Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A woman was 'mortified into losing half her body weight after a plane journey where she couldn't fit into the seat belt.
Amanda Gorley, 47, ballooned to over 19 stone after years of comfort eating. The accounts assistant from Ashton-under-Lyne was just a teenager when she began bingeing on packets of biscuits and huge dinner portions whenever she felt unsettled.
She was flying to Berlin for a city break with her engineer husband Carl, 58, in December 2018 when she realised things finally had to change.
At that time, at size 24, 5ft 6.5in and weighing 19st 10lb, Amanda's body mass index (BMI) – used by the NHS to gauge a healthy weight – was 42.7.
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