Emmerdale star Laura Norton loses 3st by ditching popular fizzy drink

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Lorraine previously, Laura said: "I just cut rubbish out of the diet and [started] exercising, which is what you should be doing anyway.

In the eight years I have been on Emmerdale, I have never had a pudding. I can’t. It’s just a slippery slope. "Read more: Dr Michael Mosley's three food types to ditch from your diet to lose weightAlongside puddings, sweets and unhealthy food, Laura quashed her addiction to fizzy drinks - in particular Coke, which is high in sugar and caffeine. "I had been addicted since I was a teenager," she previously told The Mirror. "At its worse I used to drink two two-litre bottles of Coke a day.

I know now how much sugar is in it. But when you are addicted, you don’t realise how much you are getting through. "Video: James Argent reveals incredible weight loss transformation leaving fans stunned (Wales Online)Loose Women's Gloria Hunniford speaks about her experience with grief after death of Dame Deborah JamesMoment angry farmer loses control of pick up truck after row about a hedgeTributes paid as Dame Deborah James dies aged 40Steve Bland remembers Dame Deborah James as someone who 'lived life on her own terms'ITV Lorraine in floods of tears during Deborah James memorialDrivers face up to £1,000 fines for commonly used 'thank you gestures' on roadsCelebrity Juice cancelled after 14 yearsITV GMB: Bowel Cancer Trust CEO outlines the symptoms of Bowel CancerSusanna Reid pays emotional tribute to Dame Deborah JamesAnd it was only when her dad pointed out her fixation on the fizzy drink, which sometimes saw her consume an additional 1,700 calories a day, that she decided to change her ways.