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A mum who was called "fat" by her own son when she tipped the scales at 285 pounds after giving birth has since shed almost half her body weight. Schauna Harshman, 35, grew up fleeing ashamed of her figure and was often teased by her peers at school, leaving her feeling like the "ugly, fat friend". The mum-of-three gained weight during her pregnancies and ate a lot of fried food, processed meals, fast food and pasta, washing it down with soft drinks. But she hit "rock bottom" and decided to make major changes to her lifestyle after her son Chase, then aged three, called her "fat" and laughed, leaving her in tears as she locked herself in the bathroom. Everything changed! Schauna said: "Almost immediately, I began researching weight loss surgery. I set up a consultation with a bariatric surgeon and we went over the options.I had to do a visit with a personal trainer to learn how working out is important. I also had to prove that ...

A dad who shed almost 98 pounds fast in an amazing transformation has become a bodybuilder.  Olly Hewitt, 36, tippled the scales at  298 pounds at his heaviest but has since spent hours training in the gym and has changed his diet. The photographer now weighs 200 pounds Olly, whose kids are aged nine and seven, is taking part in the Classic Physique category at a UK Bodybuilding Fitness Federation contest. "I’m incredibly proud," he said. "I started my weight loss journey because I never liked my photo being taken in public. My wife said that you can’t moan about being fat, either accept it or try to lose weight.I wanted to go swimming with the kids. I wouldn’t go out, on holidays I wouldn’t take my top off. I thought it was no good." The dad-to-two, from Barwell, Leicestershire, has developed an impressive muscular frame. His lean 5.4% body fat is down from more than 50%. And Olly, who has been with wife Michelle for 20 years, has ditched pasties for seve...

 As the pounds started to creep on, Gabrielle struggled to shift the weight and before she knew it she was classed as obese and had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. But it was following a "mortifying" routine trip to the dentist that Gabrielle realised she needed to take drastic action and is now unrecognisable after shedding weight. The busy mum paid £11,500 for a gastric bypass after she found it “physically impossible” to sit up to spit and rinse at a dental check-up. She said: "I've always hated the dentist since I was a little girl, but this visit was particularly painful. "After the examination, I was given some pink mouth rinse to swirl around before being told to lean forward and spit into the sink. "I found it physically impossible to do. I realised then I couldn't carry on like that." Gabrielle had also been a size 12 but noticed her waistline expanding when she turned 40. Her clothes were getting tighter and tighter, and by ...

At her biggest Wendy Deacon weighed 312 pounds and was a 32 dress size.The 5ft 5inch Califronia woman decided things needed to change when she heard second hand that her daughter was worried she'd eat herself to death. Spurred into action, she embarked on a Keto Diet that would change her life, help her lost 170 pounds. You can see before -after picture below :  Wendy said: "I started gaining weight in my twenties and despite coming across as jolly and smiley, inside, I felt anything but. I desperately wanted to change but I didn’t know how. I was breathless, my joints were painful and at a doctor’s appointment where I said I was afraid of having a heart attack I was told I was pre-diabetic and at serious risk of having a stroke – and then I’d really be in trouble." She said: "I’d tried lots of fad diets in the past. Everything worked for a little while, but they were quick fixes and I could never stick to them for very long. This time around I had to t...

 As a busy working mum, Jo Collins felt powerless to stop the pounds piling on as she climbed the corporate ladder. Despite always being slim as she grew up as she spent more time achieving her ambitions to become a hotel manager 15 years ago, Jo's weight steadily increased.   And when she married her husband, Mark in 2008, she was wearing a size 22 wedding gown. Even though she was always confident at work, outside of the hotel industry Jo would hide away at home in shapeless clothes. Then, while on a trip to Center Parcs Europe in Netherlands in 2014 with Mark, and their two sons, Luke, 12, and eight-year-old Finlay, she realised she needed to change her way. She broke down at the swimming pool because she felt to self-conscious to join in with the family fun.  The 49-year-old has now shed an impressive six stone and dropped six dress sizes. Jo, from Nevada, said: “When I was bigger, it was like I had two parts of me. At work, I could hold my head up high an...