Scots have been urged to check sheds and outbuildings for a missing man who vanished on Friday night wearing a short-sleeved top despite forecasts of snow.
11.03.2024 - 09:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots mum who lost so much weight she was "constantly freezing" was eventually cured - by cold water therapy.
After losing 11 stone Nicola Hogg, 36, found ice water baths helped to regulate her body temperature after feeling so cold she was left "shivering all the time".
She had previously been left unable to walk or play with her son after tipping the scales at 21 stone in September 2021.
Nicola, from Fife, had piled on the pounds after years of gorging on up to 30 packets of Salt and Vinegar crisps and multiple takeaways a week- after her husband went to bed.
After reaching size 26 she contacted a private hospital in Turkey about a gastric sleeve surgery operation.
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Four months after contacting the clinic, in October 2021, Nicola flew to Izmir, Turkey, with her husband Bryen Hogg, 36, a contracts manager, for the £3,600 procedure.
After a successful surgery, she dropped 11 stone in 12 months, however, her drastic weight loss left her "shivering all the time" and unable to keep warm.
In October 2022, she discovered cold water therapy through being recommended by a friend. She now weighs an impressive 10st 8lbs and is a svelte size 12.
The mum-of-one even has an ice bath in her back garden where she takes a dunk every morning, as well as regular cold showers.
Nicola, who works in marketing, said: "I was a secret emotional eater. I wouldn't eat anything during the day and then would binge in the evening after my husband would go up to bed.
"Crisps were my biggest weakness, I'd get through a mega multipack a week as well as takeaways. When I became a mum to my little boy, I tried fad diets but any weight I'd lose, I'd soon
Scots have been urged to check sheds and outbuildings for a missing man who vanished on Friday night wearing a short-sleeved top despite forecasts of snow.
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