A slimmer dropped from 18 stone to 9st 10lb and went down six dresses sizes wih the help of a diet plan change. Elaine Johnson, 56, from north Lincolnshire said she achieved her impressive results after trying and failing various diet plans. The mother-of-two had always struggled with her weight but noticed the pounds pile on after she quit smoking and replaced cigarettes with snacking. She said: “I stopped smoking 16 years ago, at 40. I started gaining weight immediately after. I was emotionally eating to cope with the absence of cigarettes, replacing one habit with another.” The slimmer woul…