Obese mum loses 10 stone after her son drew her as a BLOB in a family picture at school

AN OBESE mum-of-four who weighed a whopping 20 stone has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school.

Meryem Davies, 37, from Pontypridd, South Wales, was shamed into losing 10st and is now a trim size 10 thanks to her four-year-old son Thomas’ brutal honesty.

In 2014, Thomas proudly showed off a picture he’d drawn at school - a family portrait with all members depicted as stick figures – except for his mum, who he’d drawn as a round squiggle.

“The picture of me was a blob!" recalled Meryem. “It was the wake-up call I needed and I finally realised how my children saw me.

“I was eating myself into an early grave and I refused to let my kids be ashamed of their mum.”

The next day, Meryem signed up for Slimming World where she attended weekly meetings and weigh-ins.

Meryem, who is also mum to Daniel, eight, and 15-year-old twins Jessica and Lauren, said: “My children called me 'fat' because they couldn’t fit their arms around me when giving me hugs.

“It was upsetting but the drawing was the final straw and I finally realised how my children saw me.

“My cheeks flushed red with embarrassment when I saw it but I didn’t have the heart to tell Thomas that his drawing upset me."

Meryem has struggled with her weight since she was a teenager and, at 23 years old, she weighed 14st and wore a size 18 when she met husband Leigh, now 47, a driving instructor.

Meryem, who stands at just 5ft 3in, said: “Deep down, I was extremely embarrassed at my size – in fact, I was miserable.