A woman was left with one stone of loose skin after losing half her body weight - which she calls her "badge of honour". Stephanie Smith, 35, struggled with her weight as a child and into her teens - and nothing seemed to help.
She tried every crash diet and gym programme but struggled with disordered eating when starting college aged 18. After entering a relationship which caused her mental health to spiral, food became Stephanie's "drug of choice".
She would gorge all day long on sweet snacks such as sweets and chocolate between meals as a comfort mechanism and ballooned to over 27 stone and a size 28 - XXXXL - by the age of 27. After the relationship ended, she decided to take control of her size and had gastric sleeve surgery - removing a large part of her stomach - in January 2017.
