20ST WOMAN WITH 'BODY BLINDNESS' SHEDS 10ST LIKE DAWN FRENCH
A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses. While Georgina Crook had always been overweight, she was never bullied at school, never heard a cruel comment in passing and enjoyed a loving relationship with her husband.She had always been popular with her friends and, while she admits clothes shopping was a "nightmare", her ever-increasing weight not once posed a problem.But when her eight-year-old son Daniel begged her to join her on a bike ride after receiving a cycle for Christmas, Georgina had a sudden wake-up call.At 21st she was simply too big to physically fit on a bicycle seat and she knew then that she needed to do something about her size
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