Marie Before and Today (Courtesy of Caters News Agency)

A 42-year-old obese woman, Marie Eaton, in Britain managed to lose 196 kg to prepare for her wedding day.With her size and weight, she cannot go up the stairs and sleep in the bedroom. She has been sleeping on the sofa ever since. She's drinking liters of fizzy drinks and eating a takeaway worth $60 on her own in at least four nights a week.

Her weight, which was originally 317 kg, was even heavier than the combined weight of her husband and four children according to The Daily Mail.

According to her, she started realizing about her obesity during her 40th birthday when she looked at herself in the mirror. She felt she needed to lose weight; otherwise, she would die early and leave her children motherless at their early age.

Also, she was embarrassed of her figure. She's no longer confident in going out and later on became agoraphobic.

But the major reason why she had decided to undergo a gastric sleeve surgery and started having a strict healthy diet was her partner's marriage proposal.

Her partner Paul's proposal encouraged and inspired her to lose weight. She wanted to look lovely in her beautiful white wedding dress.

Eaton said her diet misery started when her mother died because of heart attack.

She found comfort in eating. It was her way of moving on, surviving the trauma of seeing her mother dying on her arms.

Now, Eaton weighs 117 kg. She gained back her confidence and even started a group of people, who also want to lose weight. She's determined to share his experience and inspire others to have a healthy living.