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‘It’s bittersweet’ Mum’s delight 8 stone weight loss but is left with ‘incurable’ NINE STONE legs

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October 30, 2015
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‘It’s bittersweet’ Mum’s delight 8 stone weight loss but is left with ‘incurable’ NINE STONE legs

Claire Tickle from Eastleigh in Hampshire who suffers from the medical condition lipoedema over the course of a year she has lost 8 stone to help with the condition. A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã

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A woman with massive ten stone legs lost a whopping eight stone when she went on a diet – but was gutted after she was still left with huge limbs.

Curvy Claire Tickle, 39, suffers from lipoedema – a painful condition which sees fat cells expand in the legs so they grow to the size of tree trunks.

The learning support assistant tipped the scales at 28 stone – struggling into size 28 trousers and size 20 tops – when she decided to go on a diet.

FILE PICTURE Claire Tickle pictured in October 2014. Claire Tickle from Eastleigh in Hampshire who suffers from the medical condition lipoedema over the course of a year she has lost 8 stone to help with the condition. A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã
Claire before her weight loss
FILE PICTURE Claire Tickle pictured in October 2014. Claire Tickle from Eastleigh in Hampshire who suffers from the medical condition lipoedema over the course of a year she has lost 8 stone to help with the condition. A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã
Before the diet

More than a year later the mum-of-one has lost an impressive eight stone – but still has ‘tree-trunk’ legs thanks to her debilitating condition.

Despite shifting the weight, her conditions means fat continues to fill her chunky legs.

Gutted Claire, from Eastleigh, Hampshire, said: “While I’m thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs.

“It’s bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time.”

“There is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger – I’m scared I will be stuck with them forever.”

Brave Claire was 16 and wore a size 14 when she started to notice huge ridges around the bottom of her ankles in 2001.

Collect picture of Claire Tickle aged 15 A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã
Claire aged 15
Collect picture of Claire Tickle (left) in her 20s A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã
Claire (left) in her 20s

She said: “It looked like someone had tied elastic bands around my ankles, and my legs were puffy and swollen.

“When my legs continued to gather fat, the doctors kept saying that I was overweight and they gave me tablets for water retention.

“It wasn’t the healthiest diet in the world, but it didn’t explain why my legs were twice the size of my torso.”

In 2008, after growing at a rate of around two dress sizes every two years, she was finally diagnosed with lipoedema.

The genetic condition leaves sufferers with an abnormal build-up of fat cells – typically in the leg, thigh and buttocks, and almost exclusively affects women.

After her diagnosis, Claire’s legs continued to grow, and each thigh hit a 36in circumference by last January – the same size as the average man’s waist.

Collect picture of Claire Tickle taken last year with her son Alfie .A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã
Claire last year with her son Alfie

She said: “At a size 20 on top I was a larger lady, but my size 28 legs must have made up around 10st of my weight.

“People were always gawping and I hated them thinking I was fat – I wanted to tell them it wasn’t my fault my legs were so big.”

In last June doctors told Claire that they were trialling NHS liposuction for lipoedema sufferers and she could be eligible if she lost some weight.

Determined to prove the fat on her legs was a result of lipoedema, Claire joined Slimming World.

She started eating scrambled eggs for breakfast, a ham salad for lunch and chicken with rice and vegetables for dinner, sipping water and green tea between meals.

Over the next 18 months, Claire lost an average of 4lbs a month – but the fat on her legs refused to budge.

Claire said: “As the weight fell of everywhere else I only lost a couple of inches of normal fat on my thighs.

“The layers of lipoedema fat didn’t go anywhere.”

Claire Tickle from Eastleigh in Hampshire who suffers from the medical condition lipoedema over the course of a year she has lost 8 stone to help with the condition. A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã
Claire is eight stone lighter
Claire Tickle from Eastleigh in Hampshire who suffers from the medical condition lipoedema over the course of a year she has lost 8 stone to help with the condition. A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã
Sadly her legs remain the same

Claire Tickle from Eastleigh in Hampshire who suffers from the medical condition lipoedema over the course of a year she has lost 8 stone to help with the condition. A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã

This month the mum hit 19st 11lbs, and a size 16 on top with size 22 bottoms but she estimates her legs till weigh in at more than nine stone.

Remarkably, lipoedema only affects her legs, meaning the mum has slim, size 8 feet, hidden under her massive bulging calves.

Experts have warned that the incurable condition may eventually leave her wheelchair-bound, as she’s been left with osteoarthritis from years of carrying the weight.

She added: “Even after losing weight I’m still in agony and spend every day in constant pain.

“I struggle climbing stairs and have lower back and hip pain all the time.

“Even the lightest touch on my legs feels like I’m being stabbed.”

Though NHS liposuction for lipoedema sufferers is not yet available, Claire hopes that the crowdfunding page she set up last week will help her to pay for private treatment – which costs £4,200 a session.

She said: “I hope people will donate when they see that I’m not fat or lazy – I’m stuck this way through no fault of my own.”

To donate to Claire’s cause, please visit The Crowdfunding website

Claire Tickle from Eastleigh in Hampshire who suffers from the medical condition lipoedema over the course of a year she has lost 8 stone to help with the condition. A super-slimmer who shed a remarkable eight stone has hardly dropped a dress size à because her legs weigh TEN STONE. See swns story SWLEGS. Claire TickleÃs top half went from size 20 to a curvy size 16 as she slimmed down from 28 stone over the last 18 months à but her legs are still oversized. Despite overhauling her entire diet, the 39-year-old mum-of-one still tips the scales at almost 20 stone because a rare condition means her legs are constantly being filled with fat. Learning support assistant Claire was diagnosed with lipoedema, also known as Ãpainful fat syndromeÃ, which involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in her legs à meaning they have grown to the size of tree trunks. She said: ÃWhile IÃm thrilled to be slimmer I still have the weight of an adult woman on my legs. ÃItÃs bittersweet, as people still stare at my legs all the time. ÃThere is nothing I can do to stop my legs getting bigger à IÃm scared I will be stuck with them forever.Ã

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