An inspiring weight loss story has revealed how one young woman who struggled with her weight from the age of ten, lost over six stone since getting meeting her partner.

Lucy Stewart, 25, from Edinburgh weighed over 17 stone by the age of 20 after living on a diet of takeaways and snacks.

She admitted that many often mistook her for being pregnant: “When I was really big, people even thought I was pregnant and asked me when I was due. 

“It was so embarrassing.”

However, after meeting her partner Jason, 29, in 2012, she realised she needed to change.

She joined Scottish Slimmers, and changed to a diet of porridge for breakfast, a salad for lunch and home cooked meals for dinner, a departure from her usual takeaway choice.

She also does regular spin classes and has since dropped down from a size 20 to a size 12.

Since getting engaged to Jason in 2015, Lucy revealed: “I am 5ft 5ins and now weigh 11st 3lb. When I walk down the aisle in February 2018, I will be wearing a slinky, size 12 wedding gown.”

Her struggle with her weight started from a young age, something she became aware of at the age of ten: “I remember going shopping with [step-mum] Vicki and I couldn’t even fit into the children’s clothes. 

“I realised I wasn’t like the other normal children then.

“I’d be in small adult sizes, but it wasn’t great. Looking back, weight had always been a big problem for me.”

Despite having plenty of male attention and thriving social life growing up, it also took a toll on her health after her “back and feet became really painful."

She was spurred on to lose weight after meeting her fiancee and feeling insecure about her future: “I’d met Jason and I knew he loved me how I was, but I felt bigger than him.

“We discussed starting a family, and it filled me with dread to think people might not realise I was pregnant, because of my weight.”

Since the weight loss, Lucy is now looking forward to the future, stating: “I feel absolutely amazing. We’re getting married in February next year in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, and I plan to look a million dollars.”

“After we get married I can’t wait to become a mum and to really enjoy being pregnant, not just feeling like a lump.”

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