article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: The 42-year-old has also lost seven dress sizes in the process, taking mother-of-five from a dangerous 21st and dress size 24 to a healthy and happy 11st and size 10.
article_snippet: Kirste Crompton, 42, from Bootle, Liverpool has lost an incredible 10 stone in mother-of-five own living room .
article_snippet: mother-of-five recalls: 'Up until then I'd been around 13st and a size 12 to 14.
article_snippet: Within the space of four years, Kirste had ballooned from a size 12 to a 24 and was tipping the scales at 21 stone.
article_snippet: 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 . '
article_snippet: In just five months Kirste lost an incredible four stone, dropping from a size 24 to a size 16 and developing a new hobby in the process. '
highlights_snippet: Kirste Crompton of Bootle, Liverpool slimmed from a  size 24 to  size 10 .
  