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27.07.2022 - 09:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 22-year-old woman who changed her life after not being able to fit in the rides at Thorpe Park had a drastic transformation from 27st 2lb - size 28 - to 13st 4lb - size 12 - after having an irreversible gastric sleeve operation at just 20.
After struggling with her soaring weight since her teens, the turning point finally came for 5ft 9in retail worker Stephanie Smith after a trip to the Surrey amusement site Thorpe Park when she was prevented her from going on half the rides. Steph had struggled with overeating so much in her teens following a family bereavement that her parents put locks on the fridge.
Stephanie, of Ashford, Kent, said: “At one point there were two people trying to push the safety bar down over me and it wouldn’t go. That’s when I decided enough was enough.”
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With a body mass index (BMI) used to gauge a healthy weight of 56, compared to the NHS healthy range of 18.5 to 24.9, Stephanie was dangerously obese. But the £9,000 gastric surgery 18 months ago changed her life, helping her lose 14st she said: “Food completely took over my life.
“I had absolutely no shame when it came to eating. No diets worked.”
She continued: “People think gastric surgery is cheating but it was anything but. Something drastic had to happen.”
Steph puts her weight gain down to family issues and a bereavement that she endured at the age of 12.
Before then, she said she was average-sized and not “a big child.” However, using food as a coping mechanism, Steph says she began overeating huge quantities.
"I remember one day eating frozen pudding straight from the freezer. I’d eat Mum’s healthy dinner then just go to my
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