Broke mother who shed seven stone now lives like a millionaire: Check out her secret

A mother-of-three has swapped her one-bed flat for a mansion and is living a luxury lifestyle after inventing a diet plan when she piled on the pounds following two pregnancies in a year.

Terri-Ann Nunns, 32, from Doncaster used the elements of different diets that worked for her and lost seven stone - and after posting her photos online people were desperate to know her secret. 

She set up a diet website which now has more than 53,000 members and is raking in more than £500,000 a year, meaning she can afford designer clothes and exotic holidays. 

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After

The mother-of-three piled on the pounds after having two pregnancies in a year and was a size 22 at her biggest weight 

She said: 'It's like a dream come true. It's great being able to treat the kids without worrying and jet off to places we have never been.

'It's incredible to think all this happened just because I wanted to lose weight.'

Her success is all the more remarkable as Terri Ann does not have any qualifications or background in nutritional science.

Terri Ann first piled on the pounds after she gave birth to twins Angelo and Kelise in October 2005.

Kelise died soon after being born, and the heartbroken mum turned to food to help her through her grief.

Although daughter Aaleyah was born just 11 months later, the tragedy took its toll on Terri-Ann's marriage.

The entrepreneur pictured soaking up the sun on a lavissh holiday in Monaco

Terri Ann enjoying her luxury honeymoon in Las Vegas last year

Terri Ann and husband Michael with children Aamaya (left), Aaleyah (centre) and Angelo (right)

She split from her husband in 2009 and her weight yo-yoed over the next two years.

She tried a spate of diets but nothing worked as she tipped the scales at 15st 7lb.

But when she met second husband Michael in 2011 Terri-Ann decided to take matters into her own hands – and created her own three-step diet plan.

'I did my research on many diets and fitness plans already on the market,' she said. 

When she met second husband Michael in 2011 Terri-Ann decided to take matters into her own hands – and created her own three-step diet plan

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The business woman who previously lived in a one bedroom flat can now afford to splash out on designer clothes 

'Over a five month period I took inspiration and ideas from different plans and diets and decided to put them together by playing about with different foods allowed and not allowed.

'Through my food trials and research, I managed to lose 3st 4lb in 5 months,' she recalled. 

She said: 'I couldn't believe it. For the first time ever a diet had actually worked and given me the body I wanted.

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The success of her website has allowed Terri Ann and her husband Michael to enjoy a luxury lifestyle 

'And best of all, I had designed it myself, to fit around me.'

Terri-Ann posted pictures of her new look on Facebook – and was overwhelmed by people wanting to know how she did it.

She set up a website, called 'The Terri-Ann 123 Diet Plan' and by the time she gave birth to daughter Aamaya in January 2013 she was earning £40,000 a year.

HOW TERRI ANN'S 123 DIET PLAN WORKS

Terri devised the diet by picking the elements of other weight loss plans that worked for her. 

She researched low-carb foods and incorporated these into her diet. Over the course of five months, she tested each food group and cut out anything that made her put on weight.  

Once she'd figured out what worked for her, she he divided the plan into three steps. 

The first stage, the ‘10 Day Boost’, is effectively a very low carb diet. 

It involves eating only ­unprocessed meat, salad and dairy products and during this stage, Terri Ann herself lost 10lb in 10 days. 

Stage Two is the New Food stage. During this week dieters can introduce higher fat meats such as duck and lamb, wholemeal bread and vegetables including carrots, cabbage and parsnips. During this stage weight loss slows to around 2lb a week.

During Stage Three, The Switch, dieters eat foods from the previous stages on alternate weeks until they reach their goal weight. 

Her website offers recipes suited to each stage of the plan, as well as meal replacement shakes. 

'To my delight other people began to lose weight using my method. After over 100 people losing successfully on the plan,' she said. 

'I decided to put the plan on paper and tell the world about it. 

'Since sharing my plan through this Facebook group I have sold over 50,000 books to people worldwide and have 1,000s of people losing weight and keeping it off.'

Terri-Ann has splashed out on designer clothes and handbags, first class flights and luxury holidays ñ but says her biggest reward is still knowing she is helping people slim

Terri Ann pictured during her weight loss with her then boyfriend Michael who she married last year 

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Terri Ann first, pictured in 2008, piled on the pounds after she gave birth to twins Angelo and Kelise in October 2005. Sadly Kelise passed away shortly after birth and Terri Ann turned to food for comfort

Her diet website now has more than 53,000 members and is raking in more than £500,000 a year. 

And Terri Ann is down to 8st 10lb and has gone from a size 22 to size 8.

What's more, the former PA has swapped her cramped one-bed flat for a mansion, fancy cars, designer clothes and exotic holidays.

In November 2014 she and Michael, 27, bought their dream home – complete with cinema, gym and games room – and they married last year in a £30,000 ceremony.

Terri-Ann said: 'The lifestyle we lead is one we could never have dreamed of.

'But what really makes me happy is seeing the difference my diet has made to so many other lives.'

source: DailyMail