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Nathan Bevan & Sian Traynor

27-stone-mum drops half her body weight after doctors warned she wouldn't live

A mum has completely turned her life around for the better after doctors told her her weight would soon kill her.

Colleen Alway managed to transform her body after weighing 27 stone back in 2019, which was having a detrimental effect on her health.

A mother-of-two, Colleen had been rushed to hospital in 2019 with heart failure, with her family warned she did not have long to live.

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