Their deaths played a role in [my] lack of self-love and self-care.”By 2016, Marie told SWNS she weighed 570 pounds and was considered morbidly obese. Between 2017 and 2018, Marie said she lost about 140 pounds from diet and exercise alone. In 2018, she underwent surgery to reduce the size of her stomach to about the size of a medium egg. The Golden State resident says she now consumes about 1,500 calories a day and has lost 350 pounds overall. "On the day of surgery I was 390 pounds and as a teacher, I could not stand for longer than two minutes without feeling like I was going to die.

Source: Fox News December 13, 2019 16:39 UTC