article_snippet.sent: She lifestyle meant She had ballooned to 20st 5lbs, but after receiving the stark warning about She health
article_snippet.sent: But by swapping takeaways for healthy alternatives and controlling the amounts She ate, She managed to slim down to a size 12.
article_snippet.sent: Rochelle Holmes, 26, ballooned to 20st 5lbs (left) after eating four takeaways a week  - and She also smoked 20 cigarettes a day.
article_snippet.sent: She shed 8st after changing She diet and exercising and is now a size 12 (right) Miss Holmes, who works as a bakery assistant, said: 'Now I make sure a third of my plate is packed full of vegetables. '
article_snippet.sent: The 26-year-old, who used to be a size 24, said She was always a 'big girl'  - but  began piling on the pounds in She final year of school going to bars and clubs with friends.
article_snippet.sent: By the time She reached 17, Miss Holmes was a size 20.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Holmes Miss Holmes ballooned to a size 24 after going on nights out with friends and heavily drinking.
article_snippet.sent: After slimming down to 11st (pictured right)
highlights_snippet.sent: Rochelle Holmes, 26, ballooned to 20st on a diet of pizzas and kebabs .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: She managed to lose 8st and drop 6 dress sizes by changing She lifestyle .