 It was a turning point and now, six years on, Laura has lost 12st and is enjoying family life with Martin, 30, and their children, Archie, four, and three-year-old Amelia. After shedding half her body weight, Laura paid £15,000 for a tummy tuck and breast implants, and in April she walked down the aisle, full of confidence in a stunning size 12 wedding dress. Laura, from Stevenage, Herts, says: 'With our two gorgeous kids running around having the best time and friends and family who hadn't seen me in years showering me in compliments, I was on cloud nine.' Laura had struggled with her weight since childhood, which made feel increasingly self-conscious. She needed a tummy tuck operation to get rid of loose skin At college, she met stonemason Martin, and they moved in together when they were 18. Laura was around 16st at the time but a diet of junk food meant that by Dece){kind=link}
Laura Thomas was around 16st when she met Martin and they moved in together when they were 19 – but a diet of junk food meant that by December 2016, when Martin proposed to her, she weighed 24st
As she looked at her reflection in a full-length mirror, Laura Thomas burst into floods of tears.
At 28, she was 24st, the heaviest she had ever been, and now her size was making it difficult to conceive a much-wanted baby.
Laura clearly remembers that day in 2016 when she “hit rock-bottom”.
The beauty consultant recalls: “I properly looked at what I’d become and burst into tears.