Bride-to-be Lynne Wakefield, 44, and sick daughter Rachael agreed to lose weight together in the run-up to the wedding - Rachael died in 2011, but Lynne kept her side of the bargain
Bride-to-be Lynne Wakefield, 44, and sick daughter Rachael, both from Dukinfield, Tameside, agreed to lose weight together in the run-up to the wedding.
Rachael died aged just 23 after losing her fight with a rare lung disease.
Despite losing her only child, Lynne found the strength to carry on and keep her end of the bargain. She lost more than six stone in time for her wedding day to Rachel’s dad Phil.
The selfless mum devoted herself to nursing Rachael after she fell ill aged 13.
With little time to cook or plan meals, she often resorted to junk food or takeaways as she visited her daughter during lengthy stretches in hospital. She had twice postponed her marriage due to Rachael’s treatment, which included a gruelling double lung transplant.
Rachael, the face of an M.E.N. campaign which encouraged 20,000 to sign up as organ donors, died in October 2011 following complications.
Battling to come to terms with the loss, Lynne was eventually persuaded by a pal to sign up to her local Slimming World – and lost six stone and seven pounds in eight months.
The change was so dramatic that before her big day in Las Vegas in June, her size 22 wedding dress had to be altered to a size 14.
And, while Rachael could not be with her parents as they tied the knot, brave Lynne says her daughter was with her every step along the wedding aisle.
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