Overweight family shed nearly 19 stone between them

Overweight family shed nearly 19 stone between them

An overweight family turned their lives around by losing a staggering 18 stone between them.

Denise and Michael Wynne, and their son, James, from Hartlepool, County Durham, shed the weight after swapping their favourite greasy takeaways for healthy, home-cooked meals.

The family turned their lives around after James, then aged 13, began suffering from health problems caused by his 18st frame.

Unhealthy habits: At her heaviest, mother Denise Wynne, pictured, tipped the scales at 19st 4lb. The family lost weight after their 16st son James, pictured, started suffering health issues

Health scare: Father Michael, who has lost five stone, suffered a heart attack and a stroke

New lease of life: Denise now weighs 9st 8lbs while Michael now weighs 11st 

Denise weighed 19st 4lbs before the weight loss and now feels confident with her 9st 9lb frame (right). Meanwhile husband Michael dropped from 16st to 11st (right) and James ow weighs 14st.

Denise, 57, who has shrunk from a size 26 to a slinky size 10, described how the doctors' diagnoses shocked her and her husband into losing weight.

'James weighed over 18 stone and he had all these things wrong with him,' she said. 'He had fatty liver disease, a leaking valve in his heart and his blood pressure was through the roof.'

To help James, now 16, lose the weight, the whole family joined Slimming World.  

The family once enjoyed takeaways and frozen meals several times a week but replaced them with healthier a lternatives 

The mother, who once avoided leaving the house because she felt so self-conscious of her 19st 4lb figure, said her own health has also improved. 

Self-conscious: Denise, pictured before her weight loss, was once embarrassed to leave the house

Exercise: The family has dramatically changed their diet and Denise has started running

Proud: Denise said she and Michael are both 'so proud' of what their family has achieved

'Now I don't need my sleep apnea machine anymore, I don't need to use my inhalers for asthma anymore and I have taken up running,' she said. 

Doctors are 'amazed' with her son's progress - and he has seen a major change in his own life. 

She said: 'James says he is so much happier now he has lost the weight and he is determined to reach his target. He goes out all the time now and has so much more confidence.'

Meanwhile Michael, 45, who had to undergo open heart surgery after suffering a heart attack and a stroke, has dropped from 16st to 11st.

Denise added: 'We are so proud of how well we have done as a family. We still have delicious meals like lasagne, chicken curry or chicken chow mein bu t they are made from scratch rather than from a takeaway or a jar.'   

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