Flight Fear Scares the Weight Off

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Byline: Cathy Owen

A FAMILY wedding invite is usually a reason for celebration. But for 24st mum Jayne Somerset it led to nightmare visions of not being able to fit in an aircraft toilet.

So the 42-year-old from Ely took drastic action and lost 12 stone in 18 months in order to board a flight to Cyprus and her niece's wedding.

Jayne had been overweight for 20 years and was a size 32 when she received the invite. The prospect of flying even on a short-haul flight filled the office worker with dread.

"I hated flying because I couldn't sit in the chair properly, I couldn't put the tray down," said the slimmed-down size 16.

"I wouldn't use …