Young Woman 20 Who Developed A Binge Eating Disorder Loses 62kg

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A young Australian woman has been given a new lease on life after she made the decision to undergo bariatric surgery at just 17 years old.  

Ellie Baxter, from Brisbane, was plagued with health issues growing up and has endured eight hip surgeries since the age of 10.

The now 20-year-old also developed a 'bizarre' neurological condition that affected her legs and left her needing to learn how to walk again.

Recovering from surgeries and constant stays in hospital made exercise 'impossible', and, coupled with a binge-eating disorder, saw Ellie's weight hit 142kg when she was 17.    

Through desperation, buzzsprout.com the teenager had a gastric sleeve weight-loss procedure just a few months shy of her 18th birthday with the support of her parents.

The weight started to fall off - but it wasn't without its challenges.  











Before and after: Ellie Baxter (pictured) underwent bariatric surgery at just 17 years old and https://podcasts.google.com/ lost 62kg after piling on weight through her teens when she was in and out of hospital

Ellie's relationship with food started to 'go downhill' when she was 10 after a doctor put her on a diet to treat her 'fatty liver' which is caused by obesity. 

She found the experience 'isolating' as none of her school friends had to worry about what they were eating.

'Nobody else that I was surrounded with was experiencing that. At that age most people aren't concerned about what they're eating but I was definitely made hyper aware,' Ellie told FEMAIL.




Ellie's relationship with food started to 'go downhill' when she was just 10 after a doctor put her on a diet to treat her 'fatty liver' which is caused by obesity (pictured age 9)

Her complex view of food was further heightened when she had her first hip surgery to correct the constantly dislocating joint. She couldn't bear weight for six weeks and had to stay at home. 

'That's when I can, https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/the-bariatricmultivitamins-podcast/4517744 from memory, pinpoint when I started binging food, hiding my habits from my family and buzzsprout.com being really sneaky with what I was doing,' she said. 

'Binging and eating a heap of food was a distraction from the physical and emotional turmoil that I was experiencing.'

Ellie said she became 'pretty good' at hiding her habit. 

'I used to shove stuff down the side of the lounge and when mum would clean she'd find it and I was like "oh it must be from dad",' Ellie said. 

'My parents probably were a bit suspicious in hindsight but there wasn't much they could really do.'

Ellie 'rapidly' gained weight over the years and by 15 she was 100kg and https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/ shopping for size 20 clothes.




Her complex view of food was further heightened when she had her first hip surgery to correct the constantly dislocating joint. She couldn't weight bare for six weeks and had to stay at home

'I had more access to the internet and social media and at time I was at a girl's school so I was very much comparing myself to other people,' she said. 

'It was also when I really started to get really sick with my illness and was at school even less so I had a lot of time to think and compare.'

As Ellie's weight grew, her health and confidence plummeted. 

She tried numerous fad diets from keto to intermittent fasting and Weight Watchers but nothing helped. 

'My mum's been a yo-yo dieter her whole life so I was constantly exposed to something of that sort of nature. It was second nature for https://www.amazon.com/criminal-minds-board-game/s?k=criminal+minds+board+game&rh=p_78%3AB089WLNW4L me to try that sort of thing but nothing ever stuck,' she said. 

With more free time on her hands as she endured more hip surgeries and player.fm weeks of recovery, Ellie found solace in learning creative skills including makeup artistry. 

She also moved schools and found an 'inclusive' and 'understanding' group of friends which improved her quality of life however she continued to be plagued by health issues. 




Throughout her teens, Ellie was constantly in hospital or www.buzzsprout.com recovering from hip surgeries to correct complications caused by Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the weight piled on 

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