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Charlotte Hadfield & Nathan Russell

'Housebound' woman leaves home for first time in four years after 12 stone weight loss

A woman has spoken of her 12 stone weight loss that allowed her to leave the house for the first time in four years, Liverpool Echo reports. Sabrina Lee, from Liverpool, found it difficult to walk from her living room to her bedroom without struggling for breath when she was at her heaviest weight of 29 stone.

Relationship troubles and depression caused Sabrina to pile on the pounds, which caused her to turn to food for comfort. She "became practically housebound for four years" before joining an NHS weight management programme in March 2019.

Sabrina said: "When I signed up to my new GP I got blood tests done and I was found to be type two diabetic. I was only 32 years old at the time and I was like 'oh god what have I done to myself?' Being so young I knew I had to do something.

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