Mum signed off work after hitting 20stone loses 6stone in months View 7 Images

A woman who was signed off work and was struggling to get out of bed when she weighed 20 stone says her days became a 'blur of emotional eating'. Mum of three Anneka Wilkins says she hit ‘rock bottom’ and was suffering from depression.

Her breakfast would be a fry up, sugary pastries, and lattes, and lunch was ‘enough pasta for four’, while she snacked through the day on crisps, biscuits and sweets before having takeaway or fast food for dinner, with a bottle of wine to wash it down.

Anneka, from Wiltshire, sought help from a consultant, who refused to carry out surgery - telling her she would pile the pounds back on if she didn’t address her eating habits. He recommended NHS-backed Second Nature. And Annek

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