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A mum-of-two who started binge eating while mourning the loss of three family members has lost an incredible eight stone after ditching her unhealthy lifestyle.
Sara Hennigan was left heartbroken when she lost both her parents and brother to illness in the space of just a few years. Struggling to cope with the grief, the 43-year-old turned to food for comfort, and would take a huge bottle of fizzy juice to bed, along with a share bag crisps and a big bar of chocolate.
At her worst she was classed as morbidly obese, tipping the scales at 18 stone when she was just 5ft 3in tall, Manchester Evening news reports. It took her weeks to build up the courage to join a Slimming World group, but Sara soon found strength in her loved ones to start her incredible weight transformation journey.
Sara lost her mum Jackie, 74, to lung cancer in 2017. Just two years later, her brother John Wynne, passed away from the same disease 2019. Her dad, Joe, sadly died from sepsis last year.
"Each night I took a big bottle of Fanta, a family bag of crisps and a family size chocolate bar to bed with me - I was eating for comfort," Sara said.
"But then I realised how hard a battle my mother and brother and father had fought. They had done everything to hold on to their lives, yet I was just throwing mine away. I realised I had to change."
In her younger years, Sara was able to maintain a health weight, even after giving birth to her two sons, Keiran, 24, and Kallum, 20. But in the years following, her hectic lifestyle caused her to pile on the pounds.
"I was always really busy, doing stuff for my family and the community," she said. I didn't leave any time for myself, I didn't look after myself, and I slowly started gaining weight.
"I was really
A family in Pennsylvania was found dead in what is believed to be a “pre-planned” murder-suicide. According to the West Manchester Township Police
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