A mum from Heysham who says that "getting up the stairs was a challenge" when she weighed 27 stone is now enjoying her new life as a personal fitness trainer.
Sarah Culver has set up her own business 'Imagine-Believe-Achieve' to help others improve their health and well-being.
Sarah said that "enough was enough" when she weighed herself and was "horrified" that she had reached 27 stone.
"Over the years I gained a huge amount of weight until I reached a point where getting up the stairs was a challenge," she said.
"I decided that enough was enough and I needed to change my life, improving my health and well-being.
"I have two boys and I thought, I've got to do something. I'm not going to see my youngest grow up, because I won't be here."
Sarah is pictured below with her sons Bailey and Finley, in 2022.
Here is Sarah pictured with her husband Mark in 2023.
"I think it was only a matter of time before something happened to me," said Sarah.
"I thought I should do something for myself, I've got to put myself first.
"I began attending a local fitness class, always standing at the back but I began to lose weight.
"I started going to the gym and I soon lost three-and-a-half stone."
Sarah also had gastric bypass surgery, a stomach operation to help with her weight loss, in 2022.
"Fast forward to today, I have lost 16 stone and have never felt better," she said.
Sarah is pictured below running on Morecambe Promenade and taking part in military obstacle course Born Survivor
Sarah opened Imagine-Believe-Achieve in October, and says it is also her personal motto.
"I've been in some very dark places, I was so big for so long," she said.
"You've got to make the change, nobody is going to make it for you. I would never have dreamed of being the person I am now. It's completely changed my life."
She will soon start classes at various locations including Heysham Mossgate community centre.
For more details see the Imagine-Believe-Achieve social media pages.
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