Case Study 15 Age - 47 Location - Essex  Occupation - Health Advisor Procedure - Gastric band, tummy tuck and boob job.  Weight Lost - 9st 6lbs "I had been overweight all my adult life and then I gained even more weight after having each of my babies - five children. Later I weighed 21st 6lbs!" "After all the years of struggling with my weight, I finally decided to have a gastric band procedure. With the gastric band I gradually lost more and more weight, I become fitter and ate much smaller portions of healthier food." "I started to go to the gym, twice a week at first. As I got fitter, I even started running and going to kickboxing classes!" "I started to buy new clothes as I lost weight - I was delighted to take my 'fat clothes' to charity shops. I even started buying more revealing swimming costumes for my holidays." "When I finally got down to my target weight of 12st I then decided to have a tummy tuck and a boob job to deal with excess flesh and saggy boobs what wouldn't go away however much I trained." "When I had my tummy tuck the surgeon took away 11lbs of fat! Since losing weight and having the other two operations to 'freshen me up' I feel so much younger and fitter and I can now climb steep hills without having to stop because I'm out of breathe." "People now tell me how well I look. One woman said to me, 'You've actually got a face now.' I was horrified that she had viewed me a some kind of blob!" "The gastric band was the best investment I have ever made. I feel years younger, I have no idea why I kept hold of all that extra weight for nearly a quarter of a century!" "My motto is that I never regret what's gone, but I intend to live my life to its fullest, enjoying feeling fitter and healthier." "My husband always loved me, but now he finds me sexy and desirable again - it's fantastic! "