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When Anne Diamond had a gastric band fitted three years ago, you may remember the media attention she received, most of which seems to be negative. As more and more people seem to be turning to weight loss surgery, Anne has spoken out about how little she knew about gastric bands and how her operation went horribly wrong.

An article at The Mail Online features an extract from Anne’s new book. In it she talks very openly about her long term battle with her weight and diets, saying “I have done every diet in the land - and yet, at the end of them, put on more weight. I wasted my 40s yoyo dieting and ended up with a worse problem than when I started.

Heck, when I reached for my first diet, after baby number two or three, I was only about 10st and a generous(!) size 12. The costume lady at Pebble Mill, where we made Good Morning With Anne And Nick, was mildly annoyed with me because I was stretching the buttons on my trousers.

Yet ten years later, and after a million wonder diets, I ended up at 15st 10lb. So much for diets.

OK, I know I must have been doing something wrong, like eating too much of the wrong stuff and sitting in front of a computer screen all day, but let’s face it - the diets didn’t help me. In fact, I think they made things worse.

And when you’re that size, that’s when a little bit inside you dies.

That’s when you stop venturing out as much as you used to. That’s when you don’t go swimming with the kids because the only swimsuit that fits you looks like something meteorologists use to make weather balloons.

It’s when you wake up most mornings dreading having to get dressed in clothes you hate, and you go to bed every night feeling a failure because you ate a Malteser.”

I was really, really miserable about my weight. Depressed, even. Not about life - but my weight.

Ann also talks about the experience of the operation it’s self, and gives her advice to anyone considering weight loss surgery.

To read the full article at The Mail Online Click Here.

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