Haley Duffy, from Australia, tipped the scales at 28st 2lb at her heaviest.
She spent her childhood getting help to control her weight at hospital, and she was viciously bullied because of her size.
“Through out school I was severely bullied, every day I would dread going to school – I would do anything I could to get out of it or come home early,” she explained.
“Teasing is all I remember of my primary to secondary years. My weight held me back – I never went out, played sports or had a social life as a teenager.”
Things took a worrying turn in 2010, when the now 22-year-old was rushed to hospital with terrible stomach pain.
She was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries. Haley had a four-litre cyst on her right ovary and needed it removed.
“This will affect my chances of having my own family later in life and also interferes with my hormone levels,” she explained on her GoFundMe page.
“As well as all the pain that I was in, this took a big impact on me emotionally and this incident added to my weight gain.
“Not long after, I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes – this was devastating, I cried for hours once I got the news from my doctor.
“This was the final push for me. I knew I needed to really focus on working out and eating better – otherwise my life would always be miserable and I would be on my way to a slow death.”
Haley was put on a waiting list for gastric band surgery, but she also needed to drop pounds on her own.
She started exercising and overhauled herdiet, which immediately helped.
Haley had the surgery in 2011, when she was just 16.
Almost straight away she started to lose weight, and things like using the toilet and shower became easier.
Source:thesunuk
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