Mama June swears never to get fat again and admits she’s been sick after eating too much with gastric band
The star has lost more than 300lbs thanks to a healthy new lifestyle and life-changing surgery
MAMA June has vowed never to return to her former weight after dropping down to less than half of her previous weight.
The 37-year-old redneck matriarch has been documenting her journey to a slimmer figure on TV show From Not to Hot, with the results of her efforts being shown last Friday.
Now more slender than ever, Mama June has posed for a glam photoshoot and vowed to never return to her former size.
She told : "I can promise you I’m never going back to that size,” she says. “I’m happy where I’m at.”
As part of her efforts, June had a gastric band fitted to limit what she could eat - something that she discovered would make her sick when she tried to binge eat.
She admitted: “I’m not going to lie to you: I have thrown up, because you can’t over eat with the gastric sleeve.
“That’s not a thing that I recommend to somebody. You realise what you can and can’t do, and when you do it that one time, you don’t do it again.”
During the course of the show, Mama June Shannon has been aided by a personal trainer, her manager, and her two children Alana "Honey Boo Boo" and Lauryn "Pumpkin" on her mission to get slimmer.
She was spurred on by her cheating ex-husband Sugar Bear announcing his marriage to new other half, Jennifer - and wanted to make him jealous on his wedding day.
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However, when it came to the skin removal surgery on her stomach, breasts, neck and arms, the pain became so unbearable she temporarily quit the program.
In the episode, the star was left reeling in pain following surgery and she hid herself away in her room and refused to leave her bed as she decided to give up on her goal after the surgery left her feeling ‘like Frankenstein’.
The star was left even more devastated when the doctors removed her bandages and she saw what her new body looked like.
After struggling to recover and knowing a second surgery on her "turkey" neck and "bat wing" arms was required as well, the mum-of-four called time on her life-altering regime.
She saw it through however, and unveiled her brand new look at a photo shoot, posing confidentially in a pale pink dress while her family proudly watched.
She told cameras: “It makes me feel really good to show other people this is what I’ve always thought of myself and that my inside hadn’t changed, like my giving and outgoing and loving personality that was there when I was there.
“It’s just a little bit more out there.”
Her journey to become slender has not come without a cost however, and in bittersweet moments she and her family said goodbye to the larger figure she once had.
Ahead of the surgery, she admitted that she was worried about what she would look like as she said goodbye to her “turkey neck” and “batwing arms”.
It comes as a bittersweet moment for the reality star, and she admits to the camera: “I’m ready to get the surgery over with and remove my turkey neck, but I’m kind of going to miss my turkey neck – it’s more famous than I am!”
Her daughter Honey Boo Boo also teared up when she discovered that her mum's "FUPA" (fat upper pubic area) had gone for good.
The former Toddlers and Tiaras star is seen crying as she realises how much her mum has changed.
She told the cameras: “I’m just gonna miss that FUPA.”
- The final episode of From Not to Hot airs Friday at 9pm on WE Tv.
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