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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Ann Cusack & Sophie Halle-Richards

'I found comfort by binge eating in bed after family tragedy... now I'm Miss Slinky'

A mum-of-two whose binge eating spiralled after the loss of three family members looks unrecognisable after losing eight stone.

Sara Hennigan, 43, lost both her parents and brother to illness, and would take a huge bottle of fizzy pop to bed, along with a family bag of crisps and a big bar of chocolate to comfort herself.

At her worst, she weighed 18 stone and at 5ft 3in tall, she was morbidly obese. She used her late family members as her inspiration to begin an incredible weight transformation journey.

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