Anorexic who weighed from 5 stone to body-building champion reveals her remarkable transformation

An anorexic who shrunk to 5st and survived on a liquid diet for seven years has beaten the disease and become a bodybuilder.

Marta Chlanova began dieting at age 14 after an unkind friend called her fat - but soon it spiralled out of control and she found herself in the grips of the devastating illness.

By age 17 she was dieting so severely her Body Mass Index (BMI) sank to that of an underweight child's and she was hospitalised on multiple occasions.

At age 24 she joined a gym and began bodybuilding - but also stopped eating solid foods - surviving on liquid shakes for years.

But as she began training for competitions she began adding more ingredients such as bananas and nuts into her shakes, and eventually gained weight and slowly recovered.

Now, she has qualified as a personal trainer and weighs a healthy ten stone - and eats a healthy diet of chicken, vegetables and carbohydrates. 

Marta Chlanova, 33,  began dieting at age 14 and by 17 (left) she weighed just 5st - the equivalent of an underweight child

But she managed to beat the disease and eventually became a bodybuilder

Miss Chanlova, 33, of Egham, Surrey, said: 'I couldn't eat anything – it wouldn't sit right in my stomach.

'I would eat a nice meal and throw it up straight away.

'In fact, I would eat just to throw up. I liked the taste and I could get the pleasure from the food, but I didn't want the calories.'

Miss Chlanova, who moved to the UK from the Czech Republic in 2010, first developed anorexia when she was 14.

Source: Daily mail