Obese Girl Lost Half Her Size After School Crush Rejected Her -Now She's Turning Him Down. Photos

An obese student was driven to lose more than HALF her bodyweight after being rejected by her school crush. Rachael Heffner, 25, was left devastated after her childhood sweetheart let it be known he wouldn't go out with her because of her size. At her heaviest, she weighed more than 20st as a result of overeating and downing an average of four bottles of fizzy drinks a day....

As a New Year's Resolution, Rachel started cutting down on her sugary drinks, halved her portion sizes and began working out at the gym.

And now, having dropped to a svelte 10st 5, she gets chatted up at the gym, in supermarkets and social media.

Even the former childhood crush has come back begging to go out with Rachael - but this time she rejected him.

Rachael, a social media specialist from Indiana in the US, said:

"My initial motivation was to prove people wrong. "In college I was rejected by a boy and I wanted to show him that he'd made a mistake. "I liked him and he didn't like me, he made it known that it was because of the way that I looked and that he wasn't attracted to me because I was heavier.

"He was the reason I started but after seeing the number on the scales go down it became really addictive and I knew I was losing weight for myself. "Now I've lost half of my body weight, I get approached a lot - I was once asked if I was married in a grocery store.

"It happens on social media too, people message me on Instagram and friend me on Facebook because of how I look - it's definitely an ego boost. "Even the boy who rejected me has asked me out a few times, but I've let him know that we're just friends now and not romantic."

"I also told him that he was the reason I started losing weight, which really shocked him and he apologised for what he said when we were younger. "But I'm glad he rejected me, I actually thanked him for it, as he was the reason I was able to get to the size I am today and there's no point holding grudges.