Like Kelly Osborne, I know that gastric sleeve surgery isn't a 'cheat'

As I sit writing this, I am buzzing with the self-satisfied ache of having just finished a 12 mile hike. My legs hurt, but I’m hardly in agony. My shins aren’t burning as if someone is ironing them. My body isn’t flooding itself with chemicals to fight pain it simply can’t endure – chemicals that make me sweat and shake and lose blood sugar. That used to be the case when I tried to walk as far as the bus stop.

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