THIS WOMAN says she was constantly dumped for being too ‘fat’ but since losing over EIGHT STONE even strangers give her attention.

Office assistant Annie Stallings (19) from Florida, USA, had been overweight ever since she was just eight-years-old. She used to turn to food as a form of comfort – especially when her grandfather passed away in 2019. Annie would eat whatever she craved like high calorie deserts.

During school, she was constantly bullied for her size and she was known as the ‘fat’ friend. She recalls one time when the school were taking photos of the women’s tennis team for the yearbook, that she was placed at the beginning of the line due to her being captain of the team. However, she later found out that people were saying that they were lined up from fat to skinny.

Each time a relationship of hers ended, Annie was told that she was too ‘fat’ to hurt her feelings and any time she wanted to borrow some clothing from a friend, they would come back with something from their parents’ closet rather than their own. As this led her to feeling down about her body, Annie turned to food for comfort and the vicious cycle continued.

At 18-years-old, she inputted her 18-stone weight and five-foot-six-inches height into a BMI calculator which informed her that she was in the third stage of obesity – – the highest risk of obesity that can lead to serious health issues and even death. She was beyond shocked and realised that she had a problem which needed to be taken care of before her health was seriously affected with complications such as a heart attack and stroke.

She placed herself on a calorie deficit diet where she was eating less calories than what she was burning off. Annie took up cardio and high intensity workouts such as using the treadmill, jumping jacks and jump roping. Once she started her diet, she began losing at least three pounds a week and soon, she had lost over seven-stone in total, which made her feel empowered.

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