article_snippet: Amy explains: 'I saw my doctor who told me I would have to get down to 387lb (27st)
article_snippet: so my doctor who told me I would have to get down to 387lb (27st) would actually do my surgery.
article_snippet: my doctor who told me I would have to get down to 387lb (27st) needed room to work inside my abdomen, so I had to drop weight to even qualify for surgery. '
article_snippet: I crash dieted to get weight off to the point my doctor who told me I would have to get down to 387lb (27st)
article_snippet: my doctor who told me I would have to get down to 387lb (27st) came to me in recovery and told me that I needed to realise my surgery saved my life.
article_snippet: I could never have lost the weight by diet and exercise to have saved my life in time.
article_snippet: Following my surgery, Amy lost 100lbs
article_snippet: (7st) in the first 100 days and continued to lose weight over the following years
highlights_snippet: Lost some weight in order to qualify for gastric bypass .
  
highlights_snippet: After the operation, her then lost 100lbs in 100 days .
  
highlights_snippet: Now her's fighting fit and weighs 204lb (14st) having lost 266lb (19st) 