'I ballooned to 17 stone after living on Subway and Greggs - now I'm a Thai boxing champion'

A woman who gained 17 stone from eating microwave meals and takeaways has transformed her body and become one of the UK’s top Thai boxers. Jodie Clunan said she would eat Subway every day for lunch, and then snack on Greggs or McDonald's after.

The 31-year-old started putting on weight in her late teens and early 20s. At the time she was living on her own having just left home and admits she developed poor eating habits.

“I was just eating anything quick I could throw in the oven,” Jodie, who is from the Wirral, said.

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“And in the daytime it was always a Subway for lunch, a McDonalds or a Greggs to take back to my desk. My weight crept up gradually over a few years, but I just buried my head."

Jodie's diet left her struggling to fit into her clothes, but she was in denial about her weight loss, instead blaming 'rubbish sizing'.

She added: "I’d tell myself Primark sizing was rubbish that’s why I needed a bigger one, or I’d want something to feel a bit looser so I’d get a size up. Before you know it you’re in Simply Be looking in the 20/22 section.”

But then one Christmas as she was getting ready for a night out, things finally came to a head and Jodie was left in tears on her bedroom floor. This was the moment she knew things had to change.

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“I was sitting with all my dresses spread out around me and none of them fitted. I just sat on the floor between them all and cried my eyes out.

"I thought, how have I allowed myself to get this big? I was so miserable, I didn’t want to be in any photos, I didn’t want to do anything or go out. I’m