text: A size 16 student who used to fork out £5,000 a year on pizza has dropped a staggering four dress sizes since ditching takeaways. Amelia Morton, 23, from Birmingham, who weighed 12-and-a-half stone, was shocked into a post-graduation diet  after being told by her father: 'Boys don't fancy fat girls'. The trainee teacher put on more than three stone in her first few months of university, spending almost £1,000 on food in her first term alone. Amelia was shocked into a post-graduation diet after being told by her father: 'Boys don't fancy fat girls' Amelia, pictured left before losing weight and, right, after, continued to binge on doughy snacks, completely unaware that she had a wheat intolerance . 'My pizza diet left me feeling bloated and unwell and I just kept piling on the pounds,' says Amelia. 'There were weeks where I'd go to Pizza Hut or Dominoes every single night of the week. 'I got caught up in the student lifestyle and didn't realise what I was doing to my body.' Despite having saved for her course in business and enterprise at University College Birmingham, Amelia was forced to get a part-time job in retail to fund her eating habits. Amelia says the Cambridge Weight Plan taught her how to eat like a normal person by controlling her portion sizes and realising when something was too much . Just over a year on, Amelia, from Edgbaston, Birmingham, wears a slinky size 8 dress. Now a consultant herself, Amelia is helping other people lose weight through the Cambridge Weight Plan . Completely unaware of her wheat intolerance, Amelia continued to binge on doughy snacks, which left her bloated and struggling to fit into her size 14 jeans and size 16 tops. By her third year of university, despite trying Weight Watchers, Slim Fast and Body By Vi diets, Amelia had failed to fight the flab. It was only when her dad sat her down one day and explained that 'boys don't fancy fat girls' that that she decided to  lose weight the weight once and for all. 'I couldn't believe my dad had said that but I also found it funny,' she says. 'What was a 60-year-old man to know? 'It wasn't a nasty comment. My dad's just a very straight-talking guy and I just thought it was really funny. He's so lovely - the best dad I could ask for, and he would never do anything mean or malicious. Amelia was shocked into shedding the pounds after being told by her dad that 'boys didn't fancy fat girls'. Weighing 12.5 stone, left, she went on to lose three stone, right . One day after graduation, Amelia was at her sister's house for a meal. 'Something just clicked', she says. 'A friend of mine had done Cambridge while we were students and it had worked really well for her so I thought I would give it a go' 'He said it out of concern really because he was worried that people would be mean to me if I put on too much weight. 'And him, and my sister, were really supportive and encouraging when I decided to lose weight.' She added: 'My sister is really slim and one day after I graduated I was at her house for a meal and something just clicked. 'A friend of mine had done Cambridge while we were students and it had worked really well for her so I thought I would give it a go. 'I was so bad at dieting but Cambridge was so easy to follow - because it is all planned out you don't even have to think about it and so there's much less temptation to stray. 'And my sister really helped me and was really encouraging and supportive.' Despite having saved for her course in business and enterprise at University College Birmingham, Amelia was forced to get a part-time job in retail to fund her eating habits . With the encouragement of her sister - a slim size 8 - Amelia signed up for the Cambridge Weight Plan and revolutionised her diet . In just five months, Amelia's weight plummeted from 12 and a half stone to 9 and a half stone. She says the plan taught her how to eat like a normal person by controlling her portion sizes and realising when something was too much. 'Because it started off so well I couldn't wait to keep going and shedding my fat,' says Amelia. 'Now I can't believe I ever ate the amount I did - and I rarely have a pizza!' Just over a year on, Amelia, from Edgbaston, Birmingham, wears a slinky size 8 dress. Now a consultant herself, Amelia is helping other people lose weight through the Cambridge Weight Plan. BREAKFAST: Either skipped breakfast or had a full English in the university canteen . SNACK: Starbucks Frappuccino and a muffin . LUNCH: Cheesy chicken pasta with crisps and a brownie . SNACKS: Bag of crisps in lectures . DINNER: Pizza or a Chinese takeaway . MIDNIGHT FEAST: Another Takeaway pizza . BREAKFAST: Avocado and eggs on gluten-free wholemeal toast or a Cambridge shake. LUNCH: Grilled chicken salad . DINNER: Curry homemade from scratch with cauliflower rice . She says: 'I was never overweight as a child - in fact I ate really well and healthily. But when I started uni I had a horrific diet. I put on two and a half stone after just three months. 'I spent more on food than the average four-person family because I ate out so much. She says she then tried every diet under the sun: WeightWatchers, Slim Fast, Body By VI, HCG and MyFitnessPal. 'I even tried to just cut my food intake down to just 500 calories a day,' says Amelia. 'But I always gave up within two days after it seemed to make no impact. 'I can hardly believe that I can now put on size 8 clothes!'
target: Amelia Morton gained three stone in her first few months of university .
  The 23-year-old used to fork out almost £5,000 a year on takeaway pizza .
  She was shocked into a post-graduation diet after her dad's comments .
  Amelia, now size 8, says the Cambridge Weight Plan transformed her diet .