Since childhood, Lynn was teased for being overweight, but the girl made a firm decision to lose weight when she got married and had children.
“I’ve always been overweight – I started taking it when I was five or six and went to a nutritionist when I was eight. I don’t even know how it happened says Lynn Kendellen, an Irishwoman, about her childhood. According to the girl, she snacked on “ordinary food” that her mother cooked – her peers ate the same thing, but for some reason the extra pounds did not remain. than Lynn.
Painkillers and self-hatred
By the age of 20, Kendellen’s weight was already such that she had to take pills to relieve joint pain. But at 22, the situation worsened: doctors told Lynn that she was sterile, and the girl fell into a prolonged depression. She ate constantly and only got up from the couch to go to the kitchen or the bathroom. This could not but affect the body: Lynn became even more.
The doctors were wrong: despite her weight, the girl safely gave birth to two children from her boyfriend John O’Donnell. The life of a young mother was difficult for her – with a weight of 137 kilograms, it is not so easy to push a stroller. But when the kids started walking, it didn’t get any easier – now Lynn couldn’t keep up with her sons. Kendellen did not go to family gatherings – it was too difficult to hear comments from relatives about her appearance.
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Everything changed when John proposed to Lynn. The girl realized that she was thinking in horror of the wedding – the day that is usually the happiest in a woman’s life. The idea of picking out a dress only depressed her – after all, again, she would have to shop for the larger sizes and catch the condemning and mocking looks of other customers on herself.
Successful weight loss
It was then that Lynn decided she was tired of living in self-loathing and wanted to lose weight. On a diet, she lost 28 kilograms – after that, Kendellen approved bariatric surgery. After her, it took almost half a cent, and as a result, in two years the girl reached her ideal weight – 66 kilograms.