____A woman who once weighed 322 pounds managed to shed more than a third of her body weight after seeing a very unflattering photo of herself in a Santa Claus dress (pictured here). Sarah Whitaker was finally ready to give up all those fried foods, sugary snacks, and straight up junk food to get herself healthy. With hard work and dedication she managed to lose 112 pounds in just one year. How impressive is that? You have to see how she looks now!
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Sarah used to wear a dress size 26 but now she's rocking a size 14 after shedding a total of 112 pounds. She now weighs 210 pounds a drastic difference from the 322 pounds she weighed just last year. How did she do it? By curbing her diet and joining a boot camp.
"I realized that someone who looked like I did couldn't be healthy and I knew I had to do something about it," Sarah said as quoted by Mail Online. "I was active as a teenager but from the age of 16 I began to put weight on. I was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries at 18, which mean I had a hormone imbalance. I also had a weakness for takeaways such as fish and chips."
Sarah also gained a lot of weight after giving birth to her daughter in November 2009. Doctors warned her that she would experience a lot of health problems if she didn't shed the pounds. "I was on my way to diabetes and heart issues. It was shocking to hear I would have life-threatening problems, especially when I thought about my daughter growing up without me," she added.
But after looking at a picture of herself in a Santa Claus dress that she had taken over the holidays in 2011, she realized it was time for an immediate change. "I saw the photograph of me in the Santa outfit for the first time the day after Matthew's party. I was shocked … I contacted my friend, who runs a weight-loss boot camp almost immediately."
These days Sarah works out three times a week and enjoys healthy meals with her family like chicken salads and home-made curries. She actually plans on loosing even more weight. Her goal is to fit into a size 12. Good for her!
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