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A woman has lost an incredible eight stone after she started selling The Big Issue.

Lavinia Neda, 28, began flogging the magazine when she fell upon hard times - but said people kept asking her if she was pregnant .

But by pounding the streets to sell the publication she began to lose weight - and decided to keep going.

She was able to get back on her feet and got her own home and then used some of her Big Issue income to join a gym .

Lavinia has now trimmed down from 17 stone in 2018 - to a svelte nine stone today.

She said: "Hearing customers ask if I was pregnant and when I was due was absolutely heartbreaking, it devastated me.

"Sometimes I would pretend that I was pregnant to save any embarrassment and then I'd and cry in the mirror.

"I knew I'd gained weight but I always made excuses that I had no time to deal with it - I had to make money.

"Finally one day I got tired of feeling bad about my body and signed up for one month at a gym with 20 I saved up from selling the Big Issue.

"I used to cry at the gym and think it was too hard, that I couldn't do it, but I kept pushing myself to go back and when I noticed my weight dropping off, I was so happy.

"I was amazed at how the gym could change my body so much, I loved seeing the difference, so I kept going and now I've lost eight stone and I couldn't be happier.

"My customers are so kind and have commented on how different I look - they used to buy me sweet treats when they saw me working but now give me something healthier which is so nice.

"I feel much more energetic and healthy and alive and I wouldn't have been able to do it without the Big Issue, it's helped me so much."

Lavinia started selling the Big Issue after moving from her home in Romania with her now husband Daniel in the search for better jobs.

Setting up life in Cardiff in 2012, the couple both got jobs selling the Big Issue.

They were able to afford rent for a home together in the city with their son Narcis, now 11.

Both earning around 125 a week selling the street newspaper, the pair have since got married and have a daughter as well, Raluca, 4.

Lavinia has now got a second job working three days a week in vegan caf Wild Thing after impressing on work experience placements set up by the Big Issue.

She said: "People have asked if I would leave the Big Issue now I have another job but I do not want to.

"I'm running a small business and I've grown to know and love my customers who teach me English all the time so we can talk to each other.

"I started selling the Big Issue because I needed it, but I am staying now because I love it and it will always be part of my life."

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Mum sheds eight stone in amazing transformation after she started selling The Big Issue - Daily Record

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