A young woman shed an incredible eight stone in just 12 months so she could be the best mum possible to her newborn daughter.
Rhiannon Roberts, from Dinas near Tonypandy , decided to join a slimming group when she tipped the scales at an unhealthy 23st.
And after sticking religiously to her diet plan and taking up exercise the 28-year-old lost nearly half her body weight.
"I was completely shocked at how quickly the weight came off," she said. "It worked wonders for me and I'd recommend it to anyone."
Rhiannon, who works as a care assistant, said before her weight loss she would frequently gorge on takeaway food, pizzas, and sugary snacks.
"I was never unhappy when I was big but I didn't really like seeing photographs of myself. I looked like a right state," said Rhiannon.
She said her true inspiration for losing weight was her baby daughter Alexis who she had given birth to in late 2017.
"I didn't want her to be embarrassed by me at the school gates every day," she admitted.
In January 201, Rhiannon joined a Slimming World group in Tonypandy with her dad David Roberts, her mother-in-law, and two sister-in-laws.
"We would compete against one another a little bit to see who could lose the most weight each week," she added.
"In my first week alone I managed to lose 8lb. I just listened to what I needed to do and I stuck to it."
Slimming World allocates a "syn" value to food high in certain fats and sugars while group members can eat as much "syn-free" food as they want.
"I kept losing quite big amounts of weight each week," added Rhiannon. "I then began to exercise too. I went to aqua aerobics and the gym."
In the 12 months at Slimming World Rhiannon went from 21st to 12st 13.5lb while her dad David lost four stone over the same period.
The pair were awarded Slimming World's 'Miss Slinky' and 'Mr Sleek' on the same night. However shortly afterwards David suffered a heart attack and died.
"Obviously this was heartbreaking and I took a bit of time off from the group but not long after I found out I was pregnant again so I knew I needed to stick to the diet," Rhiannon added. "I knew my dad would have wanted me to carry on."
Rhiannon, who now has a six-week-old baby boy called Jaxon, said she would recommend Slimming World as a great social way of shedding the pounds.
