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‘I DROPPED 52 KG TO BECOME A FIRE FIGHTER!’

Trudging through the bush on a walk with her family, Kaylene Stocks could not take another step.

Weighing 140kg, the mother of four was exhausted. Every muscle in her body ached and so the family turned around and slowly made their way back to the car.

“I hated myself. My kids wanted to do things and I’d have to sit in the car and watch them, or make

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