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Dec 12

Obese teen who thinks lasagne and chips is healthy given heartbreaking ultimatum by dad – Mirror Online

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Charlotte is a self-confessed "appalling eater" who loves nothing more than a huge portion of lasagne, chips and garlic bread.

She gorges on junk food and takeaways with curry her favourite.

Charlotte, who lives in Southampton with sister, Lauren, mum, Anne, and dad, Darren, is also partial to a sweets and chocolate and often secretly scoffs food in her car.

Every month the family spends a whopping 600 on takeaways.

She's learned her eating habits from her dad, who refuses to eat any fruit or vegetables and covers meat and potatoes in gravy.

But at 13 stone 11lbs, Charlotte is dangerously overweight and her waistline is also having a devastating impact on her confidence.

She said: "I'm overweight and it makes me feel unhappy and self-conscious. I never look in the mirror.

"I feel very fat and very ugly and I would like to feel more confident in myself.

"I can't wear bikinis, or crop tops, or tight dresses. I would like to change my stomach and my legs and my arms are huge.

"My face is very fat as well and just looking at myself makes me feel really upset.

"I'm worried I'll end up like my dad, if this carries on."

Charlotte is determined to change and wants her whole family to join her on her weight loss journey on Channel 5's It's Your Fault I'm Fat.

In a heartbreaking message to her family, Charlotte pleads with them to help her shed the pounds.

She said: "I'm very unhappy with my weight and I can see you lot are too.

"You have influenced my bad eating habits and I don't want to end up like you and I don't want to lose you because I love you.

"Mum, you need to take control a little bit. I'm doing this because I love you all so much and I want to have a happy and healthy family."

Charlotte wants her family to completely overhaul their diet and hit the gym to help them fight the flab.

But it'll be a battle to get dad Darren to change his ways.

Mum Anne said: "We're all just hiding away and eating - we aren't living, we're just existing."

The family recruit the help of personal trainer, Andreas, whose first job is to find out exactly how much Charlotte's family weigh.

Sister Lauren is 11stone 8lb, while mum Anne is 15stone 4lb.

But it's dad Darren who has the mountain to climb as he weighs in at a whopping 25stone 8lb.

Next, the family tackle the piles of unhealthy food in the cupboards, fridge, freezer and even their cars.

Charlotte has another reason for wanting to shed pounds, her beloved horse, Rory.

Since she put on weight she has been too heavy to ride him.

And Charlotte's dad, Darren, wants to give his daughter another incentive to stick to her diet.

He tells her is she hasn't lost enough weight to ride Rory within four weeks, he will sell the horse.

Darren said: "I play the joker because of my weight and I don't want Charlotte to have to do the same. If she doesn't lose weight she's going to miss out on so much."

But Charlotte and her family are determined.

Even fruit and vegetable phobe Darren wants to change his eating habits and visits a therapist to help him overcome his fear of eating "green things".

After just one session he feels brave enough to try lettuce and at the end of the six weeks is munching on suede, cabbage and courgette.

And when it comes to exercise, the family are very dedicated, even getting up at 5:45am for a personal trainer session and Darren now running 3kmand then going for a swim.

But by the end of the six weeks has there willpower paid off?

At the final weigh-in Lauren has dropped to 10stone 8lb, Anne has lost a stone, Darren is now 22stone 13lb and Charlotte has shed a whopping 1 stone and 4lbs.

And in even better news, she has now lost enough weight to be able to ride Rory once again.

Charlotte said: "I can see improvements on my stomach and I feel more confident when I look in the mirror."

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