Shahroo Izadi

Because as long as I can remember, I was pretty much obese, morbidly so.

I was 100 and I think 22, 23 kilos.

So I guess that's like 18, 19.

And I was fluctuating massively, massively between restrict.

I was desperate.

Every day was focused on losing weight.

and white knuckling it to just eat nothing and punish myself because I was gaining weight at speed.

And so by the time I got to work in addiction services, I was pretty big.

And I'd already had a bit of a turning point because prior to that, I'd had a gastric band put in.

So I wanted to be as thin as possible.

So I thought like tight it, save me from myself.

Essentially, why am I jaw shut, you know?

So they did quite an extreme gastric band for you.

You were saying, like, make it... The ban's always the same.

Oh, okay.

They inject it so that you can decide how big you want it.

Oh, okay.

And it's very much self-reporting.

So self-reporting from someone with an eating disorder who's just gone to these lengths was like, just close it up.

You know, food is a thing of the past.