A MUM got a jaw-dropping ‘revenge body’ with £5,000 ‘tweakments’ and losing eight stone – gaining comparisons to Love Island star Gemma Owen.
Amy Salmon says when her long-term relationship broke down in March last year she was a size 22 and felt ‘horrific’ in her own skin.
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But after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery and £5,000-worth of beauty treatments, the 31-year-old says she now oozes confidence and is a completely different person.
Unbelievable photos show Amy a year apart looking strikingly different – with the aesthetics practitioner claiming she’s now a completely different person both mentally and physically.
When the mum-of-two first met her ex-partner aged 21 she weighed 10st and would go to the gym five times a week to maintain her trim size 8 figure.
But after becoming comfortable in her relationship, Amy says she piled on the pounds and ballooned to 17st as she gorged on five takeaways a week due to ’emotional eating’.
It was only when Amy saw photos of herself in a dress after a night out post break-up that she decided she needed to do something about her ‘unhealthy’ habits.
At first, Amy tried to lose the weight through exercise but, due to her binge-eating habit, opted for a £4,200 gastric sleeve in June 2024.
Following the op in Egypt, Amy dropped 8st and eight dress sizes to a svelte size six and says she’s now a much more active mum too.
Amy is now sharing her transformation to show other women that they shouldn’t be scared to leave an ‘unhealthy’ relationship.
Amy, from Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire, said: “There was a breakdown in communication in our relationship.
“In the end, we couldn’t even bring ourselves to be in the same room as each other.
“I felt horrific in myself. I had never felt so low mentally and physically in my body image in my entire life.
“A massive contributing factor for the relationship ended was how I looked, I was a massive binge eater.
“You get comfortable with someone and go out on dates to eat and you’re not going to the gym five or six times a week like I was when I first met him.
“[In the relationship], I would order a lot of Uber Eats. I would have constant takeaways and live off these.
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“I was probably having five takeaways a week and it was setting me back at least £100.
“The binge-eating had gotten out of control. I just needed something as extreme as a gastric sleeve to kick me into gear.
“It [losing the weight] made me feel amazing. I love fashion and it meant I was able to buy clothes from shops as before I had to buy my clothes online.
“As a mum it has massively changed the game. As a 17 stone woman, I would be sweating at soft play.
“I used to be embarrassed to do those things because of how I looked and my energy levels but now I feel so much better.”
Beauty tweakments
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After her surgery, Amy underwent skin booster treatments, had her face filler and Botox regularly topped up and changed her hair from a ‘miserable’ blond bob to flowing 18-inch brunette extensions.
In total Amy said she had £5,000 worth of treatments done and claims her break-up was the best thing to ever happen to her.
Amy said: “I have changed my hair and got 18-inch extensions put in. The short bob was such a miserable cut and colour for a miserable person.
“I do a lot of the treatment myself but I would have spent absolutely thousands on this. My hair alone cost me £600 and in total at least £5,000 for everything else.”
Love Island look
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In April this year, Amy posted a TikTok video showing off her transformation and users were quick to congratulate her and compare her to Love Island star Gemma Owen.
And after getting her ‘sparkle’ back post break-up, she says she has started dating again and is now encouraging others to leave their relationship if they’re unhappy.
Amy said: “When I look in the mirror, I see a different person and I don’t recognise the person I was. I could cry looking at photos.
“When I stepped out of that relationship, I didn’t recognise myself. I am so happy in myself now and I just ooze confidence.
“I got compared to Love Islander Gemma Owens. She’s so young but maybe my aesthetic treatment is working.
“The break up was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It needed to happen and I dread to think where I would be if I was still in that relationship.
“Do not let the fear of what your life will look like keep you miserable. Life’s too short.”
Amy’s diet before and after
AMY’S DIET BEFORE
- Breakfast: A fast food breakfast
- Lunch: Takeaway
- Dinner:
- Pizza or microwave meal
AMY’S DIET NOW AFTER GASTRIC SLEEVE SURGERY:
- Breakfast: Poached eggs or avocado on toast
- Lunch: Chicken salad or high protein meal
- Dinner: A small portion of spaghetti bolognese or a high-protein meal
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Amy’s transformation video has now been viewed by 359,000 users and received more than 13,000 likes.
One user wrote: “Wow. What a glow up! You look like Gemma Owen.
Another commented: “I actually can’t comprehend this is the same person. Glow!”
A third wrote: “That’s the same person – Wow – girl this is the best glow up ever.”
A fourth commented: “Considering divorcing my husband if I can glow up like this.”
What is the difference between a gastric band, bypass and sleeve?
The three most widely used types of weight loss surgery are:
- Gastric band: where a band is used to reduce the stomach’s size, meaning you will feel full after eating a reduced amount of food
- Gastric bypass: where your digestive system is re-routed past stomach, so you digest less food and it takes less to make you feel full
- Sleeve gastrectomy: where some of the stomach is removed, to reduce the amount of food required to make you feel full
When coupled with exercise and a healthy diet, weight loss surgery has been found to be effective in dramatically reducing a patient’s excess body fat.
Recent research in the United States found that people with gastric bands lose around half of their excess body weight.
Meanwhile gastric bypasses reduce this excess body weight by two thirds post-op.
However, it’s not always successful – and patients still need to take responsibility for eating well and working out.
