Posted on 03/02/2012 12:05:08 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Marie Eaton, 42, tipped the scales at 50 stone two years ago - five stone more than her husband and four children combined.
But after undergoing a rapid weight loss regime, she has shed an incredible 31 stone - more than the weight of all four of her offspring put together.
Marie, a housewife from Newark-on-Trent, Notts, said: "At my heaviest, I couldn't even get up the stairs - I was forced to sleep on the sofa.
"I'd drink litres of fizzy drinks and eat £40 of takeaway in a single sitting on my own at least four nights a week.
"But around my 40th birthday I remember seeing myself in the mirror and thinking my body was close to giving up.
"I knew that I had to change otherwise I'd leave my children motherless."
Marie had piled on the pounds after her mum tragically died in her arms from a heart attack.
She bulged from a petite nine stone 16-year-old to 50 stone on her 40th birthday after comfort eating to cope with the loss.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
"...???...I passed a stone once...and then I had a stone pass me, I ducked"
Only 20 stone more to go.
Geez, I passed ONE stone once and I thought it was gonna kill me. It was a pretty big one, though...
Good for her!
She was 16 when her mum died - so in 26 years she gained over 600 pounds and had 4 children???
There are so many morbidly obese men and women - it’s an epidemic. Overeating and no exercise. Don’t know how that’s possible raising 4 children, and why didn’t hubby stop her?
Good to see she came to her senses before those kids were without a mum.
Have you ever tried to talk to a woman about her weight?
It does not matter about your intentions or method, that cannot be done, my friend.
She should have taken the rocks out of her pockets sooner.
The British went metric a generation ago so why do they stick with this “Stone” business.
You forgot a word so I fixed it for you.
In English please?
No matter how one looks at it, that’s a lot of stones.
That's what the Wookie does after a "Let's Move" session.
Liters of soda and $65 of fast food.
You’re right. I didn’t think through my positon completely.
Thank you. :)
Wow, a 31 lb Kidney Stone must have hurt like hell ...
It’s surprisingly easy to gain weight. If you have the right genetics for it, you can do it on as little calories as a bottle of pop and a chocolate bar.
I think they like to irritate Americans with it. Kind of a passive aggressive thing over the war.
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