At 48, Kathleen Wooton weighed 254 kg. She could not put on shoes and could hardly move around the house. For a year she managed to lose a centner of weight and get rid of joint problems
In the fight against excess weight, women sometimes lose. After that, they give up and stop taking care of themselves. This happened to the mother of three children, Kathleen Wooton. With age, she began to rapidly gain weight, and by the age of 48 she had gained a whopping 254 kg. The woman developed serious health problems: joint hypermobility, osteoarthritis, lipedema. She practically did not leave the house and barely moved, leaning on two canes at once.
It seemed to Kathleen Wooton that nothing could be changed. It was impossible even to think about any training or playing sports with such a weight. Each step was given to the woman with incredible difficulty, she was always afraid to fall and understood that she herself would not be able to rise.
A year ago, Kathleen's sister Sara offered her go swimming
. The woman at first refused - she was unbearably ashamed to even imagine how she would look in a swimsuit. However, then she nevertheless accepted the offer, and this decision radically changed her life. In the water, for the first time in many years, she felt herself free from the weight of extra pounds, and was able to move without support and outside help. Kathleen admitted that she burst into tears from such long-forgotten sensations.
At the beginning of training, Kathleen could not move without walking sticks photo @ocean_calls_swimmer
Swimming regularly helped the woman completely change her lifestyle. She adjusted her diet, began to move more around the house, and managed to lose 15.5 stones or 98.5 kg in a year. In addition, after training in the water, they partially disappeared. joint problems, because of which Kathleen had difficulty moving her legs for a long time.
Now a woman is not afraid to fall and can climb herself / photo @ocean_calls_swimmer
The woman is no longer ashamed of her body, and openly posts photos of incredible reincarnation on Instagram. She wants to show other women that nothing is impossible in life, the main thing is not to give up.
The new lifestyle changed Kathleen's face and eyes / photo @ocean_calls_swimmer
At the same time, Kathleen does not have a goal to achieve an ideal figure, she just wants to be healthy and manage her body as before. “I just want to live. I don't want to lose weight to be slim, it's not how I look. I believe that every body is beautiful, "- said the woman in an interview with the British tabloid Daily Mirror.
The figure of Kathleen a year ago and now is strikingly different / photo @ocean_calls_swimmer
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