Woman had stomach removed in Turkey and lost 16.5 stone after psychic's weight warning

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A woman travelled to Turkey to have her stomach removed before shedding more than 16-and-a-half stone after a psychic predicted she would die without drastic action.

Rebecca Wilkinson, had been gaining weight since she was a teenager and saw her weight rocket after becoming pregnant with her child at 18-year-old - piling on nearly 10 stone in just under two years.

The 30-year-old revealed she would often devour two takeaways per day as well as snacks like chocolate, crisps, and sweets - washed down with bottles of Lucozade.

When she was at her heaviest, Rebecca was regarded as obese - weighing 28st 12lbs and couldn't fit into size 28-30 clothes. After years of dieting the mum-of-one saw no changes until a trip to a psychic “scared” her into action, according to Mirror Online.He revealed she had “no future” if she carried on her unhealthy habits and told her to “do whatever it takes or die”.The bombshell kicked-started her weight loss journey and she booked a flight to Antalya, Turkey, to undergo a private gastric sleeve operation in September 2020.A year after the operation to remove part of her stomach, she lost a staggering 16st 7lb - slimming down to 12st 5lb and a svelte size 10-14.Rebecca, an apprentice plasterer, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, said: “I was desperate after years of trying and failing to lose weight.“During a visit to my psychic, he scared me into action.