A WOMAN WHO lost over 13 stone in under a year has hit back at the people who accused her of ‘faking’ her before and after photos.

Simone Anderson, a hairdresser from New Zealand, went from 26st to 13st over the past 11 months and documented the process on her Facebook page.

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Some people began to accuse Anderson of ‘faking’ her before and after photos, pointing to supposed differences in the colour of her hair, her skin, and even the shape of her ears in the ‘before’ picture – so Anderson hit back by sharing a photo of the loose skin that came with her massive weight loss.

Throughout my whole journey I have tried to be so honest about the whole experience and tell people exactly what happened so to be called a ‘fake’ hurt a lot. And then when it came to posting about my loose skin, well that was equally as tough.

“So here we go, I hope this helps all the non-believers.”

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I’ve been left with a large amount of excess skin on my stomach… I’ve been at the gym nearly daily in the hope of toning up as I lost weight, and for my legs and arms this worked but unfortunately my stomach was far too stretched to ever recover.

Anderson says she’s looking into surgery to get the excess skin removed, so she can start to “live” in the body she has “worked so hard to get back”.

She started a crowdfunding page to help cover the costs of the surgery – so far, over $2000 NZD has been donated.

She writes: “Every 5am start, every single workout, tear, crying fit – it’s all been worth it.”

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