Just a thought....
Pointing out the obvious but at almost 13 months on from wls surgery, she could technically, going by other people's results and averages, have lost a good 8st by now and literally be the size 14 she thinks she is.
That must sting after paying 10k for it. I know if I'd paid that much I would be seething at myself if I'd started regaining.
I've been talking to a friend of mine tonight and Emma came up as she followed her too for at the start budget advice etc and stayed because of wls. I know she won't mind me telling you because she had for wls after nothing else worked for her through diet because comfort eating esd her thing. She went through the NHS for it not private though.
Her marriage broke down, she lost a child and her mum passed away within 4 months of each other. She just gave up and stayed at home, ate and ate and did nothing at all, she totally understandably and completely lost herself in her grief and became a size 34 at 28 stone (not far off 6ft tall and mid 30s age) and literally every minute of the day she said she hurt all over. Toes, ankles, calves, knees, thighs, hips, back, shoulders, neck.... Everything hurt and constantly ached and no otc painkiller would touch it. Shed sleep all night but wake up like she hadn't slept or would wake herself with a snort, eventually found to be sleep apnea because the fat would be pushing on her windpipe so she'd not be having a restful sleep either.
At first the doctor would only tell her to diet and wouldn't give any help. Then he gave her medication that did something that was meant to be an incentive to lose weight (orange oily poo and no trumping as it would leak out) if she ate the wrong things and told her to exercise.
SHe was embarrassed and self conscious and it took her everything to take herself out for a walk around the block.... Only for a group of teens to spot her and ridicule and intimidate her. She didn't go again and just carried on eating until she reached the 28 stone and had a breakdown in her nurses office (doctors advice was only again diet) and th e nurse suggested the weight loss surgery if she qualified for it.
Eventually and with the nurse working on the doctor to refer her she did qualify thankfully and went on the course and the diet to prepare and had the surgery....
This was Nov 2019. Before the liver reducing diet she was 28st 4. After the diet she was 26stone bang on. She stuck to it rigidly and didn't allow herself any soft drinks or takeaways (her downfalls) and cooked everything from scratch. She even said that lockdown have been her blessing as she's not been out to get things, no impulse purchases of a snack thing etc and that it all being delivered meant she placed the order whenever her willpower was at its strongest and didn't let herself edit it after. Today she weighed in in the nurses room at the doctors (her nurse is incredible! Really stuck by her!) at 14 stone 3. In 14ish months she's lost half her body weight and more than a person!
Think what Emma could have done too....!