Yorkshire couple lose 15 stone after fearing they would be too fat to fly

By The Newsroom
Published 18th Mar 2016, 09:01 BST
Updated 18th Mar 2016, 09:41 BST
A 'before' picture of Paula and Andrew Butler, from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, who have been named as the Slimming World Couple of the Year 2016. (Slimming World/PA Wire)A 'before' picture of Paula and Andrew Butler, from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, who have been named as the Slimming World Couple of the Year 2016. (Slimming World/PA Wire)
A 'before' picture of Paula and Andrew Butler, from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, who have been named as the Slimming World Couple of the Year 2016. (Slimming World/PA Wire)
A couple who feared they would have to abandon a dream holiday after struggling to fasten their seat belts on the plane have lost nearly 15 stone between them in seven months.

Andrew Butler was travelling to Dubai with his wife Paula in November 2014 when she told him she would not fly if she had to ask for a seat belt extension.

The pair, who married in 2005, have been named Slimming World’s Couple of the Year after losing more than 14st 9lb by following a healthy diet.

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Mr Butler, 37, said: “We worked really hard to save the money for the trip, but Paula told me that she’d get off the flight rather than have to ask for an extension for her seat belt - she said she just couldn’t have faced the embarrassment.