Leago Maruma weighed 192kg when she started her gastric bypass journey. Photo by Morapedi Mashashe
OVERWEIGHT and wondering if gastric bypass surgery is for you?
In this week’s episode of Just Skin Keep - a podcast about the transformative power of surgery and its impact on people's lives - we dive deeper into the weight-loss surgery.
Leago Maruma joins our host Gomie Seabi and speaks about the journey to losing more than 100kg since going through the process.
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Leago had been obese most of her life and struggled to lose weight naturally and decided on getting gastric bypass surgery after reaching 192kg.
My metabolism was so slow that even trying to lose weight naturally wouldn’t necessarily work for me. I had high uric acid and thyroid issues.
Leago
She adds that she was not happy with her body.
She describes the months-long process as being “very scientific” as she had to work with an endocrinologist.
