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Kirste Crompton of Bootle, Liverpool slimmed from a size 24 to size 10
The mother of five, 42, put on weight after suffering post-natal depression
Has now run 1,820 miles, the equivalent of getting to Rome from Scotland
Today runs an average of 35 miles a week and competes in marathons

Published: 10:40 EST, 23 March 2015 | Updated: 12:47 EST, 23 March 2015

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The saying 'Rome wasn't built in a day' couldn't be more apt for super slimmer Kirste Crompton who has recently lost ten stone.

It has taken one year, and lots of hard work, but the mother-of-five has transformed her body after running 1,820 miles on a treadmill at home – the exact distance from Scotland to the Italian capital.

The 42-year-old has also lost seven dress sizes in the process, taking her from a dangerous 21st and dress size 24 to a healthy and happy 11st and size 10.

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Kirste Crompton, 42, from Bootle, Liverpool has lost an incredible 10 stone in her own living room

At her heaviest, Kirste, 5.8", was too 'embarrassed' to work out in public and instead paid £65 a month to rent a treadmill from the comfort of her home.

Today, the housewife and mother runs an amazing 35 miles a week, has recently completed her first marathon and is now hoping to compete in a triathlon.

She has also raised over £600 for The April Jones Trust, after befriending April's mother, Coral, on Facebook.

Speaking at her home in Bootle, Liverpool she says: 'I can't believe how far I've come.

'Less than a year ago I could barely walk, now I'm running marathons and am as fit as a fiddle.

'What's more, I'm an active mum and can actually play with my kids and take them swimming without my huge tummy getting in the way. I'm a new person.'

In April 2010, Kirste, then 38, was diagnosed with postnatal depression after giving birth to her youngest daughter, Honey, now four.

Kirste Crompton opens up about her weightloss and running

The mother-of-five rented a treadmill for £65 a month and turned her dining room into a home-gym

She recalls: 'Up until then I'd been around 13st and a size 12 to 14. But following Honey's birth I fell into deep depression and struggled to get out of bed in the morning.

'I turned to food for comfort and would lock myself in my room for hours eating.'

Kirste's devoted husband David Crompton, 36, a former soldier, looked after Honey and Kirste's other four children from a previous relationship: Stockard, 9, Pacey, 11, Hermione, 13 and Darcy, 16.

At her lowest ebb, the mother-of-five was eating family-sized bags of crisps, drinking three bottles of white wine and eating saucepans full of pasta for dinner.

'Food was becoming an addiction,' she continues, 'It was all I thought about.'

Within the space of four years, Kirste had ballooned from a size 12 to a 24 and was tipping the scales at 21 stone.

She says: 'I was morbidly obese and was so ashamed of my wide girth I couldn't face looking in the mirror or getting dressed in the mornings.

Kirste, pictured on her wedding day, says she was once 'an embarrassment to my kids,'

'More importantly, it was preventing me from being a good mother. I was so overweight I couldn't pick Honey up or play with my kids because my gigantic tummy was in the way.'

Kirste explains that she was caught in a vicious circle: she felt guilty about her size which made her feel depressed and then turned to comfort food to make herself feel better.

She says: 'I hated dropping the kids off at school because the other parents would stare at me and exchange looks.

'I was obese and it was an embarrassment for my kids.'

Kirste's wake-up call came in February 2014, nearly four years after giving birth to Honey.

She says: 'I was at home preparing dinner when another parent knocked on my front door.

'There had been an altercation between our kids and we were trying to resolve it. But during her rant she called me a 'fat cow'.

'I went bright red and felt like I was going to burst into tears, it was horrible.'

In that moment, Kirste realised it was time to ditch the greasy snacks and calorific booze.

Too ashamed to be seen outside or exercise in a gym, she rented a £65 treadmill and turned her dining room into a home-gym.

She says: 'It suited me perfectly because no one could watch me working out.

'I downloaded a running training pack from online and started to do interval training.

'Walking for five minutes and then running for two. But it was very hard as I was so unfit.

Tosay the size 10 mother says that eating wholesome food also helped her to tackle her depression

In just five months Kirste lost an incredible four stone and dropped from a size 24 to a size 16, gaining the confidence to start running outside

'I tried to use it whenever I could, and when my fitness improved I started running for half an hour a day – covering 5km each time.'

On top of her new exercise regime, Kirste totally changed her diet.

She traded family-sized portions of spaghetti bolognese, cheese on toast, crisps and chocolate for fruit, yoghurt and low-calorie meals, and saw the weight start to drop off.

On top of this, she stopped drinking white wine altogether, instead drinking water and fresh juice.

She says: 'The exercise lifted my mood and I felt like a new person.

'I was no longer suffering from sugar crashes and eating wholesome food evened out my moods and helped with my depression.'

In just five months she lost an incredible four stone, dropping from a size 24 to a size 16 and developing a new hobby in the process.

'I loved running,' she says, 'I'd developed a hobby and was becoming a good runner.'

In July 2014, weighing 17st, Kirste ran her first 10km race for Bupa in 85 minutes.

She said: 'It was a really hot day but I felt incredible afterwards.'