There were times when Shawna Fountain feared she would have a heart attack after walking up the stairs.
After having four children, the 34-year-old stay-at-home mom had ballooned to 300lbs and a size XXXL, leaving her so ashamed that she often hid at the house.
At 5ft 5in, she was firmly classified as severely obese.
But after finding she could not fit down a playground slide with her then seven-year-old, the Michigan native vowed to take control of her health — saying she wanted to be there for her children.
‘We were at the park and I couldn’t go down the slide, I couldn’t
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