

Undergone a Roux en Y gastric bypass operation which created a new Who'd had a radical form of weight-loss surgery. I was ready to give up when I saw an article about a woman Asthma, high blood pressureĪnd the mental stranglehold of obesity were making life unbearable. Nothing worked.Īt 30, I'd reached rock bottom. I tried to diet several times - meal replacement drinks, faddyĮating plans and sensible ones, such as Weight Watchers. Each humiliation drove me back to the only comfort I knew: Overheard one of my sister's boyfriends comparing us to beauty and

And it wasn't just theĮmotional cost which was high - in my final year at university I spent Today, I weigh 101/2 stone and wearĪll my life I had been overweight. Ten months ago I had a gastric bypass which changed my life. That's because I have a stomach severely restricted in sizeĪnd an intestinal loop which provides a new way for food to reach my It means I've finished the small portion of pasta on my Too much doesn't mean I've had a huge dinner, followed byĭessert, chocolates and nibbles, as it might have done this time last I'M feeling light-headed and bloated - I know this means Now, the married mum of two from Kent weighs just 101 stone. Slimming clubs and trendy diets didn't work, so in the end she resorted to having her stomach stapled.

APA style: Health Zone: Weight Loss- Stomach op turned my life around Madeleine White, 31, used to weigh 20 stone.Health Zone: Weight Loss- Stomach op turned my life around Madeleine White, 31, used to weigh 20 stone.

MLA style: "Health Zone: Weight Loss- Stomach op turned my life around Madeleine White, 31, used to weigh 20 stone.I'm so, so thankful for the opportunities I've had to compete on the show and to participate on the spin-offs, Ink Master: Angels and Ink Master: Redemption. Winning America's vote for "best live tattoo" for the mandala I did at the finale still feels like a dream. Making it to the season 9 finale, and just being on stage in front of everyone was such a surreal experience. This time around, the theme of the season was "Shop Wars." Matt O'Baugh would be competing too, but now as my partner, representing our shop. When producers reached out to me about coming back for season 9, I was feeling more motivated than ever to compete because a couple more years or experience under my belt and a more educated outlook on what it was like to compete in high pressure situations. A couple months later, after several phone calls and emails with producers, we were given the green light for Ink Master Season 6 "Master vs. Luckily the auditions happened to go really well and the producers asked if Matt and I could stay an extra day to do some more auditioning, this time in front of a camera. So, kind of on a whim, Matt, my coworker Paul Lee, and I decided on a Saturday night to drive eight hours to Austin, Tx for an open casting call that took place that Sunday afternoon. I had never really considered competing on Ink Master before, but Matt O'Baugh's wife (and my good friend) Jessica was really encouraging of us auditioning and felt like we should at least give it a shot.
