Fast Food Addict, 43, Wins Competitions As Bodybuilder(PHOTOS)

A fast food lover who ate takeaways every night has gone from fat to fit after she embarked upon a healthy eating regime and took up regular exercise. Now she is so addicted to working out that she has become a competitive body builder. Lola Adeoye, from Grays, Essex, who weighed 15st, completely abandoned her former unhealthy lifestyle, transforming her body to become a muscular bodybuilder. And last year, after losing seven stone, 43-year-old Lola began regularly competing in bodybuilding competitions for the first time.

 After starting with spin classes, Lola became a dedicated gym bunny, concentrating on weight training and diet - she even has an impressive six pack as proof of her hard work.

Lola was forced to take control of her weight after an appointment at her local hospital
Lola: "I can't believe how much my life has changed. I went from eating takeaways every night to attending spin classes six times a week. I feel so much healthier, and I absolutely love competing. It's strange because when you do the work you don't immediately see the change in your body. But then I won Most Improved in Miss Galaxy International - the UK's first ever beauty and fitness pageant - and it spurred me on."
"I'd been in and out of hospital with gallstones and found out that I was going to need surgery to remove them. I went to the doctor for a pre-surgery consultation when I was asked to jump on the scales. I hated weighing myself anyway, but when I saw that I weighed almost 15st I was humiliated. Then the the doctor looked up at me and said: "Never mind, we'll get you back to your fish and chips in no time. It was so embarrassing but it was the motivation I need to sort myself out, I knew right then and there that things need to change!"
Just four months after she began weights Lola's trainer suggested she enter a competition
Lola vowed to start using the gym membership that she'd had for years, and two weeks after her surgery she finally attended her first class.
"I had originally signed up to a legs, bums and tums class, but when I turned up I was the only one there. The instructor thought it was pointless to do a class on my own so she took me along to a spin class that was going on at the same time. As soon as I got on the bike I loved it! The lively music and great energy in the room just had me hooked. The music definitely helps you forget the pain you're in too!"
In the space of just five months Lola had lost four dress sizes, going down from a size 20 to a size 12. She was at the gym so much that she even began teaching classes there. But Lola found she struggled to shift any more weight on exercise alone, and began a strict regime of clean eating to lose even more. "Clean eating is where you only eat complex carbohydrates, healthy fats, lean protein and about four litres of water every day."
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