Linda Faye Snelson (pictured), 51, weighed 130 kilograms until the death of her ‘soulmate’ and mother in January 2015 sparked a drastic body transformation
A grandmother-of-five on the verge of taking her own life says she now has another 50 years to live after completing a drastic body transformation.
Linda Faye Snelson, 51, weighed 130 kilograms when her ‘soulmate’ died from cancer two days after her mother lost a battle with septicemia in January 2015.
The woman from Dubbo, 400 kilometres west of Sydney, brought a bottle of pills to the cemetery where they lay, crying in the rain for four hours while contemplating suicide.
But Linda told FEMAIL on Wednesday that something suddenly ‘clicked’, which helped to turn her life around and led her to a weight-loss of more than 50 kilograms.
‘My intention was to kill myself, and then I thought: “Is this it for me?”,’ she said.
‘Something just clicked and I told myself: “Get off your a**, get healthy, and get on with it.”‘
Linda said she then took a soul-searching drive, during which she began to plan her lifestyle changes.
The woman (pictured) from Dubbo, 400 kilometres west of Sydney, brought a bottle of pills to the cemetery where they lay, crying in the rain for four hours while contemplating suicide
Linda (pictured) told FEMAIL on Wednesday that something suddenly ‘clicked’, which turned her life around and led to a weight-loss of more than 50 kilograms
She added: ‘I thought back to when I was younger and what we were eating and I decided I’d get back to that.
‘I got back to basics and I started exercising all-day, non-stop.’
Linda said she now eats scrambled eggs with carrot and apple for breakfast, followed by sweet potatoes with tuna for lunch on most days.
In the evening, she typically eats vegetables with chicken fillets or lean steak, while also drinking one litre of carrot juice per day.
She also stays clear of rice, pasta and white sugar and drinks plenty of water with lemon and honey.
Linda said she took a soul-searching drive, during which she began to plan her lifestyle changes
Linda – who is the youngest of eight siblings – said she continues to exercise between one and three hours a day, despite never taking out a gym membership
She uses backyard tactics, running up and down a small set of three stairs continuously, and performing between 100 and 150 squats a day
Linda – who is the youngest of eight siblings – said she continues to exercise between one and three hours a day, despite never taking out a gym membership.
She results to backyard tactics instead, running up and down a small set of three stairs continuously, and performing between 100 and 150 squats a day.
She said her homemade weight-loss tricks not only helped her lose more than one-third of her body weight, but also reversed her diabetes.
‘Now I’m looking at another 50 years,’ Linda said.
‘You are what you eat, it’s true. I used to eat cheeseburgers and chocolate bars but now I wouldn’t dare touch anything like that.’