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Lasagne addict ‘photoshopped’ weight loss

A dangerously obese trainee teacher who lost 133kg after her heart stopped is now accused of photoshopping her pictures because she's so unrecognisable.

Robin Janes from Newfoundland, Canada, chose to change her life after suffering a near-fatal blood clot four years ago that saw nurses work tirelessly to bring her back to life.

At her heaviest, the 28-year-old was over 200kg and was so large that she was forced to use an industrial set of scales meant for weighing large quantities of fish.

But after nearly dying and being declared 'too overweight to work' she radically changed her lifestyle, switching four large lasagne servings for nutritional shakes, healthy food and daily walks.

Robin used to weigh over 200kg. Photo: Caters
Robin used to weigh over 200kg. Photo: Caters

Now having lost a whopping 133kg, Robin's making up for lost time by flying and going to amusement parks, both of which she was previously too wide to ride.

But her extreme transformation has also drawn criticism, with some saying she must have photoshopped her images or had weight loss surgery because she looks so good.

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"Doctors addressed my weight many times, telling me if I didn't change I wouldn't have many years left and it wasn't hard to see that at all,” Robin said.

"I got to the point where I was so large that I couldn't do everyday things, I couldn't work anymore or go to school, my health had deteriorated to such a bad way.

She's unrecognisable after dropping more than half her body weight! Photo: Caters
She's unrecognisable after dropping more than half her body weight! Photo: Caters

"The biggest wake-up call came after my heart stopped, all the nurses had to work so hard to revive me, I got to a very scary point in my life.

"I had blood clots in my lung caused by pneumonia, it was terrifying, being watched for 24-hours to make sure I was still alive was a rude awakening that I needed to change my lifestyle.”

After radically changing her diet and starting to exercise, Robin said, "People are blown away when they see how I used to look, a few people have accused me of photoshopping myself as they can't believe it's me.

"Other say I must have had weight loss surgery, but it's all natural so I take it as a compliment."

Robin was overweight since she was seven-years-old when she weighed nearly double the heaviest a child of that age should be.

People think she's photoshopped her pics. Photo: Caters
People think she's photoshopped her pics. Photo: Caters

Her excessive food intake expanded into adulthood, with her believing that she used to consume well over 6,000 calories every day.

Robin said: "I was eating a lot of greasy fried food, no vegetables and would always have a second plate of food, even as a child I'd have three hot dogs instead of one.

"In adulthood, if I ordered a large pizza I would eat the whole thing or would drive to multiple drive throughs for chicken nuggets and more.

"Even my lasagne portions would be a slab and probably the equivalent of four normal-sized servings, it was ridiculous or if I had spaghetti it would be piled up to the ceiling."

Robin's size presented such a problem that she couldn't take the classes she wanted because the seats weren't wide enough and eventually was even signed off from work.

She said: "It had come to the point where I had outgrown seats in school, so was choosing classes based upon the classroom seat size, if I couldn't fit I would run out of the classroom.

"I had limited movement so would go for short little walks, at the beginning I was so large that while sitting down my stomach was over my knees and would hurt my thighs

"I was out of breath very easily and couldn't walk far around grocery stores without being winded."

Now at a healthy weight of 72kg Robin's started travelling, something she struggled to do before because she was too large for airplane seats.

"I have a new life completely, I went from not being able to do anything to limitless options where I'm seeking out adventure.

"Now because I can I travel as much as I can, I get on rollercoasters, I seek out adventure to catch up on all the time I missed out"

ROBIN'S DIET BEFORE
Breakfast - nothing
Snacks – lasagne with lots of cheese
Lunch – a whole large pizza or slab of lasagne equivalent to four portions
Snacks – nachos
Dinner – hot dogs
Dessert – popcorn or whole bag or large chips

ROBIN'S DIET NOW
Breakfast –shake or eggs and one slice of wholegrain toast
Snacks – almonds or berries
Lunch – chicken breast with sweet potato and broccoli or asparagus
Snacks - boiled egg or Greek yoghurt
Dinner – salmon with brown rice and mixed vegetables

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