A comfort eater has become a mum after trying for 14 years after losing 13 stone. After years of late-night binging on Cadbury's Dairy Milk and Haribo Tangfastics, Hayley Howell, 34, was tipping the scales at 23st 8lbs and squeezing into a dress size 26.
Despite trying to rein in her sweet tooth, she found it impossible while dealing with the stress of not being able to conceive for over a decade. In October 2018, the sweet fanatic and her partner, David Hart, 51, consulted a GP desperate for help on their quest to be parents.
The doctor recommended Hayley lose weight and after a year of yo-yo dieting, Hayley was put on a waiting list by her GP for a gastric bypass. Hayley, who works in admin, had the NHS-funded operation a year later and lost 4st 9lbs in the first three months post-surgery.
