Danielle French, 28, said she could barely fit into any of her clothes after ballooning to 1st 4lb.
The mortgage advisor from Barnsley, who was a size 18 before, feared that she would be a big bride and would end up hating her wedding snaps.
She explained: After getting engaged I continued to put on lots of weight until March 2015 when I got to my biggest and could barely fit in any of my clothes.
I really didnt want to be a big bride and look at my wedding photos and hate what I saw.
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I had been unhappy for so long about my weight and tried so many diets that I could never stick too
Danielle French
I wanted to lose weight a year before I got married so I could go and try wedding dresses on without hating everything.
After the bride-and-groom-to-be booked their wedding for November 2016, Danielle joined Slimming World and also began to follow inspirational Instagram weight loss pages to ditch the pounds.
She said: I had been unhappy for so long about my weight and tried so many diets that I could never stick too.
I started looking on Instagram at weight loss accounts and there were so many inspiring girls that had lost weight following Slimming World.
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I decided I would give it a go as it was one of the only diets I hadnt tried.
I joined online and created an Instagram account to post about my weight loss journey to keep me motivated.
It took Danielle a year to get to her goal weight and she was able to walk down the aisle at Wentworth Castle as a tiny size six and at a weight of 8st.
She said: Losing the weight has changed my life in so many more ways than I could have ever imagined.
Before I hated going out with my friends because I felt so self-conscious and awful in everything I wore.
I lived in leggings and baggy tops to hide the fact I had put on weight.
I was also really unfit and got out of breath really easily whenever I walked more than half a mile.
I suffer from IBS and since losing the weight and eating a much healthier balanced diet, I hardly ever get symptoms now.
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Danielle said she has gained so much confidence and has also rediscovered an old love for fashion and shopping.
She added: I dont feel like the fat one out of my friends anymore. I love getting dressed up and going out.
I hated shopping for clothes when I was bigger as I refused to buy bigger sizes.
I can now walk in to a shop, try things on and like what I see.
She said all of her friends and family have been amazed by her transformation.
Danielle said: They are all really proud of me and cant believe how much weight I have lost and how different I look now.
But on top of following Slimming World I dont think I could have done it without my Instagram food blogging page and the support I get from all my lovely followers.
Danielle shared her weight loss journey as it was revealed there are a number of tricks that can be used to ensure a diet plan works every time.
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