Does She Look Like Angelina Jolie Now?
Christina Staggs, 26, weighed 140 kg (308 lbs.) when a stranger told her that she bore an incredible resemblance to Angelina Jolie. The woman suddenly thought that she had a goal to aim for…
Christina started to eat only three low-calorie meals a day and began to take her dog for long walks every evening. The woman dropped half of her weight in just 16 months and now weighs 70 kilos (154 lbs).
Girl Recovers From Anorexia
Emma O’Neil was dying from anorexia. Her weight was less than 40 lbs (20 kilos). One day she collapsed while crossing the road. She was nearly run over by a car because she couldn't move. It's when she realized that she didn't want to die. She accepted medical treatment. And now, eight years later, she is finally healthy and weighs 110 lbs (50 kilos).
A Pen Has Been In Woman's Stomach For 25 Years
The 76-year-old woman, who has not been identified, accidentally swallowed the black felt-tip in the 1980s.
She was using it to hold down her tongue while she looked at her tonsils in the mirror but slipped and fell and choked down the pen.
Nobody believed her at the time because it didn't appear on hospital scans.
But 25 years later it was found when she went to a gastrointestinal specialist suffering from stomach pains, weight loss and diarrhoea.
The woman had an op to remove the pen and surgeons were astounded to find that, not only did it still work, but it had not left any internal damage.
Losing 90 kg in 18 Months
18 months ago Harriet Jenkins, 25, weighed 364 lbs (165 kg). But a lot has changed since then. Harriet has joined a slimming group and 18 months later she lost 10 dress sizes. She has reached 161 lbs (73 kg), perfect weight for her 5ft 8in height. Harriet got the teaching job she dreamed about, and was named Slimming World’s Woman of the Year.
190-Kg Weight Loss Is Recorded In The Guinness Book of Records
Alysson Wilson slimmed herself into the record books by shedding an incredible THIRTY stone... the biggest weight loss ever by a British woman.
Just four years ago, Alysson, 33, was 42 stone and so large she couldn't even see her own feet or go to the toilet by herself.
Amazing transformation: what the gym can do
Definitely, when we suggest what we can do seemingly impossible things. Such is the case with these people, living examples of perseverance, men and women who decided to lose weight based on physical fitness exercises, aided by a proper diet.
The results are simply amazing.