Show notes
"Losing 20st (127kg) set me free" says Fiona Carter who joined Slimming World to lose weight for a gastric bypass. Seeing how well the plan fit into her life, she changed her mind about the surgery – and ticked off some exciting ‘firsts’ along the way. Anna and Clare meet Fiona, and her consultant Vicky Walsh to hear how.
Highlighted moments
i never ever want to go back to the life that i was living before i lost all this weight
“i just didn't want to go out i didn't want anyone to see me um and sometimes when i had been out i'd have just like random members of the public they would call me names or i'd see people pointing”
“i approached the gp and asked them if i could be referred um which i was and then i was seen by a consultant they accepted me they said yes okay we will do a gastric bypass however you need to lose freestone before we will do it”
“i didn't want to have medical intervention if i really didn't need it and i had quite a lot of self-belief in myself at that point”
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