A size 28 junk food addict who ate two McDonald's breakfasts a day says even her family doesn't recognise her after losing 14 stone - thanks to a £3,000 gastric sleeve. Paige Vickers, who tipped the scales at 23st, said she was mercilessly mocked at school and dubbed a 'whale' by cruel bullies for being 'on the bigger side'.

Caught in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting, the 25-year-old piled on the pounds from eating takeaways, crisps and chocolates. On the days she didn't have McDonald's for breakfast, she would instead grab her food from Greggs.

Yo-yoing between 21st and 23st, Paige tried diet and exercise regimes to ditch the pounds but was unsuccessful. Struggling with how she looked, the 5ft 4in retail worker researched weight-loss surgery in Turkey and took the plunge, booking

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