A 25-year-old woman has shared how she had to buy two plane tickets so she could fit in the seat.
But now, she managed to lose 122 kg after surgery!
Haleigh Walsh from Ireland has struggled with her weight since she was young. As she got older, her weight increased and she reached 205 kg!
“I ate big portions and am shocked now looking back at just how much I could get through. I’d starve all day then have takeaways, share bags of crisps, chocolates, anything I wanted,” she shared.
Haleigh also said she refused to work out as she was in pain from simply walking.
“People would tell me I had a beautiful face. But I knew my weight was a problem,” she said.
When she planned a trip to Portugal with her friends, she said a pal told her something that made her think about her decisions in life.
“An old friend told me a horror story of a man who’d been so big he was marched out of his seat to the back of the plane,” she shared.
“I was so terrified of that happening to me that I bought a second seat, so I wouldn’t be impacting anyone. I remember sitting there on the plane and thinking, ‘I am never doing this again.’”
Haleigh then reached out to a relative who had a successful weight loss surgery, and she had also experienced it for herself.
She traveled to Lithuania to have an operation after sticking to a liquid diet, and now she’s barely recognizable!
“The surgeon performed 12 procedures in the two days I was in the clinic. He was so experienced that I knew I was in safe hands,” she said.
“Since I’ve been training properly in the gym, I’ve really noticed how bad my loose skin is,” Haleigh said.
“I just want it off me now. My body is toning up underneath, but then I have these great folds and flaps of skin. It’s my arms that are the worst.
“I’m really confident with my size and shape, but still have to have something covering my arms at all times as they bother me so much.”
Haleigh is now more confident about her body. “I love going for walks and out on adventures. Before all this I couldn’t even walk down the road without getting out of breath or my back hurting.
“Now I love taking exercise. I’m the complete opposite of what I was.”
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