EIGHT months ago Shannon Barclay tipped the scales at 23 stone – eight stones heavier than a baby African elephant.
She could barely climb stairs and felt her "lungs were going to explode" every time she ran for a bus.
But after shedding 11 stone – or the average weight of a British woman – she is now half the person she was.
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