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A call centre worker who used to have four Chinese takeaways a week has revealed how she has shed 8st after flying to Turkey for weight loss surgery.
Marianne Ryan, 28, from Kildare, Ireland, was 18st 13lbs and wore a size 22-24 when she decided to pay the equivalent of £3,500 to have a gastric sleeve fitted, some £13,200 less than she would spend on the surgery at home.
Thanks to the sleeve – which involves permanently removing a large portion of the stomach leaving a new, smaller stomach about the size of a banana to restrict the amount of food that can be taken in – Marianne has lost 8st and now weighs 10st 13lb and wears size 10 clothes.
‘I went from a size 22-24 to a size 10 and I even dropped two shoe sizes,’ she said.
Marianne Ryan, from Kildare, Ireland, went from 18st 13lb to 10st 13lb after getting weight loss surgery for £3,500 in Turkey. Pictured now
At her largest, right, Marianne would gorge on takeaways and fizzy drinks, but since the surgery, left, she’s got a new lease of life
‘When I look at the clothes that I wear now, I still can’t believe that they belong to me. My friends can even ask to borrow clothes from me too which is something that I’ve never had.
‘I have never been the same size as my friends before. It is an amazing feeling.
Before the surgery, Marianne would gorge on four Chinese takeaways a week, drink three cans of energy drinks or full-fat fizzy drinks each day and had five sugars in every cup of tea.
However, Marianne said she was determined to turn her life around when she reached a size XXL.
She added: ‘I have nieces and nephews who knew not to ask me to play with them because I was too fat to run around with them.
‘After trying every diet under the sun, I knew I would never be able to lose weight without having surgery.
The super slimmer said she tried ‘every diet under the sun’ before her weight loss, left, but the surgery was the one who brought the results
Pictured: Marianne in hospital for her weight loss surgery in 2020. If she had had the procedure in Ireland, she would have paid more than £16,000
‘I’d already been to Turkey to get veneers the year before, which is when I first heard about gastric sleeves because I met someone who had undergone the surgery.
‘I knew I’d never be able to afford to have the surgery done at home in Ireland, so I decided to fly back to Turkey as it was much more affordable.
‘Although I was big, I was very confident but I just didn’t want my weight to affect my chances of having a family.
‘Before the surgery, I wore a size 22-24 and my eating habits were awful.
The super slimmer admitted her nephews and nieces would not ask her to play with them because she was too fat
‘During the mornings I would survive off sugary fizzy drinks and cans of energy drinks.
‘I’d drink lots of cups of tea during the day too with five sugars in each cup.
‘Takeaways were a huge part of my life, especially Chinese food. I’d have it at least four times a week.
‘My usual order was beef curry, egg fried rice, noodles, chips and prawn crackers.’
Marianne, pictured throughout her weight loss process, said she lost six stones in six months following the surgery
Marianne booked her surgery in August 2019 and flew to Turkey in August the following year.
She was so excited to have the procedure done and start a new chapter of her life.
Marianne said: ‘I’d done lots of research before deciding to go ahead with the surgery, so once I had booked it I couldn’t wait to have it done.
‘It wasn’t until the day of surgery that my nerves kicked in.
‘After the gastric sleeve surgery, the recovery was hard. I could only have liquid for the first two weeks, and the pureed food for the following two weeks before being able to eat tiny amounts of solid food.
The call centre worker said it has been amazing to see her body change and become slimmer. Fitting into a size 10, she said she can’t believe the clothes she wears belong to her
‘It took my body a while to get used to how small my new stomach was.
‘But it felt incredible when the weight started to fall off.
‘Within six months I lost my first six stone and in the next few months, I lost another two stone.
‘It was amazing to see my body finally changing. I felt fantastic.’
Marianne revealed she dropped six dress sizes and two shoe sizes and that her confidence is now ‘though the roof’
Marianne used to dread the thought of having to buy new clothes and would have to avoid high street shops because she couldn’t find clothes that would fit her.
When she goes clothes shopping now, she still can’t believe she fits into size 10 items.
She added: ‘My confidence and self-esteem are through the roof now. Losing weight has not only improved how I look and my health, but it has also improved my relationships with my partner and my family, especially my nieces and nephews.
‘I now know that I would also be a better mum now if I was to fall pregnant because I can move around more freely and run around and play with kids.
‘My life has just improved all around and it is the best thing I have ever done.’
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