Two years ago Elena Goodall weighed so much that she could only be weighed on an industrial scale.
According to the 29-year-old Elena, she had a real dependence on fast food, she every day ate harmful food in huge quantities, and could not overcome her passion. In May 2015, it weighed 184 kilograms, and also suffered from type 2 diabetes and apnea.
Elena decided on the operation only after because of the apnea she wanted to take away the driver's license. "The level of oxygen in the blood fell to such low levels that I could fall asleep behind the wheel," Elena explained.
In November 2015, the woman was made a sleeve resection of the stomach, which reduced its volume, as well as appetite. As a result, for the past year and a half, Elena has lost weight by 115 kilograms and now weighs 69 kilograms. Elena managed to achieve such results not only at the expense of surgery, but also at the expense of lifestyle changes - she started eating right, completely abandoning fast food, and seriously engaged in triathlon.
Thanks to daily intensive training, Elena became so strong and enduring that on June 11 she performed the Ironman semi-triathlon program, passing a distance of 2 kilometers, driving 90 kilometers by bicycle and running 21.1 kilometers. In December 2017, Elena plans to participate in the full program of the Ironman triathlon, and her distant goal is the world triathlon championship in Hawaii.