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    FROM CHRISTMAS RECLUSE...  TO LIFE OF THE PARTY!

    Nov 21, 2021 2 minutes
    By Jacqui Lang

    Anna Van Dyken used to dread the festive season. Weighing 143kg, she felt too heavy and exhausted to go to Christmas parties or enjoy Yuletide celebrations.

    “I didn’t have the energy or confidence to face people,” Anna, 50, recalls.

    “I was so big I’d need two chairs to sit on. I remember going to a restaurant with my husband, Rod, and saying, ‘Turn round, we’re

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