Time to shed

Petr Ferinov is just half the man he used to be - after surgeons sliced an amazing 264lbs of fat from his body.
The 49-year-old patient, from Voronezh, Russia - who now tips the scales at a trimmer 19 stones - is literally half his old weight.
Petr - seen here before and after the four hour op - says he was so fat he could no longer sleep on his back, could barely walk and had abandoned any hope of a sex life.
Now he says he's going on a strict diet to shed another few pounds to get back to his ideal weight of 13 stones.
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Surgeon reprimanded for swearing at obese patient
An experienced surgeon who told a severely obese patient she was "going on a f***ing diet" has been reprimanded over his foul mouth and for removing the patient from a waiting list after she complained.
In a decision issued today, Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson found the gastro-intestinal surgeon breached the patient's code of rights and showed no understanding of the vulnerability of his gastric bypass patient.
The 44-year-old Maori patient saw the surgeon last April after she had repeatedly failed at dieting.
When she said she preferred the word "lifestyle" to "diet", the doctor told her she was "bullshitting" herself and was "going on a f***ing diet".
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