I risked my life to be slim like my sister

Lily?s story

It was only when I hauled myself up on to the crisp sheets of the hospital bed that it finally dawned on me that I was about to go through a major operation.

I felt my throat tighten in panic but the risks of gastric bypass surgery were nothing compared with achieving my dream of being slim like my big sister.

I had always been the odd one out in my family ? my mum?s a size 10 and my older sister Hopi is a size six model. I was 5ft 7in and a size 26. When I looked in the mirror I saw an ugly blob. Click here for full article.