A super slimmer has shed a massive 10 stone and dropped eight dress sizes in just eight months - without doing any exercise.
Lisanne Dale had battled issues with food for most of her life but she realised things needed to change when she realised she "hated" looking at her size 28 frame in the mirror.
Mum-of-six Lisanne had previously suffered from bullimia and admits she was addicted to sugar.
So the 39-year-old ditched takeways and stopped snacking on biscuits and taught herself how to cook healthy, home-made meals.
But after being diagnosed with a rare type of spinal stenosis in 2011 called cauda equina syndrome, which means something is compressing her spinal nerve roots, Lisanne was unable to do any exercise.
The stay-at-home mum, from Wakefield, Yorkshire, said: "I have always been big because I have always loved food and could never say no to chocolate and biscuits.
"I would eat a pack of biscuits a day and couldn't even complete household chores without snacking on Oreos or a family size chocolate bar.
"My weight has been up and down for years.
"I then slipped a disc in my back and was almost paralysed, which caused me to reach my heaviest weight of 21 stone as I am unable to exercise and continued eating.
"I have always had a bad relationship with food and despite being a good cook, I would choose takeaways or cook pasta dishes loaded with an unhealthy amount of cheese.
"Food used to rule me but now I have learnt how to control my diet and always pick the healthy option.
"I cook everything at home from scratch, if I fancy a pizza, I will make one myself or if I would like a kebab, I make a healthy one.
"Whereas before I was known for buying a pizza, large kebab and chips to myself but the thought of putting all that into my body makes me feel sick.
"It is hard for me to believe I once couldn't go a day without a pack or two of biscuits because I can't even remember the last time, I had one."
After losing two stone on her own, Lisanne joined Slimming World in March 2019 and now flaunts her size 12 frame with confidence.
Lisanne who is mother of Lauren, 22, Brandon, 19, Milly, 14, Felix, 13, Riley, two and Noah one says her weight loss makes looking after her youngest much easier.
She added: "I am now so much happier with my body and my children are super proud of me which makes it even more worth it.
"I do have a lot of excess skin which is all over my body and hope to get this removed in the future."
