'I shed 12st to marry at 53 after doctors said I'd die - my spare skin weighed half a stone when they chopped it off'

ok.co.uk:

My wedding day in September this year was truly the best day of my life. Walking down the aisle in a size 10, mermaid-style dress, I looked and felt a million dollars.

My new husband, Paul Flounders, beamed as he saw me and, after we'd tied the knot, we spent the entire day smiling and laughing together.

At last, I've found my soulmate – and he loves a healthy lifestyle as much as I do. It was all a far cry from my first marriage in 1994, when I was 23 years old.

I squeezed into a size 26 frock, which was the largest dress they had in the shop. I'd tried to lose weight but I was stuck in a cycle of following fad diets, then falling off the wagon and bingeing.