At her biggest, Laynie Nesbitt could barely walk without getting out of breath. She'd tried plenty of diets but nothing seemed to work.
She had tried the Slimming World plan on and off for years, and found herself in a vicious cycle of losing a few stones then putting it all back on. But a chance conversation in June 2020 was the catalyst the mum-of-five and gran-of-four needed to shed the pounds.
In less than one year she lost seven-and-a-half, dropping from a size 24 to a size 12. Before losing the weight the 58-year-old was borderline diabetic and had high blood pressure.