Woman looks unrecognizable after losing 8st following a toxic break-up
Amy Salmon, from Essex in the UK, reveals her jaw-dropping transformation after losing 8st as part of an incredible revenge glow-up after a bad break up last March left her confidence in tatters.
At 17st, the 31-year-old business owner decided to undergo gastric sleeve surgery and she showed off the incredible results on TikTok.
Amy, who's a mom-of-two, was inspired to make the change after calling it quits with her long-term partner and since people told her she looked like 'two different people'.
Amy even admitted that she's 'unrecognizable' from her former self.
Before embarking on her weight-loss journey, she was struggling with a binge-eating disorder that left her feeling 'horrific'.
She said she was 'miserable, had no confidence, didn't know her worth, and was completely lost'.
It was after looking through pictures of herself from a night out that she made the snap decision to change her 'unhealthy' habits.
At first, she tried more typical methods, restricting what she ate and exercising, but found that nothing was working for her.
In her TikTok, Amy said: 'I'd battled with my weight my entire life, I'd tried every way to lose weight. Nothing stuck, had two babies in two years and had a serious binge-eating problem due to undiagnosed ADHD.'
She turned her attention to other avenues for weight-loss and eventually decided to travel to Egypt for the sleeve gastrectomy.
Amy said: 'I had thought about a gastric sleeve for a very long time, I did so much research.'
After paying for the operation, she immediately noticed her weight start to slip.
On TikTok, she's also showed off her incredible transformation in a series of before-and-after pictures.
One photo montage showed what she looked like at 17st, which amassed over 400,000 views, which left viewers in awe at her incredible transformation.
Alongside a glam selfie, Amy said: 'Here I am, over 7st down less than one year post sleeve - best decision I ever made.'
Explaining how she had used the procedure to aid her journey, she told viewers she was the 'happiest and healthiest' that she's ever been.
One person commented: 'People not realizing cortisol plays a huge part in an unhappy relationship = weight gain.'
A second said: 'The glow-up after you break up from a toxic person is real.'
Another added: 'Took me a few swipes back and forth to realize it's the same person! Major glow-up!'
And Amy's transformation didn't end there, she also worked to perfect her appearance further with Botox and hair extensions.
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