A woman who only ate KFC for three years straight because of an eating disorder is finally cured and has tried fruit the first time in her life.

Georgie Scotney, from Portsmouth, had Selective Eating Disorder from a young age and for as long as she can remember has only ever been able to eat chicken and chips because she was too afraid to try anything else.

She would even go for days without eating if she was away on a school trip and for the past three years all the 21-year-old had been able to eat was KFC chicken strips or popcorn chicken with chips.

But now, thanks to a hypnotherapy session lasting just over an hour, she can finally try other foods - and has tried fruit for the first time in her life.

Georgie said: "Growing up I'd always been really stubborn with what I'd eat, it started off as just southern fried chicken and chips but it then got to the point where it'd only be chicken from KFC - I'd go there everyday without fail.

"I was just never fed up with it, I loved to put loads of salt on it too, which I now see wasn't such a good idea - I do think that it had a lot to do with me being scared of a lot of foods, especially sauce, that was the worst fear of mine.

"My boyfriend was the one who put me forward for the session and I was very sceptical - I warned everyone that I was so headstrong and thought that I'd never be able to change.

"After the session everything changed for me instantly, I tried new foods that I wouldn't have dreamed of even going near before - and I actually really enjoyed them."

As an aspiring gymnast who made the PSG Great Britain team - which she started when she was eight - Georgie believes her Selective Eating Disorder started from a young age when she used to miss meals because she was always training.

Even on school trips, Georgie would only eat if she could have toast or southern fried chicken and chips - and would eat nothing if they were not available.

In the past three years, Georgie's eating disorder was so severe that she would only be able to eat KFC, and occasionally toast but now, after visiting Selective Eating Disorder specialist for a hypnotherapy session, she is able to try new foods for the first time.

Her and her boyfriend, Dean Arnold, 25, who have been together for more than two years, decided that Georgie needed to fix her relationship with food as the two are going travelling around Asia in May.

Along with that the floor manager at JD aspires to be a fitness instructor which is something that she studied at college - but says she always felt too hypocritical teaching people about healthy diets when all she could eat was fast food.

Georgie said: "When we decided that we'd go travelling I knew that something needed to be done, we're going for four months and I knew I wouldn't be able to eat any of the food - I would have starved.

"For about 15 years I'd always wanted to try a full English breakfast so the day after the therapy I did, and it was amazing.

"Never in my life had I eaten any fruit or veg and I've even managed to try a roast dinner now, I can't believe that I missed out on so much.

"I'd always struggled with my weight even though I'd go to the gym everyday because of my poor diet so I'm hoping now that I'll be a lot healthier and happier."

Felix Economakis, a chartered psychologist who specialises in SED treatment, said: "When I met Georgie she told me that she was very headstrong and didn't think she'd respond to the treatment.

"But after our session she dived straight in trying new foods and took to everything really well.

"People don't realise that SED sufferers have their own safe foods - people might assume because Georgie only at KFC she would eat all types of chicken.

"But it's more specific than that, KFC was the only food she felt safe eating and I think people need to appreciate that more."