NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
Subscribe
  1. Home
  2. Fast Weight Loss

150kg mum tells: How I lost 36kg in four MONTHS

Amanda gets candid about her staggering weight loss - by Shanti Das
  • 12 Jun 2018

A mother-of-three has revealed how she lost a staggering 71kg - half of which she shed in just four months.

Amanda Nauffts, 36, tipped the scales at 150kg at her heaviest after piling on the kilos in her twenties following the birth of twins.

She went on to lose 71kg with the help of surgery and now hits the gym seven times a week.

But while she loved her slimmer frame, Amanda says she at first felt ‘disfigured’ and like a ‘monster’ due to saggy skin left on her stomach.

How to lose weight in four months

Amanda tipped the scales at 150kg at her heaviest

SWNS

The dental hygienist began saving for a tummy tuck but feared she wouldn’t be able to afford the US$14,000 to $18,000 procedure ‘for a decade’.

She was overjoyed when in March, she learned she had won one after entering a competition on Instagram, where she is a member of the online weight loss community.

Amanda, of Toronto, Canada, underwent the surgery on May 22 and had 5kg of saggy skin removed.

Though her stomach remains is slightly swollen following the op, she said she now feels beautiful when she looks in the mirror.

‘Before, I was addicted to food. I always had a big belly and I never felt womanly or attractive,’ super slimmer Amanda, who now weighs 70kg, says.

‘It held me back from a lot of things - I was wanting to swim with my kids or do activities in the park but I couldn’t. I was devastated, embarrassed and I felt shamed.

‘My ‘ah ha’ moment was one day when I was in my bedroom at my peak, when the number on the scale was 150kg.

How to lose weight in four months

Amanda admits she used to be addicted to food

SWNS

‘I was trying to put on some socks and my hips and knees were hurting, and I was huffing and puffing and struggling.

‘I looked up and saw my five-year-old daughter with her big brown eyes looking at me and I was like, ‘This is who my kids aspire to be like'. I asked them to go downstairs and cried my eyes out.

‘I decided in that moment I had had enough. I was waking up every single day and I felt like death was knocking on the door - it was the impending doom of death.’

But while gastric bypass surgery helped her halve her size, she was left with excess skin that hung halfway down her thighs.

‘My face showed that I had lost a lot of weight but I still felt 150kg. I didn’t feel beautiful,’ the mum recalls.

‘I felt like a monster. I felt disfigured I had put in hours and hours of work, like a year of extreme, hard work, and I still had to hide my body still with shame.

‘Then in March I found out I had won this contest for a tummy tuck. I felt nervous going leading up to it but on the day I was ready.

‘I’m still swollen now but I can’t believe what the surgeon has done to my body. I went out shopping and got sexy underwear for the first time in my adult life. It’s a different life.

‘My energy has skyrocketed and I look in the mirror and I feel beautiful.’

How to lose weight in four months
SWNS

Before her transformation, Amanda, who is married to 35-year-old Mario Daurte, a self-employed contractor, would drink full fat fizzy drinks, gorge on sugary cereal for breakfast and takeout lunch.

She would cook dinner for her six-year-old son Sergio and five-year-old twins Noah and Sophia, but after they went to sleep, she would order pizza for herself.

Amanda had the surgery in January 2017 and went on to lose 36kg in the four months that followed.

She had to stick to a strict diet because the procedure leaves patients with a walnut-sized stomach pouch, meaning they physically cannot eat much food.

Now she eats eggs for breakfast and opts for vegetable and protein-heavy meals for lunch and dinner.

The inspirational Instagrammer, who documents her journey on social media, said she can now wear pretty dresses with confidence.

She adds: ‘It has changed my life completely. My daughter wants to be like me now.'

  • Parenting
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Diet
  • Fast Weight Loss
  • Weight Loss

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Recommended to you

Home and Away opening title
Watch 1:09

Home and Away opening title

{headline}

{headline}

‘Before I lost 90kg I was on a fast track to death’

Mum-of-two tells: How I halved my size – WITHOUT exercise!

Woman who lost 92kg shows off her brand new bum!

Could the 7:12:6 routine help YOU lose 5kgs by Christmas?

Could the 7:12:6 routine help YOU lose 5kgs by Christmas?

{headline}

{headline}

6 eating rules for faster weight loss

6 eating rules for faster weight loss

4 core moves of water pilates

4 core moves of water pilates

Three pilates exercises to work your core

Three pilates exercises to work your core

{headline}

{headline}

Target your midsection for toned abs

Target your midsection for toned abs

Instant Hotel star Bondi tells: I’ve lost 23 kilos

Instant Hotel star Bondi tells: I’ve lost 23 kilos

How fitness star slimmed down by eating MORE!

How fitness star slimmed down by eating MORE!

How this 127 kilo woman HALVED her weight

How this 127 kilo woman HALVED her weight

Mariah's shock weight loss

Simple diet secret helps 170 kilo woman HALVE her weight

Simple diet secret helps 170 kilo woman HALVE her weight

How to lose 5kgs before Christmas

How to lose 5kgs before Christmas

NewIdea
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions
NewIdea Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions

Brands

  • Girlfriend
  • New Idea food
  • Practical Parenting
  • That’s Life
  • Who

Our Network

  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • BHG Shop
  • marie claire
  • Beauty Crew
  • Women's Weekly Food
  • Bounty Parents
  • Home Beautiful
  • All Recipes
  • Perth Now
  • The West Australian
  • 7Plus
  • 7mate
  • 7NEWS
  • 7Sport
  • Sunrise
  • Starts at 60
  • Hard to Find
© 2022 Are Media PTY LTD
All products are independently selected, tested or recommended by our team of experts.If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Get more from New Idea

Magazine Subscription Offer

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Shop This Offer
Subscribe to New Idea & save!