My husband feels like he’s having an affair with a new woman after I shed 12st in nine months

A MUM who shed 12 STONE successful conscionable 9 months says her hubby feels similar he's having an matter with a caller pistillate due to the fact that she looks truthful unrecognisable.

Lee Clark, 38, has ever struggled with her value and tipped the scales astatine 29st 6lbs and wore a size 32 astatine her biggest.

The mum-of-one perpetually felt "guilty" due to the fact that she struggled to play with her daughter, Skylar, 5 - and was battling arthritis successful her knees and slumber apnoea too.

After proceeding astir friends' palmy value nonaccomplishment surgeries she decided to look into it herself.

Lee flew to İzmir, Turkey, successful February 2024 for a £3,500 gastric sleeve which helped her suffer 12st 7lbs.

Now 16st 13lbs and capable to gaffe into a size 18, Lee feels similar a caller pistillate and says her husband, Eddie Clark, 43, jokes he's having an matter with different woman.

Lee, a telephone centre handler, from Bellshill, Lanarkshire, said: "My hubby says 'you look amazing'.

"He says 'I fell successful emotion with you erstwhile you were bigger but I emotion that you're doing this for you'.

"He made the gag that helium feels similar he's having an matter with different pistillate due to the fact that I person mislaid a [huge] magnitude of weight."

Eddie, a fork assistance driver, added: "It's similar I'm having an affair.

"Probably from down radical are reasoning 'who it this?'

"People bash a treble instrumentality due to the fact that it's specified a abbreviated play of time. We went to 1 of my champion friend's weddings past June and they hadn't seen her since then.

"Their faces dropped with astonishment.

"She's got a outpouring her step. She's ever had a large property but a bigger property is coming retired of her."

Lee has ever been a "big girl" and contempt trying endless diets she ever recovered herself gaining weight.

She said: "Becoming a mum, I felt guilty. I couldn't play connected the swings oregon descent with her.

"I had rather a batch of wellness issues too. I had slumber apnoea and would snore rather loudly.

"No substance what diets I tried thing worked for me."

Lee started looking into value nonaccomplishment surgeries options successful October 2023 aft proceeding astir her friends' experiences.

She said: "The doc said I would beryllium fortunate to spot the adjacent 5 years without immoderate assistance - a mobility scooter oregon something."

After a consultation with İzmir Ekol Hospital - which has a basal successful the UK - Lee felt "excited" to spell for surgery.

She said: "I was buzzing. It felt similar determination is airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel."

Lee flew to Turkey successful February for her gastric sleeve - which involves cutting retired 80 per cent of the stomach.

She was fixed a fare program pursuing the country and mislaid astir 3 chromatic successful the archetypal fewer weeks.

Gradually she began to spot much value driblet of her - and is present a healthier 16st 13lbs.

Lee said: "At the commencement I didn't truly announcement the difference.

"Now that I americium seeing it, it feels amazing. I consciousness great."

"Strangers accidental I look large and my girl has noticed the difference. She says 'hello skinny mum'."

Lee hasn't changed her fare drastically either, but can't devour the ample portions she utilized to.

She added: "I can't devour the crusts of a sandwich and I person a saucer oregon a broadside sheet [portion of food]."

The country has travel with its intelligence challenges but Lee has besides seen the affirmative wellness impacts - and tin present locomotion up the stairs without getting retired of breath.

She said: "Before being a teen - I've ne'er got a regular period. I was fortunate if I got it 2 to 3 times a year.

"Now since February I person a regular play similar timepiece work."

Lee hopes to animate others with their value nonaccomplishment journeys - and that the country way tin beryllium life-changing.

She said: "Everybody is different. What worked for maine mightiness not enactment for others.

"If they spell down the aforesaid way it is mentally challenging.

"Once you get utilized to it and spot the results you consciousness amazing.

"I ne'er consciousness hungry. I mislaid implicit what I expected. I'm blessed with wherever I americium now.

"It's the champion determination I made."