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The Sun
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
EastEnders star Lorraine Stanley looks incredible as she shows off five stone weight loss in glam gown
LORRAINE Stanley channelled her inner glamazon as she posed on the red carpet in a stunning gown. The EastEnders favourite, who has lost five stone after having a gastric sleeve operation, beamed as she took to the red carpet on Saturday night. 7 7 7 Joining celebrity pals at the Royal Garden Hotel in London, Lorraine glammed up for the Paul Strank Summer Party, an annual charity gala supporting underprivileged children. Wearing a stunning silver dress, Lorraine swept back her blonde hair and couldn't stop smiling as she posed in a silver and white gown. Completing the look with silver shoes and a simple pair of dangly earrings, Lorraine was clearly ready for a night of fun. Lorraine revealed in May that she had undergone a gastric sleeve procedure amid speculation her weight loss was down to popular jabs like Ozempic, which have become a common way to shed weight quickly. A gastric sleeve is a weight loss procedure that removes a significant portion of the stomach, creating a smaller, sleeve-shaped pouch. In March, she revealed that she had lost five stone in total, after embracing a new healthier 'clean living' lifestyle and hiring a personal trainer. She has since been showing off her slender figure at events, as well as TikTok videos with her 10-year-old daughter. Lorraine has also said she is getting back in the saddle when it comes to auditions after leaving EastEnders after seven years. The actress admitted to her followers that she was being "highly critical" as she "struggled" with having to try out for new jobs after a long time of working on one project. She said: "I'll get there, it's a struggle watching yourself back & not being highly critical on yourself... just let it go & send it." EastEnders' Lorraine Stanley looks slimmer than ever after dramatic five stone weight loss The star shared a photo of a makeshift 'audition room' in her loft where she had been preparing to record self-taped audition videos for brand new roles. She also credited Zack Morris – who played her onscreen son Keegan on EastEnders – for helping her get to grips with making her own videos to grab the attention of casting directors. 7 7 7 7
BBC News
12-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Man who lost almost 20st to take part in Ironman Leeds
A man who once struggled to get in and out of his own car will take on an ironman challenge after losing half of his body Baker from Cheltenham branded himself "the happiest fat kid you'd ever meet" but was unhappy with his weight and, into adulthood, struggled to play with his two children at 38st (241kg).Before Covid, Mr Baker changed his lifestyle and went on a calorie-restricted diet in preparation for gastric sleeve surgery, which made his stomach the same size as an has lost 19.5st (124kg) and will take on the 17-hour ironman race in Leeds on 27 July, which involves a 2.4 mile (3.8 km) swim and a 112-mile (180 km) bike ride, followed by a marathon. Mr Baker stopped playing rugby into adulthood due to a shoulder injury."My weight spiralled and I got up to a maximum of 38st... it was horrible," he said."I struggled to get in and out of my own car so I swapped cars with my partner because hers was bigger."Before the pandemic, Mr Baker was due to have weight loss surgery in the UK and had to go on a restricted calorie diet in order to lose 3st (19kg) in preparation. Mr Baker continued dieting and lost 10st (64kg) after the surgery fell the pandemic hit, Mr Baker said he gained weight again, but was eventually able to have gastric sleeve surgery in sleeve surgery involves removing 80% of the stomach so it feels full sooner and less food is then needed to be eaten."It was a tool to help me get to a place where I can manage my exercise and keep on top of nutrition," he said. "Even this week, we've been to Alton Towers which is something I never would have done before because I just wouldn't have fitted in the rides."After running triathlons, Mr Baker is looking forward to taking part in the Leeds ironman event this month, although he said the bike ride and marathon will be hilly."I've been training for it for a while now," he said."My family are coming with me to support, it's going to be a good day."
The Sun
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
EastEnders' Lorraine Stanley looks slimmer than ever as she shows off five stone weight loss on dog walk
LORRAINE Stanley looked incredible as she showed off her impressive five stone weight loss during a dog walk. The 49-year-old actress recently overhauled her body and has been refreshingly honest about how she shed the pounds - confessing to having a gastric sleeve operation. 4 4 4 Former EastEnders star Lorraine flaunted the results of her hard work while making the most of the heatwave as she took her pooch for a stroll. Lorraine looked stylish in a blue dress that was nipped in at the waist and fell to just above the knee. She covered up in a pair of huge sunglasses and teamed her outfit with some casual flip flops. It was revealed in July 2023 that Lorraine was being written out of EastEnders after playing iconic character Karen Taylor for seven years. She later opened up about her sudden exit from the soap, confessing to experiencing a 'mix of emotions' after receiving the news. Lorraine told The Sun: 'I was sad, it was a mix of emotions, it's sad but it's exciting as now I can go and do what I want. "You can get a bit relaxed there and a bit comfortable. So I want to be out of my comfort zone. 'I just want people to remember her as the best mum on the square, a heart of gold, she'd give you her last fiver and would do anything for her kids - a bit like myself.' But it wasn't long before Lorraine landed a huge new role, in gritty British film Departures. She starred alongside fellow soap legends Hollyoaks hunk David Tag and Coronation Street 's Kimberly Hart-Simpson. EastEnders' Lorraine Stanley looks slimmer than ever after dramatic five stone weight loss Last week Lorraine was forced to hit back after a cruel troll branded her a "grandma" following her incredible weight loss. In a new TikTok video, she danced with daughter Nancy and even included '#motherdaughter' on her post. That didn't stop one person from making a savage assumption, when they wrote: 'Is that your granddaughter?' But actress Lorraine was quick to hit back: 'Daughter. #motherdaughter is a bit of a clue." 4
Daily Mail
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
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.
