article_snippet.sent: Doctors warned the strain of being overweight would kill Shanna McCormick if Shanna McCormick didn't slim down - and fast.
article_snippet.sent: Miss McCormick, 31, from Manchester, said: 'I had been told for years that my life was at risk because of my weight, and so my life was at risk because of my weight went in one ear out the other. '
article_snippet.sent: At 5ft 6ins, Miss McCormick's life was in constant danger and Miss McCormick admits Miss McCormick can't remember a time when Miss McCormick was not overweight.
article_snippet.sent: At primary school Miss McCormick was the biggest girl in Miss McCormick class and Miss McCormick was already obese by the time Miss McCormick moved to secondary school.
article_snippet.sent: Conditions linked to Miss McCormick weight, including asthma, made Miss McCormick a target for bullies, and Miss McCormick turned to food for comfort.
article_snippet.sent: Though he was slim, Miss McCormick weight crept up to he
article_snippet.sent: Miss McCormick Miss McCormick said doctors warnings her weight would kill Miss McCormick went 'in one ear out the other'.
article_snippet.sent: Miss McCormick Miss McCormick said: 'I was offered weight-loss surgery but was too scared of dying on the operating table, because my weight made the anaesthetic a risk. '
article_snippet.sent: My size was seeing Mr Dimmock's fear and uncertainty about their future together that finally forced Miss McCormick Miss McCormick into action and Miss McCormick vowed to stop overeating.
article_snippet.sent: Miss McCormick Miss McCormick said Miss McCormick cannot remember a time Miss McCormick wasn't overweight, and used to turn to food for comfort.