article_snippet.sent: A size 28 woman who was a bridesmaid three times is celebrating shedding six stone - and is planning to walk down the aisle as a bride.
article_snippet.sent: Frankie, pictured left at Frankie Mum's wedding in 2010, always thought of Frankie as the 'fat bridesmaid' however Frankie has now lost six stone and is looking forward to her own wedding .
article_snippet.sent: But then in September 2012 my sister asked me to be the Bridesmaid and I promised my sister I would lose weight for my sister . '
article_snippet.sent: I wanted to look good for my sister , but I just kept getting bigger and bigger -
article_snippet.sent: It wasn't until that Christmas when my Aunty said to my Aunty my Aunty was shocked at how big I was, that it actually hit home.
article_snippet.sent: it was a bit of a rude awakening for my Aunty.
article_snippet.sent: my Aunty was a size 28 - I was devastated.
article_snippet.sent: But in the end I fitted into a size 16 dress and I felt absolutely amazing that day.'
article_snippet.sent: Frankie had begun to lose weight and wore a size 16 dress for her Mum's wedding .
article_snippet.sent: And after her sister asked her sister to be a bridesmaid at her sister wedding - in May 2013
article_snippet.sent: And my next goal is my own wedding in the summer - I can't wait to walk down the aisle as a size 10 bride. '
article_snippet.sent: My mum and future mother and sister-in-law are slimming too for it