A mother from Hereford has defied medical odds by losing 20 stone, after doctors warned her she had only weeks to live due to her weight. Suzanne Evans, 40, weighed 31 stone at her heaviest and relied on a wheelchair, struggling to walk more than a few steps.
Doctors told Suzanne her kidneys and liver were shutting down and her heart was under severe strain. 'When you look in the doctor's eyes and see they're scared, you know you're in trouble,' she said. The mum recorded videos for her sons, then aged 10 and 13, in case she did not survive.
Motivated by the loss of her father Tony, Suzanne joined Slimming World and overhauled her diet, cutting out sugar and eating nutritious home-cooked meals. She gradually incorporated walking into her routine, starting with just a few steps.
Within a year, she had lost 20 stone, now weighing 11st 4lb. When she walked into her doctor's surgery unaided for the first time, her doctor was in tears. 'My doctor cried a year later when I walked into the surgery,' she recalled.
Suzanne now enjoys two healthy meals daily, often including chicken stir fry, and exercises with her sons, now 19 and 16. She credits her transformation to determination, willpower, and Slimming World, saying, 'I just made the decision to change my life and live.'
