A single mom spent £19,000($23,00) of her inheritance money in order to undergo a body transformation that has made her nearly unrecognizable.
Thanks to gastric sleeve surgery as well as a 360 lower body lift and breast reduction, 49-year-old Tracy Cook not only looks more fab, she also lost 140 pounds.
Watch this woman’s drastic transformation below!
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From being unhappy at a little over 300 pounds, she’s now a 160-pound yummy mommy, all courtesy of the inheritance money that her late grandma made her promise to use on herself.
When her grandmother Doris passed away last year at the age of 92, she left £60,000($72,000) to Tracy and told her to use the money on herself because she deserved it after raising 3 kids on her own.
Tracy, a hairdresser from Peterborough, Cambs, said: “I have always been a chunky girl, I have been trying all my life to lose weight, I couldn’t get my head around it, I think I’ve tried every diet on the planet.
“Since being a parent it has been the hardest -as a single mom of three kids, trying to juggle everything, my only treats were bars of chocolate.
“I was really close to my nan, she was always telling me ‘I’d love to see you happy, I’d like you to lose some weight and meet somebody and be happy.
“She was taken really poorly and she told me ‘I’ve left you some money and I want you to spend them on you, not on the kids, not paying bills, not doing anything else, just spend it on you- and that’s exactly what I’ve done.
“I couldn’t have done it without my nan’s money, I wouldn’t have gotten a loan to have it done because I would have felt I was being really selfish but when my nan told this is what she wanted me to do with it, that was it for me.
“Of course, I still felt I had to put half of the money away from my children’s futures – but I hope my nan would be happy if she could see how it’s changed all of our lives.”
Tracy had been struggling with excess weight for the longest time and had actually saved up enough to undergo a gastric sleeve operation before Doris died. But after her grandmother passed away, Tracy became, even more, determined to lose all that excess weight.
So far, she has had 13.2 lbs. of loose skin removed and in December, she plans to remove another 6.6 lbs.
Tracy always had her grandmother help her in trying to do something about her weight.
She added: “Although the pain was awful, I did wake up the next morning, looked at myself in the mirror and thought ‘Oh my God, I love that belly!’- it was the most exciting thing.
“My tummy skin literally hung on my thighs- I used to tell my kids when I was going up the stairs my tummy was giving me a round of applause, no more rounds of applause anymore!
“I am very very happy, I have had a massive confidence boost, I feel better with myself and now I even have a man in my life.
“It literally has transformed me- it’s not just about the weight loss.
“The weight loss has given me the strength to do things I would never have done before.
“I have been going to the gym, which I never thought it could happen- I was thinking I’m never going to be able to do a class or keep up with anybody and now it’s awesome because I am doing exactly the same things as the skinny girls in front of me.
“It’s euphoric, it’s an amazing feeling.
“I keep calling my surgeon a ‘magician’, she is a miracle lady who managed to transform me.”
Tracy gave the remaining inheritance money to her children Charlotte, 23, Mitchell, 21, and Tiffinni, 18.
She added: “Giving them money has enabled them to have a deposit to get their own houses- I know I wouldn’t be in a position to do it ever again but if I had spent all the money on me I’d be thinking I could so help the kids.
“I have done something that changed my life so I wanted to help my children to set up their lives with the rest of it.”
The ‘magician’ Tracy was referring to is CC Kat, one of the UK’s leading female plastic surgeons. She’s the head of Kat & Co. Aesthetics, based in Birmingham.
Dr. Kat said: “I am absolutely delighted with the results we achieved for Tracy with her surgery. She has done brilliantly to achieve weight loss. Excess skin is, however, a common consequence of massive weight loss and surgery is the only satisfactory solution for those left with a large amount of loose skin. “
“I am always realistic in my advice with patients about what we can achieve and Tracy was a perfect candidate for a lower circumferential body lift & breast uplift. I am thrilled she is so happy with the results, her transformation has been amazing and I’m looking forward to performing the next stage of her surgery this year.
“It is such a privilege to be a part of her journey and know that she is so much more confident and happier in herself. It’s the best outcome I could wish for.”
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