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50KG DOWN & COUNTING!

HER weight kept her from enjoying her honeymoon in Mauritius to the fullest and she couldn’t go horse riding, rock climbing or parasailing with her husband.

But Tracey-Lee Lusty’s tipping point came when it took three men to hoist her 147kg frame onto a boat when she went snorkelling.

That was it, she decided. She had to do something drastic about her size. Not only was it affecting her enjoyment of life, doctors had also warned she could have serious health complications, including becoming diabetic.

Her weight was interfering with simple things too, like doing her weekly grocery shop. Walking up and down the supermarket aisles left her exhausted and her legs would be sore from chafing.

Tracey-Lee had

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