Weighing 20st 10lb at her heaviest, Jill Rutherford said she felt trapped, lethargic, unhappy and self conscious.
She explained that on one occasion she managed to split the seam on a pair of size 24/26 trousers. But added that her most 'mortifying' experience of being overweight was when she got stuck in her seat on a flight from Newcastle to Dubai.
She said that the seat was so tight throughout the long-haul flight that she ended up sustaining bruises from the journey.
