A WOMAN shed more than half her body weight after a 'hot' guy bragged he only slept with her for a dare. Ellie Hughes lost 14-stone following weight-loss surgery three years ago after experiencing countless incidents of fatphobia throughout her life. At 24-stone she would have to ask for seat belt extenders on aeroplanes and refused to ride rollercoasters due to being morbidly obese.
"I've experienced so much fatphobia - people just assume you're fat and lazy," the 31-year-old admin worker said. She even claims that after meeting the "hot and popular guy from school" on a night out, she later discovered she had fallen victim to a sick game known as 'pigging'. 'Pulling a pig' or 'pigging' are the vile names given to a prank that involves a man attempting to 'pull' an overweight or ugly woman as part of a night out game or competition.
Read more on weight loss Ellie said a man boasted on Facebook that he had "managed to get a pig" after sleeping with her following a night out. "I know that I was targeted for my weight because I would just let people walk all over me," she said. "I would binge-eat to comfort myself and make me feel good.
"It got to the point where I was sick of myself and sick of how I was being treated by people," she added. Most read in Health The end of a relationship three years ago led Ellie to fork out £13,000 for bariatric surgery in the UK after years of ineffective weight-loss diets. The surgery shrunk her stomach to the size of a thumb.
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