A SIZE 24 mum has revealed she revived her sex life by losing a huge eight stone in a year - dropping from 21st 7lbs to a size 14.
Samantha Rathore, 44, says her marriage of eight years was on the rocks because of her size - which left her with a flagging libido and convinced husband Irshad didn't fancy her anymore.
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Speaking exclusively to Fabulous Digital, Samantha said: "He was still affectionate and I knew he loved me. But as my weight went up, my sex drive went down and our sex life suffered."
The mum-of-three, from Bedford, hid her rolls of fat under baggy T-shirts and would insist on lights-out before even cuddling in bed.
Samantha, a former taxi controller, said: "I was really shy in the bedroom as I was so big. Wed have sex twice a month at most. I never felt sexy - I was too busy thinking about food."
But now Samatha says husband Irshad, 49, a security guard, can't keep his hands off her - meaning they have sex three times-a-week.
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She said: "Im almost half the size I was before. Sometimes my husband cant believe its me.
"I look so much better so I feel sexier and Im more confident. Now he cant keep his hands off me."
Samantha's weight ballooned thanks to her love of junk food.
Wed have sex twice a month at most. I never felt sexy - I was too busy thinking about food
Every day, shed tuck into a sausage roll and fried onions for breakfast from the local greasy spoon.
For lunch, shed have a shop-bought tuna and cheese panini and a packet of crisps.
Dinner would be her favourite sweet and sour chicken from the Chinese takeaway, battered chicken and chips, or a ham and pineapple pizza delivery.
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She said: "My life revolved around food. I'd always be thinking about what to have for my next meal and if I was out somewhere, I'd have to buy food."
At her biggest, Samantha got out of breath just from cleaning the house or trying to cook her next meal.
She said: "Id always be out of breath doing everything. I didnt have the energy to cook or clean, I just wasnt interested.
"I spent all my time on the sofa watching TV and when I did move I felt like an old woman having a heart attack.
"It put a real strain on my marriage as I wasnt doing anything, I was so lazy. I could tell my husband started going off me and didnt fancy me anymore."
Samantha's diet
BEFORE
Breakfast: Sausage roll and fried onions
Lunch: Tuna and cheese panini and a packet of crisps
Dinner: Sweet and sour chicken from the Chinese takeaway, battered chicken and chips, or a ham and pineapple pizza delivery
AFTER
Breakfast: Fresh fruit
Lunch: Sweetcorn salad and chicken
Dinner: Salmon and green vegetables
At a routine check-up in January last year, Samantha realised she had reached her heaviest size - 21st 7lb.
The doctor offered her gastric band surgery but said that shed have to lose a stone before she could even have it done, because of the risks of having a general aesthetic at her size.
So Samantha started following personal trainer and Instagram star Lauren Alexa's diet plan, inspired by a close friend who'd seen success with it.
She swapped junk food and takeaways for fresh fruit, salad, lean chicken and fish. And she now eats off a side plate, to force her to reduce her portions.
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As the weight fell away, Samantha decided to stick with the diet instead of having surgery.
She said: "I decided not to have a gastric bypass in the end, why have the operation when Im able to lose the weight myself?"
Samantha lost three stone in the first 12 weeks on the diet. After shedding six stone, she started seeing a personal trainer twice-a-week.
It put a real strain on my marriage as I wasnt doing anything, I was so lazy. I could tell my husband started going off me
She said: "Thats when the weight really started to drop off me. I started mopping the floors, vacuuming and doing the washing, which was like a workout of its own. And Id do 50 sit-ups before bed every night."
Of the new spark in their relationship, Samantha added: "Its like being a teenager again, we have a whole new lease of life sex-wise and we now do it two or three times a week - its amazing.
"Before Id put on a big, baggy T-shirt to wear to bed and would be a lights-out type of girl as I didnt want anyone to see my rolls.
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"Now Im going shopping for a whole new set of lingerie and a sexy little nighty to wear to bed.
"I tease Irshad with sexy selfies while hes at work and now he cant wait to get home every night."
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Weight loss: I was a size 24 but Ive finally got my sex drive back after losing eight stone in a year - The Sun
