70KG GONE-'MY BONES WERE LIKE RICE BUBBLES'

TERI DECIDED TO LOSE WEIGHT AFTER HER DOCTOR GAVE SOME SHOCKING NEWS

- April Glover

Sitting in front of her doctor, Teri Vallely was overcome with feelings of shame.

Weighing 158kg, the Aussie mum of three was morbidly obese and had just been given some sinister news.

“I had a lot of knee troubles and I guess you could expect that from someone who was so heavy,” Teri, 52, recalls to New Idea.

“They did some scans of my knees and the doctor told me the bone density was like rice bubbles.”

It was a scary thought for a woman aged only in her 40s.

For a long time, Teri had known she needed to change her lifestyle.

Poor diet habits and zero exercise meant she piled on weight for years.

“It was very uncomfortable, and I don’t think I actually knew how big I was. Even lying in my bed when I wanted to roll over, I had to lift myself up to turn over – my bulge was that big,” Teri admits.

“My feet always hurt and I couldn’t walk very far. I did start to get ulcers on my legs at one point because I just had such bad circulation. It was really embarrassing.”

Teri was an emotional eater and her go-to food included chocolate, chips, soft-drink, takeaway food and cheesy pasta. After having three children, it didn’t take long for the busy mum to binge-eat her way to tipping the scales at 158kg.

“I think I was just really unhappy and I became very much an emotional eater.