added years to my life too, so I want to make the most it."<br /> </p><p><br /> It was pictures from a night out that made Kelly decide to lose weight.<br /> </p><p><br /> "When I saw the pictures the next day on Facebook I was horrified - I looked huge. I started refusing offers to go out and my room became my prison," she said.<br /> </p><p><br /> Ms Meager joined a slimming club, started exercising and swapped her diet of takeaways for stir frys and pasta.<br /> </p><p><br /> She proved she could shed the pounds quickly by losing six-and-a-half pounds in her first week at the slimming club.<br /> </p>
