Mother who weighed 700lbs

Baby Michelle, pictured, was born premature at 33 weeks but is now at home with her parents

She said: 'When I look back at eating junk food every day, I don't regret it at all, it tastes amazing! But I know what it did to me, and I'm not about that lifestyle any more.

'The thought of being immobile just doesn't appeal any more, now that I've got a gorgeous little baby, I want to be able to keep up with her.

'I want Sid and me to be able to walk around the park with her, go to the mall together, go shopping and take her to the playground.

'That is just something that couldn't have been done before.'

While motherhood and her weight loss has given Monica a new lease of life, not everyone in the SSBBW (Super-Sized Big Beautiful Woman) community has supported her changes.

She said: 'When I started to lose weight I did lose a lot of so-called friends in the fat community. Their ultimate goal was to see me immobile and now they couldn't fulfil their fantasy any more.'