When the pair met in 2013 they piled on more eating three takeaways a week. "Because of my PCOS and hormonal issues I would lose four stone and gain it back," she said.Ĭatherine and Dean before the gastric bypass operation (Image: Catherine Corner / SWNS) Catherine says she's struggled with her weight since childhood, and as an adult tried Weight Watchers and Slimming World. I'd lost 10 stone naturally before surgery and ran the Redcar marathon in 2013 but I soon fell back into bad habits."ĭean had always struggled with his weight and was used to being the bigger one in his friendship group. Before I wouldn't eat breakfast and lunch and would be starving when I got in and would binge on a massive takeaway."ĭean, an administrator, added: "My size was starting to get to me - I stopped wanting to go out with Catherine and our couple friends. "I had sleep apnoea which has gone away and now I have regular periods for the first time in my life. Catherine, a director of a stationery company, from Redcar, North Yorkshire said: "I feel so much lighter, healthier and a lot more energised. The pair now have a higher chance of conceiving naturally but will still have to qualify for IVF treatment. Dean has lost 13 stone and is now 16st, and has swapped his size 4XL clothes for size L.Ĭatherine and Dean before and after the gastric bypass operation (Image: Catherine Corner / SWNS) In just a year, Catherine has lost 10 stone, and is now 13st, and has gone from a size 24 to a size 14. So, she decided to save up money and travel to Lithuania for a gastric bypass.ĭean then did the same a month later. Read More: Don't get seduced by the glamour of gangs says ex-member after Huddersfield trial verdictĬatherine suffers with polycystic ovaries (PCOS) and an underactive thyroid making her susceptible to weight gain and fertility issues. However, doctors told her that she needed a BMI of less than 25 to qualify for NHS IVF and she had a BMI of 48.3. Before meeting Catherine, Dean managed to lose weight naturally and even ran a marathon but, like many happy couples, they both piled on the pounds and started eating takeaways there times a week.ĭespite never using contraception, Catherine never became pregnant and so began to seek IVF treatment. A couple have lost a combined 22 stone after 'his and hers' £6,000 gastric bypass surgery in Lithuania.Ĭatherine Corner, 31, and Dean Corner, 33, were 23 stone and 28 stone respectively when they visited the doctors to ask for help in losing weight.
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