‘I’VE CUT MY CHANCES OF GETTING CANCER’
Carrie Osborne, 41, lives in Ashford, Kent, with her husband Harvey, 46, and their children Charlie, 11, and Chloe, eight.
When I look back at the photographs of me from a few years ago, I cannot believe I am the same woman. I can finally run around with my children, I can finally shop in the high street and I’m no longer afraid of the camera. In fact, I’m standing proudly in front of it. Losing 12st – 50% of my body weight – has been life-changing, and it hasn’t been easy. But when I realised that losing weight could save my life, I had to take action.
My weight has been a life-long struggle. When I was a teenager, my friends were all tiny, but my body had already started to balloon. My mum, Jan, cooked healthy dinners, but I’d snack on crisps and chocolate and it wasn’t long before I wore a size 16.
As my weight soared, my confidence plummeted and even when I met Harvey in 2005 and he told me how beautiful I was, I rarely felt
