A mum-of-one spent £32,500 on excess skin removal after losing 11 stone. Kate Richmond, 46, who was 26 stone at her heaviest, has undergone a remarkable transformation after embracing a fitness programme and taking up weight lifting.
But the ex-dentist, who now owns a medical aesthetics company, also underwent surgery to remove half a stone of skin - after shedding over a third of her body weight. The single mum said she’d started piling on the pounds before her pregnancy, and later began binge eating after work when she’d put her son, Rocco, now 16, to bed.
She also faced cruel comments from men she dated, with one comparing her to an obese character in the film Shallow Hal who hypnotises her thinner boyfriend. But Kate said she turned her life around when she was inspired by a friend to go on a 12-week online exercise programme and now weighs just 15 stone.
