Obese woman sheds 9st by quitting this everyday drink

At her heaviest Teresa Perrego couldn’t squeeze herself into a pair of stretchy leggings.

Article by Laura Mitchell

Horrified that she couldn’t fit into the largest size in the shop, the 50-year-old decided to turn her life around.

“It got to the point where I looked in the mirror one day and didn’t know the person looking back at me, I was horrified,” she said.

And in just two year the mum, who runs beauty salons, managed to shed a whopping 18st and now looks unrecognisable.

Teresa, from Denver in Colorado, USA, said: “I was one of those people who didn’t eat, but I’d always have the large 400 calorie Starbucks and I’d drink up to four of them a day.

“I’d always go for the large chocolate mocha with whipped cream, you don’t realise it at the time but they’re so high in calories.

“You think you’re just drinking something so it can’t be too unhealthy, but then when you realise the calorie and sugar content and find out just how bad they are for you.”

Now, the minuscule mum weighs just over 9st and is delighted that she can fit into size-8 clothing.

She said: “I’ve lost over 120lbs and feel incredible, I had to buy a whole new wardrobe as nothing fitted me anymore but this time because all my clothes were too big.

“When trying on clothes I was shocked when a size 8 was huge on me, I went down a size but still it was too large, then I went down to a two, just to try it, and it looked perfect.

“There was a point in my life where I thought I’d never see size four clothing again, I just to accept that it would never be me, but now I can fit into them.

“Being healthier means I have so much more energy too, rather than being the mum who’d stand on the side-lines feeling unhappy, I’m a lot more fun and happy.”