A MUM who would eat Pot Noodles every single day looks unrecognisable after ditching the instant snack. Tara Jennings was nicknamed the 'Pot Noodle queen' by friends because she was seen scoffing the snack so often. She ate more than 1,000 Pot Noodles in three years but after tipping the scales at 18st, she ditched the junk food for homemade healthy meals .

Tara would also regularly eat frozen food that was cooked in her air-fryer because it was "a lot cheaper" and more "convenient". The 26-year old had fewer than 20 instant snacks since starting her health kick in April last year. And she now weighs a healthy 11.

9st and has dropped six dress sizes, from a size 24 to a size 12. Read more on weight loss Mum-of-one Tara, who works in a Texaco garage, said: "I would bulk buy Pot Noodles and eat one daily, if not two a day. "I would have it for dinner every day and then maybe tea.

" She added: "My son was young at the time so I would buy things that were convenient and it was cheaper as well. "I would go to Iceland and all the frozen chicken would be three for £10 and fresh chicken from Aldi is about £4 for two breasts so it was a lot cheaper." Most read in Health After ditching the convenience foods, Tara bought the 'Pinch of Nom' cookbooks which are filled of healthy and slimming-friendly recipes.

She then started cooking a range of different low-calorie recipes including fakeaway Peri Peri chicken wraps and hunters chicken pasta bake. This helped her lose weight because all t.