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Laura Price, 22, West Sussex
Daily Express UK, Tuesday Dec.5 2006
For years, Laura Price hid behind baggy clothes as her weight spiraled out of
control. She was bullied at school. Where she and her best friend - who had the
figure of a model - were known as Little and Large. Feeling miserable only made
her eat more and by the time she was in her mid-teens, she was 89kg.
Laura, now 22, admit that she was in denial, she was always considered herself
chubby but a routine visit to her GP earlier this year forced her to confront
the truth. She weighed in at 95kg and at 5ft 3in, was classify as obese. "It
was a shock," Say Laura from Horsham, West Sussex. "Nobody has actually used
that word before and I'd never considered myself to be obese."
Laura says she always felt sluggish and lethargic. "It was a vicious cycle. I
was bullied and felt sad, so I'd eat - mainly cheese and savoury stuff. My
weight crept up throughout my teens and I never dieted."
"After I left school and began hotel work. I ate food as a reward. If I'd had a
bad day at work, I'd treat myself to a whole tub of ice cream or a pizza, I
drank spirits containing coke or Red Bull. Eventually it got to the stage where
I don't want to be that person any more."
Eight months ago, for the first time, Laura decided to tackle her problem head
on.
There are three main drug treatments - Xenical, Reductil and Acomplia - which
have been proven to be effective for weight loss but they can have side
effects. So Laura opted for a radical diet change combined with Liposinol, a
natural treatment made from fiber extracts. Studies involving small numbers of
patients have shown Liposinol can work by reducing the amount of fat the body
absorbs from food.
"I began losing weight at the rate of 6lb a week." Having shed more than 32kg,
she now weights 62kg and is a size 10, down from a size 16.
"Losing weight has given me much more confidence," she says. "For the first
time in years, I'm taking interest in clothes. I can go into a shop and know
that they'll have clothes that fit me."
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