After shelling out £14,000 on her dream sports car, Rebecca Kelly was gutted when a few weeks into the ownership of her new car, she discovered she could no longer fit in it.

Tipping the scales at 20 stone, 37-year-old Rebecca was devastated when she failed to get her seatbelt to close across her. The call centre worker headed to Halfords to invest a in a seat belt extender to remedy the problem, but was told this would be illegal.

With a shiny Daihatsu Copen convertible sitting on her drive and no way of getting behind the wheel, Rebecca decided something drastic had to done.

In a desperate bid to get back behind the wheel, Rebecca ditched the kebabs, chocolate, alcohol and chips and headed straight to Weight Watchers to start a low calorie diet. After sticking to the new healthy lifestyle and pounding the treadmill several times a week for 18 months, car lover Rebecca succeeded in losing 9 stone in weight and slimming down to a size 12.

Thrilled with her new slim-line frame, Rebecca wasted no time in getting back behind the wheel of her red sports car. Her speedy red Daihatsu can achieve 0-62mph in 9.5 seconds and has a retractable hard top roof which comes down in just over 20 seconds and boasts alloy wheels and air conditioning.

Thanks to her great new look, Rebecca from Neath in South Wales now says she’s drawing as many admiring glances as her shiny sports car.