Rhianna Cannon had struggled with her weight ever since she was a child.
The Dublin woman had found over the years that she struggled to lose weight long term.
However, she has now shed over half of her previous body weight and says it is the best thing she has ever done.
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Speaking to RSVP Live, she said: “I was quite big growing up; I was never a small kid, I was always that chubby kid in school. And it just kept getting worse.
“I had binge eating disorder from childhood trauma, and the weight just kind of ballooned and kept going up until I hit 29 stone.
“When I hit that, my friend at the time turned to me and was like, ‘jeez, you kind of need to do something here’ - but it was a little bit nastier than that! But to be honest, she did open my eyes to it all.”
For Rhianna, she hadn’t paid too much attention to her rising weight over the years.
“I was kind of in a daze about it all,” she said. “I never really cared.
“And then when she told me that, I was like woah, I do need to do something. It opened my eyes to how unhealthy I had become.”
Because of Rhianna’s relationship with food and her binge eating disorder, she knew that dieting wouldn’t be a sustainable route for her. Because of this, she decided to pursue weight loss surgery.
After a successful procedure, she is now 17 stone down - over half of her body weight from her heaviest.
After being a plus size woman for a long time and struggling to find clothes she liked, one of her biggest non scale victories has been shopping for clothes in regular stores.
“Being able to walk into Penneys and buy a size 12 or 10 off the rack and knowing it will fit is amazing,” Rhianna said. “That has never happened to me before.
“I only turned 25 last week so I was very young to be living like I was. I’m only learning now to live a new life in my smaller body and I’m more confident as well.”
Rhianna plans to get cosmetic procedures soon to get rid of loose skin and finally get the dream body she has always dreamed of.
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