Weight Loss Today

 A depressed 20st teen who tried to kill himself after relentless school bullying has shared a powerful message more than a decade on.  He is Marc Rodwell, now 30, spiralled into depression after bullies hurled cruel taunts at him like "fat boy", "fatty" and "who ate all the pies?". At rock bottom and still only a child, he tried to take his own life, telling his mum he felt that "the world would be a better place without me".  Fortunately, he survived - but after leaving school due to the bullying, he became reclusive and agoraphobic, with his weight soaring to 500 pounds Then, aged 19, his mum tragically fell ill and later died. Knowing his mother would have wanted him to be happy, Marc vowed to turn his life around and seek help to overcome his mental health battles. And with determination and courage, he did. Today, he has triumphed over his struggles, lost an incredible amount of weight and is working to shine a light on the heal

After managing to lose a staggering 280 pounds, Lexi Reed, 28, from Indiana, USA, started struggling with the agonising soreness in her jaw, neck and back this year. Terre, who weighed 500 pounds, had symptoms that left her helplessly crying in front of the mirror and baffled doctors who believed it to be sinus or root canal problems. It was only two months ago that husband Danny, 30, suggested her loose skin could be to blame. He held up the skin on her stomach and she felt relief from her pain for the first time in months.  After consulting Dr. Joseph Michaels, it was recognised that the weight of the flab was pulling her body out of its natural posture. She went under the knife for nine hours, having skin removed from her stomach, thighs and butt, and some of the excess fat taken out through liposuction was transferred to her buttocks. Now in recovery she will soon be free of pain, and while she was content with her loose skin previously, she's now relishing having a

Cheryl Godden, 44, ballooned to 294 pounds following the deaths of her dad Mick and husband Carl to cancer. It wasn't until she saw a photo of herself on Facebook that she realised she needed to change her ways.  Cheryl, from Brentwood, Essex, now a svelte size 12, said: "After Carl was gone my whole world fell apart. I lost my hunger for life and I just completely devastated.I was staying in all the time and just eating anything easy. It was a good six months of not cooking anything on the hob.I'd always be cooking Carl his favourite Sunday roast every weekend.But after he was gone I couldn't face it anymore." Cheryl decided to join Custom Keto Diet and replaced her daily McDonald's and Greggs with homemade meals. 4 months and 10 days later she has now lost 80 pounds and seven dress sizes and is a healthy and active mum to son Charlie, seven, and her 19-year-old daughter Chloe. Cheryl, who now runs her own shop, added: "The biggest change was eati

  Elaine Taylor has lost over 90 pounds after her chair broke while she was watching a drag show with her family. Holiday snaps made her look like a ‘beached whale’, she said – making her vow to lose weight. The 64-year-old housekeeper says her nickname at school was ‘Fatty Atty’ because of her size – her maiden name being Atkins. “At 5’3” I basically became spherical, but enjoyed being the ‘jolly’ friend and colleague, hiding my feelings until I got home behind closed doors,” she said. On top of massive meals, Elaine would also secretly binge late at night – regularly demolishing whole packets of biscuits, hiding the wrappers in bins outside. “I remember once being turned away from a local clothes shop by the owner who bluntly told me: ‘There’s nothing here for you’,” Elaine said. “I pretended to look at some handbags before walking away with tears streaming down my eyes.” Having tried countless other crash diets, she then decided to follow her younger sister Janet who’d lost

A mum who felt like she'd let down her children because of her weight has managed to lose 12st in two years after dropping her old unhealthy eating habits. Emma Hopkins has gone from 340 pounds to160 pounds after a photo of her in a swimming pool prompted her to make a change.  Emma, 40, from California, said her old weight left her feeling "awful" and was damaging her health, but her weight loss has changed her life and left her feeling happier and more confident.  "In 2018, I was at my lowest point ever. I had no self worth or confidence. I wouldn't socialise and always worried that no one liked me because of my size.My health wasn't good, carrying all that weight. I was in constant pain, felt awful all the time and was getting worn out every time I wanted to play or do anything with my two children." A photograph taken on a day out with her children made her decide it was time to do something about her weight. "I tried to blank it out,&quo

5 months ago, Kimberley Watson, 32, was tipping the scales at  244 pounds (111kg) and wore a dress size 22 thanks to an addiction to greasy take aways and full-fat coke. Her weight ballooned so much she developed an unbearable “tyre of fat” around her neck that made watching TV with her partner Matt an uncomfortable nightmare. The mum-of-two from Newham, east London said: “I was constantly eating fast food, almost on a daily basis. I was eating lots of greasy food late at night and drank around two litres of coke a day. Every morning I would skip breakfast and so by lunch I would feel like I could make up for it, grabbing a McDonald’s on the go, pasties and cakes from Greggs bakery or visiting the chip shop at work to buy fried chicken and kebabs." The hospital worker said she realised things needed to change and cut out the greasy takeaways and soft drink for good - which saw her lose an incredible 75 pounds in 5 months. Now she is a size 12-14, weighs 170 pounds can