A British lady is sparking new dialog about weight reduction after she misplaced half of her physique weight. 

Lisa Childs, a 61-year-old lady from West Yorkshire, England, was ashamed of her weight of roughly 275 kilos.

The second she knew she wanted to begin shedding pounds, she mentioned, was when she noticed a photograph of herself sitting in an armchair.

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“My brother had taken the image and despatched it to me … He didn’t wish to ship it to me as a result of he knew I’d have killed him,” she mentioned about her embarrassment over the picture, as SWNS reported.

Lisa Childs, 61, mentioned she was mortified by an image of her that her brother took and — with some trepidation — despatched to her.  (SWNS)

The mom of 1 was shocked when she realized that she had gained a lot weight. 

Childs used to stroll her son, Max, to the bus cease every morning for every day train — however when he received older, she stopped going with him, she mentioned.

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“I went from doing that to doing nothing,” she mentioned. 

“I simply couldn’t stroll up the steps at residence.”

Lisa Childs holds up her previous dimension 24 clothes — she now wears a dimension 12.  (SWNS)

After seeing the picture of herself within the chair, Childs determined to begin a weight reduction journey.

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She joined a weight reduction plan to maintain on monitor with consuming more healthy meals, she mentioned, noting that at one level, she would eat a frozen pizza two or thrice per week. 

“After I give it some thought, I by no means would have dreamed of strolling that distance – or any distance, actually.”

Childs now snacks on fruit slightly than chocolate bars. She cooks nearly all her meals from residence with low-calorie recipes, SWNS mentioned.

Childs, seen right here, now makes most of her meals at residence and snacks on fruit and more healthy objects all through the day.  (SWNS)

Now, Childs can stroll as much as 13 miles at one time — taking her canine along with her on every day treks.

“We received a canine, so I needed to stroll her for round 5 minutes after which constructed it up and constructed it up,” she instructed SWNS. 

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“After I give it some thought, I by no means would have dreamed of strolling that distance, or any distance, actually,” she added.

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In the present day, Childs weighs about 135 kilos — roughly half the quantity she noticed on the size just a few years in the past.