An anorexic teenager whose weight dropped to just five stone is fighting back from the condition by setting up a catering business . Faith March , 18 from Maldon , Essex , was surviving on nothing other than coffee when she dropped to her lowest weight in March of last year . After several ill-fated attempts to fight the illness , Faith collapsed in her bathroom where she was found by her boyfriend - and her family told her they feared for her life if she did n't get help . Scroll down for video . Faith March 's weight dropped to just five stone when she was suffering from anorexia ( left ) but she is now in recovery and has set up her own patisserie business ( right ) After treatment at the Priory Hospital in Chelmsford , Faith is now at a healthier weight and credits the starting of her patisserie business , Whisk of Faith , as kick-starting her recovery . Faith said : 'This business has helped me get out of a massive hole . If I 'm honest , it was a hole I never thought I would get out of . It just seemed like a never-ending cycle of problems . ' Faith says she has had problems with her stomach which have baffled doctors for most of her life , but at 14 she was finally told her colon had collapsed and had surgery to insert a stent into her stomach . That returned her to some sort of normality , but in March last year her eating problems began to worsen and those around her began to notice . Faith said : 'My boyfriend , mum and dad noticed I had stopped eating again , I was just surviving on coffee , ' she said . ' I was doing a cookery course at the time as well as working part time at a pub so I was surrounded by food but I just could n't bring myself to eat anything . Faith looks happy as she poses with some of her cooking equipment and her freshly baked goods . Faith looks happy as she poses in her chefs outfit complete with an apron with the name of her company on the front . 'My boss told me to take some time out because it was clear I was n't 100 per cent so I went to the doctors and that is when I was told I had anorexia . ' I knew I always had problems with food but to actually be diagnosed as anorexic just played havoc with my mind . Faith continued : ' I tried to combat it in so many ways that I look back on now and think 'what was I doing ? ' such as just staying in bed , working out at the gym all the time and just generally not accepting help . Then , a terrifying episode later that year made it hit home just how bad her problem was . Faith said : 'After one long day working from 11am until 10pm at the pub in which I had n't eaten , my boyfriend found me collapsed on the bathroom floor . Faith 's weight plummeted to just five stone but she is not much healthier ( right ) Pretty Faith poses with her boyfriend Alex who raised the alarm after he discovered her collapsed on the bathroom floor . ' I ca n't remember much about what happened but he said I could n't go back there as I was just too unwell . 'We went on holiday and my family told me they thought I would die if I carried on working in that environment . 'It hit me then . I realised something needed to be done to save my life . Faith quit her job and spent time at home recuperating , which got her thinking about ways to get herself better . ' I always wanted my own business so Mum told me to maybe do some work for myself while I get better , ' she said . ' I had been at cooking college and it was something I wanted to do for a living , so I started doing cakes and getting people ordering from me and it 's just grown from there . ' Brave Faith sought treatment for her anorexia at the Priory Hospital in Chelmsford . Faith says that having her new business has helped her to start eating again after suffering for years with anorexia . Mum Heather has been helping out and Faith said that , while there is still a long way to go for both her condition and her business , she is optimistic for the future . ' I still have to have check-ups twice a week but I 'm weighing just over eight stone now which is a lot healthier than I was , ' she said . 'My parents have been so supportive by letting me run the business from home and my boyfriend has been a tower of strength as well . 'The business started small but it has just kept growing and growing . Of course I still have bad days when I barely eat anything but as a result of starting the business I 'm now eating a lot more and worrying a lot less . ' Faith 's Mum Heather ( right ) has been helping Faith with her new business Whisk of Faith .
Faith March 's dropped to just five stone as she suffered from anorexia . The 18-year-old from Chelmsford was living on just coffee and no food . After she collapsed in the bathroom , she had hospital treatment . Has now launched a patisserie business to help her recover .