Mother-of-three has 'new lease of life' after shedding HALF her body weight
A mother-of-three has revealed how she has had 'a new lease of life' after shedding half her body weight.
Diane McLean, 42, was size 32, tipping the scales at 28-stone and as a result suffered from a string of serious health complications.
It was only when doctors told the obese nurse of Dumfries & Galloway, she wouldn't make it to her 45th birthday that she decided to make drastic changes and is now a much happier 14 stone and size 16.
Diane McLean was 28-stone and size 32 (left) but today she's a much happier 14 stone and size 16 (right)
Diane first realised the strain her weight was causing after taking a minor tumble during a holiday in Glenluce, Scotland with her husband Caluum.
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Within a matt! er of we eks the small cuts she suffered as a result of the fall became infected and her GP prescribed her with antibiotics.
But she was rushed into intensive care as the antibiotics had caused her kidneys to fail and she lost consciousness.
In a bid to be healthy the mental health nurse cut curries, junk food, crisps and red wine out of her diet
Doctors at Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary diagnosed her with cellulitis - a serious skin infection, kidney failure and sleep apnoea - meaning she regularly stopped breathing while asleep.
All of these health problems were attributed to her obesity and after five days in intensive care and, three weeks in a general ward she left hospital determined to shed the weight.
She said: 'I was faced with the proposition of either losing the weight or losing my life, and leaving my children without a mother.
'I've always struggled with my weight and before the accident the scales I had at home wouldn't even weigh me.'
Before Diane would regularly make her way through bags of calorie-packed crisps with dips, washed down by a bottle of wine.
Diane with her daughter Bethany (left), 15, Louise (right), 14, and her son Callum,9, in her old trousers
She also gained weighted after losing her sister Carolyn to a virus called Guillain-Barre syndrome adding 'I suppose I filled that emptiness with food.'
But in a bid to be healthy the mental health nurse cut curries, junk food, crisps and red wine out of her diet.
'I do still like a curry but now I just make my own vegetable curry which, apart from anything, is a lot cheaper.
'Before, I couldn't even stand up long enough to make a proper meal - I'd have to sit down on a chair and d! o it.
'I really love cooking as well and I'm doing so much more fresh cooking now than before.'
Diane hopes her story can help others in a similar situation.
She added: 'I've got so much more energy, I'm brighter and I take part in things much more with my pals.
'I'dlike to think that my story might give a bit of inspiration to someone who's struggling with their weight.'
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