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Dec 31

Weight loss: New Years resolution helped obese bride lose 8 stone after her wedding – The Sun

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WALKING down the aisle in a size 26 wedding dress, Gemma Warne was plagued with insecurity and embarrassment about her weight.

She'd ballooned to just shy of 20 stone after years of gorging on takeaways and sweet treats and no longer "felt like herself".

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However, Gemma's wake-up call came when she was forced to ask for a seat belt extender on her return home from her honeymoon - and was completely mortified.

Determined to do something about her size, Gemma, from Chelmsford, set herself a New Year's resolution 12 months ago to lose weight and overhauled her diet.

She has since shed an impressive seven stone in just 11 months and has seen her confidence sky-rocket.

Gemma said: "I feel so happy and proud of my progress and now when I look at photos of myself, I actually feel like me again."

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Gemma piled on the pounds after she was forced to take steroids for an undiagnosed skin condition - which triggered weight gain.

And she was devastated at how big she had become when her wedding day to her husband Rob, 34, arrived.

She said: "Doctors had no idea why I'd developed a skin condition but I suffered with it terribly the entire year before my wedding on November 24 2018 and steroids had caused my weight to increase rapidly.

"I was the fat bride I never wanted to be and although being overweight didn't spoil my day with Rob I didn't look how I'd envisioned.

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"My dress would barely button up on the morning of our big day but I just told my mum to 'make it fit' as I was wearing my dream dress and had nothing else to wear."

And things took a turn for the worst when Gemma had to ask for seat belt extenders on her return from her honeymoon to St Lucia and New York - and was left feeling completely ashamed.

"I was mortified on the flight home from our honeymoon," she said.

I felt uncomfortable being so overweight but it was out of my control

"I had to get my husband to ask the air hostess for an extension belt for me because I couldn't bring myself to ask, I was so close to tears.

"She repeated my husband's request, so everyone around us heard and I felt my face go red, I couldn't speak or even look at my husband and just started to cry.

"I felt uncomfortable being so overweight but it was out of my control, my skin was burning, it was red and it was sore."

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As soon as Gemma landed back home in the UK she set herself a strict New Year's resolution to lose weight.

"After returning from our luxury honeymoon to St Lucia and New York, I decided to set myself a new target for 2019," she said.

"I couldn't allow myself to continue gaining weight and I was bigger than ever before."

Gemma decided to stop all medication for her skin including the contraceptive pill - against advice and joined The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan on January 4.

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And to ensure she stuck to her own pledge, Gemma decided to document her entire weight loss journey by taking weekly photos of her shrinking frame every month.

Within the first two months of her being on plan, the newlywed dropped two stone.

She added: "The transformation was amazing and it happened so quickly that I could tell a real difference each week.

"But the best thing was, my skin condition cleared up completely and I was free from all medication and steroids."

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Gemma has now been on the weight loss plan for 11 months and is "over the moon" to have dropped 7st 7lbs in 11 months.

And she has been left stunned by how much her weight loss has turned her life around.

"I can run up the stairs for the first time in about two years without getting out of breath and I go to the gym and swim up to five times per week," she said.

"If I compare my life now to how it was before setting my New Year's resolution, it is the complete opposite.

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"My confidence has come back which leads to constant photo opportunities, Rob is like another one!

"I drive him up the wall but he knows I'm happy and that's what matters."

Gemma is now hoping to inspire others to follow in her footsteps, saying: "If I can do it, anyone can".

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She has also become a 1:1 Diet Consultant by The Cambridge Weight Plan, and has credited the weight loss group for it's easy plan.

She added: "I still eat various Cambridge Weight Plan products such as their savoury meals and sweet bars which act as meal replacements."

Gemma is still hoping to reach her target weight of ten stone but says she feels more confident than ever in her skin.

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And she says she no longer feels embarrassed about getting on a plane.

"My goal weight is ten stone so I have another stone or so to go before I reach target but I now feel confident in how I look, I didn't think I'd be back in a size 12, half the person I was in the same year," she said.

"Looking back on my photos from last year really inspires me to carry on, I never want to feel shame like that again and now look forward to flying."

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