Mum took drastic decision after being 'humiliated' by flight attendant on Lanzarote plane

A mum lost 12 stone after she was fat-shamed on a flight. Jennifer Louise was left “humiliated and ashamed” when a cabin steward made a comment about her during a flight back from Lanzarote in May 2023.

The flight attendant insisted that Jennier’s armrest had to be down as they prepared for landing and claimed weight was “all about life choices”. Jennifer, 42, weighed 24 stone and wore a dress size 26 after years of yo-yo dieting and “mega” portions.

She regularly found herself relying on caffeine and Rich Tea biscuits to get through her 40-hour work week as a proposals manager. But when she returned to the UK after that flight, Jennifer ditched the carbs and processed sugar in the bid to slim down.

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In the first year, she lost 12 stone, more than half her body weight, and now weighs 12st 2lbs and is a svelte dress size 14. Mum-of-one Jennifer, who is now a writer, from Bedfordshire, said: "I've been overweight most of my adult life, so I was used to strangers tutting and staring at me.

"But I didn't expect a professional to comment on my body whilst slamming an armrest into me. I felt ashamed and burst into tears.

"Unless you've struggled with your weight, you don't know how humiliating a comment like that is. That's when I knew I had to make a change.

"In four months, I'd lost four stone, and we got our puppy, Merlin, now nine months. He was the game changer because it meant I had to go out and take him on walks- rain or shine.

"I'm half the woman I once was but I've gained so much because I'm finally able to go into a shop and find clothes for my size. Above all, I'm finally the healthy mum my daughter needs- she tells me I'm