A WOMAN has lost more than SIX stone in one year after being inspired to join Slimming World by her upcoming wedding anniversary.

Rachel Wharam, from Worcester, attended Slimming World to help lose weight she put on during a stressful 2023 which included her husband being diagnosed with cancer.

She joined the Slimming World at Bromwich Road Mission Free Church to lose the weight she had gained and used a 10th wedding anniversary trip to Venice in August as an incentive to shed the pounds.

Mrs Wharam said: "I didn't want to look back at the photographs of this very special occasion and hate looking at them."

She joined Slimming World in January last year and became a regular member of the group.

One year and four days after her first weigh in, Mrs Wharam found out she had lost six stone and half a pound.

She said: "Losing six stones in 12 months has boosted my confidence no end and has had a hugely positive impact on my self-esteem.

"My health has benefitted too, I don't have back pain anymore and I'm not out of breath when I walk.

"I'm really enjoying buying new clothes and having so much more choice now I have dropped from a size 24 to a size 12."

Mrs Wharam added: "I walked in to the group as a stranger and now have a whole new group of friends.

"Walking through those doors was one of the best decisions I have ever made."