'I found an insurance company who paid for my gastric bypass operation - and I've now lost eight stone'
Size 26 travel agent loses 12 STONE after not fitting in airplane seatSimon Cowell looks slimmer than ever drinking a 'skinny beer' as he leaves BGTWoman loses 10st without going to the gym - and still eating chocolateExclusiveSURPRISE TAKE AWAYBride loses 4st in months after buying wedding dress 3 SIZES too smallBy 2014, the 58-year-old, who is 5ft 2in, was tipping the scales at 16 stone and squeezing into a size 22.
She eventually told partner of 18 years, Jeremy Powell, 60, a former insurance broker, two weeks before but decided to wait until after to tell mum Jean. Gastric bypass surgery involves dividing the stomach into a small upper pouch and a larger "remnant pouch", before rearranging the small intestine to connect to both.Some food passes through the body without being absorbed at all by either the stomach or the small intestine, meaning patients must take multivitamins for the rest of their lives to ensure they are getting all the right nutrients.
She added: "I felt fragile for a good few weeks after the procedure but luckily there was no pain and I noticed the results immediately – I lost a stone in the first month alone. She explained: “I don’t have that off switch in my head, so it’s easier for me to ban the foods I shouldn’t be eating altogether."An alcoholic can't have a sip of ‘just one drink’, I feel the same way about food."
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