100-pound Zebe Voicu lost half her weight, but it only made her sad

Is it possible to lose half your weight in less than a year, see your new body and at one point become depressed and say, “I liked myself better when I was fatter”? Such a story happened not in the movies, but in life with a hairdresser from London Zebe Voiku. She decided to have a gastric bandage. Why was the woman horrified when she saw her reflection in the mirror a few months later?

The comfort of food

Zebe Voicu is a native of Constanta, Romania. She has six sisters and three brothers. At the age of 21, the girl got married, and a short time later, together with her husband moved to London, where she got a job as a hairdresser.

The most cherished dream of the girl was the birth of a child. But she could not get pregnant. No questions about this circumstance in the couple at first did not cause. If it didn’t work now, it would work later.

But nothing worked out later either. Zebe gradually turned into a full-figured woman, from hired workers she became the owner of a beauty salon. By the age of 34, at 1.52 meters tall, she weighed 96.5 kilograms! Zeba was constantly in need of snacks, she could not stop and did not really want to.

Later the woman recalled that food became for her a kind of consolation, allowing for a while to distract from the most important problem.

The doctor’s verdict

In the end, at the next consultation Zeba and Adam were told that physiologically there were no obstacles to the fact that they could conceive a child. Except for one thing – the woman does not follow her diet at all, abuses fatty and fried food, and a huge portion of chicken nuggets at night – not the best option.
But how to stop eating in such quantities if it has become a habit? The way out is advised by nutritionists – gastric banding. Simply put, reducing the volume of the stomach. As a result, the feeling of satiety comes much faster, a person begins to eat less.

Zebe did the operation in her home country, because in London it is too expensive. And in Romania she had to spend about six thousand euros to reduce the volume of the stomach immediately by three quarters!
The external changes did not come immediately. But every month the woman began to lose six kilograms until her weight stopped at 49 kg.

The worst thing was that Zebe could not get pregnant, despite the completely changed diet and lifestyle. The doctors’ words that there were no obstacles to conceiving a child remained words.

This is what drove Zebe Wojka to depression. She could not see her reflection in the mirror, because along with the extra kilograms went usually good mood, the desire to talk and the hope that the woman was able to become a mother.

“I didn’t become a mom, but I started to like myself.”

Zebe Voicu underwent surgery to reduce the volume of her stomach in January 2017. After a year, she got used to her new look, but no more.

For 18 months, the London hairdresser visited a psychotherapist weekly to bring herself into a state of inner harmony. She succeeded. She began to like her reflection in the mirror, and her life was firmly rooted in fitness classes, painting and healthy eating. Boiled eggs, stews, vegetables and fruits took the place of nuggets, fries and pies.

I didn’t become a mom and I’m not at all sure I’ll ever have a baby. But I finally realized that I like myself not as I once was, but as I am now.

Overall, it took the woman more than two years to get over her former appearance and become a different person. To do this, she had to make great sacrifices.

By the way, Zebe Voicu’s favorite athlete is tennis player Simona Halep, who was also born in Constanta. To reach the top in big tennis Halep went for breast reduction surgery. The sacrifice was not in vain: Simona reached the top of the rankings, won Roland Garros and Wimbledon and has been one of the most stable tennis players in the world for many years.

And the story of Zebe Voicu is a story of real overcoming. Even if the main result has not been achieved yet, Zebe has defeated herself.