Britain's former fattest teen who weighed 34st piles weight back on following £9k gastric op... and now she wants another one

'I just can't say no to food': Britain's former fattest teen who weighed 34st piles weight back on following £9k gastric op... and now she wants another one

At 19, Bethany Walton tipped the scales at an unhealthy 34st but managed to lose 13st following a NHS-funded gastric sleeve operation in 2006.

But after 'stretching' her stomach after being unable to regain control of portion sizes, she piled a third of the weight back on and currently weighs 26st.

Now the jobless 27-year-old says she hopes to go under the knife for a second time - and says an anonymous benefactor has stepped forward with the £11,000 cost of a gastric band.

Speaking to Closer magazine, she told of how even as a child, she loved larger portions and hit 6st by the age of five.

Her taste for sugary carbs such as pasta and cheese sandwiches made her weight problem worse and by the age of 19, her eating had spiralled out of control.

So overweight was Miss Walton, she got breathless while working as a florist and was warned that she might not make it to 30 by doctors.

By April 2006, her weight problems had become so bad that she was forced to undergo a gastric sleeve operation to remove three quarters of her stomach.

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Over two years, she shed 13st and dropped to a size 22. But as her appetite began to increase, the weight began to creep back on.

'Previously a yoghurt or piece of fruit used to fill me up but I started feeling more hungry so ate a little more than normal.

'I soon began to eat bigger portions and before long, I was able to eat a small meal of pie and mash.'

Her eating escalated, with Miss Walton rapidly adding chocolate and cheese sandwiches to her menu - despite warnings from doctors.

Now, eight years on from her original operation, she says going under the knife for a second time is the only way forward.

'I hated clothes shopping and felt fat and frumpy,' she adds.

'I knew that the only way I could lose weight again was by having surgery because I couldn't control my portion sizes. Food gave me comfort and I couldn't say no to it.'

But when she approached her GP, Miss Walton was told that the NHS wouldn't fund any further surgery.

Help, however, came in the shape of an anonymous benefactor who came forward with the £11,000 cost of the operation after seeing her on a TV show.

Miss Walton, who says she hopes to become a photographer, was overjoyed and will have a gastric bypass and band fitted within the next few months.

'I'm struggling to get a job,' she adds. 'No-one says it's because of my weight but I think it might be, so I hope this op will change things.

'I'd ideally like to get down to 20st and a size 18. I just want to have a happy, healthy life.'

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