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Wales Online
Paige Oldfield & Nisha Mal

Mum-of-three who didn't eat vegetables and binged on biscuits and chocolate sheds eight stone and gets dream job

Weighing 20 stone Samantha Spendlow was desperately unhappy. Over the years she had tried endless diets and exercise plans but nothing seemed to work.

At her heaviest she wore a dress size 30. But as her 50th birthday approached she knew change was needed.

Samantha always skipped breakfast and would binge on chocolates, biscuits and ready meals to get through the day. In January 2022 she joined a local Slimming World club.

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