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Mother sues surgeon for £200,000 over 'weight loss operation gone wrong'
A top surgeon is being sued for more than £200,000 after a mother-of-three ended up hospitalised with malnutrition when a weight-loss operation went wrong. Paramedic Alison Tarrant had struggled with her weight after having her children and in 2019, when 16 stone, decided to undergo a gastric sleeve operation. The operation is "irreversible" and involves part of her stomach being removed to reduce its capacity to about the size of a banana to prevent overeating. Top bariatric surgeon Simon Monkhouse carried out the operation successfully, the High Court heard, but after Ms Tarrant reported that she was struggling to eat solid food in the aftermath he went on to carry out another procedure to attempt to stretch out her new smaller stomach using a special medical balloon which he inflated inside her. However after the balloon procedure, her newly-reduced stomach perforated and begin to "leak," the court has heard, leading to an emergency gastric bypass operation to save her life. She was left in a life-threatening condition, which saw her hospitalised for "many months" and fed through a tube due to malnutrition. Ms Tarrant still suffers "ongoing severe health difficulties" and is now suing the surgeon, claiming compensation of more than £200,000 for her life-changing ordeal. She claims the bid to stretch her insides should not have happened and that she should have been given more support post-op. But Mr Monkhouse's lawyers are defending the claim and deny negligence, insisting the balloon procedure was the best option given the symptoms she reported. The court heard Mrs Tarrant, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, had paid privately to have the weight-loss op at the Spire Gatwick Park Hospital, in Horley, Surrey, in September 2019. Sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical weight-loss procedure, in which approximately 75 to 85% of the stomach is removed, leaving a cylindrical or "sleeve"-shaped stomach, the size of a banana. After the op, patients have to undergo a phased reintroduction to eating, starting with liquids before moving on to "mush" and then returning to solid food. But Mrs Tarrant had expressed concerned that she was struggling to make normal progress after the op and to eat enough and keep food down. After an investigation, the surgeon decided to go ahead in November 2019 with the balloon procedure, having decided that her issues were being caused by the new surgically-reduced stomach being too narrow. But shortly after the stretching procedure, she developed a disastrous "leak" in her stomach, leading to an emergency gastric bypass operation in December 2019 - reducing her stomach even more to the size of a walnut - followed by months in hospital and ongoing serious issues relating to eating. Holly Tibbitts, for Mrs Tarrant, who was still too ill to attend court and gave evidence via videolink from her home, told Judge Michael Simon that she didn't receive enough support around returning to eating after the initial op and that, had she done so, her difficulties would have passed without the need for her stomach being stretched. She said that the risky procedure should not have been carried out without clear evidence that there was a physical "stricture" or a "stenosis" narrowing the stomach and causing the issues, and which she insisted was not the case. "Sleeve gastrectomy is an irreversible operation which involves removal of a large part of the stomach decreasing its capacity to around 15% of its original volume," said the barrister. "This results in a significant reduction in the amount of fluid and food that can be taken by the patient after surgery. "Patients need access to robust support to deal with the dietary lifestyle and psychological changes following bariatric surgery. "Mrs Tarrant was a vulnerable patient who had been assessed as likely requiring support to adjust post-operatively. She had not progressed as therefore required further support. "She had not been seen or assessed by the dietician at all in the post-operative period, despite the recommendations of the guidelines. "Her support should have been escalated to intensive follow up, including with the dietician, bariatric nurse and psychologist as required. "Her position is that if her support had been escalated following the six-week post-operative review, her lack of progression in terms of oral intake and symptoms would have been addressed and her symptoms would gradually have resolved. "She submits that the decision to proceed with balloon dilation at the gastroesophogal junction in the absence of a confirmed stricture or stenosis is illogical and does not stand up to scrutiny. "Proceeding to balloon dilation in the absence of a confirmed diagnosis of stricture or stenosis falls outside established diagnostic pathways," she added, claiming it "amounted to a breach of duty". "If there is no stricture or stenosis present, dilation will be of no benefit, but is likely to traumatise other tissues in the area," she continued. "Both experts agree that she would have avoided the subsequent complications of conversion to gastric bypass- ongoing nausea, vomiting and food intolerance, malnutrition, hypoglycaemia and the need for enteral nutrition- but for the sleeve leak. "In the circumstances, Mrs Tarrant invites the court to enter judgment in her favour." Anna Hughes, for Mr Monkhouse, however insisted he had followed the right path and that the balloon stretching procedure had helped Mrs Tarrant eat more easily before her stomach began to leak. "There is no suggestion at all that the problems experienced were due to a failure to stick to the diet or to any emotional eating problems," he said. "In view of this, the claimant has not explained how it is that psychological support would have led to a resolution of her symptoms. "The fact that the claimant's symptoms improved after she had been given the treatment designed to target the functional stenosis (narrowing) is strong evidence that it was in fact a functional stenosis that was causing her problems. "Even if, which is denied, the dietician and/or psychologist ought to have been contacted prior to the balloon dilatation, there is no evidential basis for any finding that this would have either led to a resolution of the claimant's symptoms and/or that it would have meant that the balloon dilatation was avoided. "This is an unfortunate case in which the claimant has clearly suffered a very significant injury. The care provided by the defendant was reasonable given the information he had, or could reasonably have had, to hand at that time. "There has been no causative failure of care in the present this claim must be dismissed," she said. The judge will give his ruling in the case at a later date.
