At a size 24-26 and 127 kilograms, Ms Jay, originally from Sydney, was tipping the scales and morbidly obese, but she had always been fun-loving and the life and soul of any party.
 This realization marked the start of a journey that would culminate two years later, with Ms Jay having lost a mammoth half of her body weight.
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Tipping the scales: At a size 24-26 and 127 kilograms, Ms Carli Jay, originally from Sydney, knew something had to change
Tipping the scales: At a size 24-26 and 127 kilograms, Ms Carli Jay, originally from Sydney, knew something had to change

Big change: This realisation marked the start of a journey that would culminate two years later, with Ms Jay having lost a mammoth half of her body weight
Big change: This realisation marked the start of a journey that would culminate two years later, with Ms Jay having lost a mammoth half of her body weight

Lovely life: Ms Jay now lives a super healthy life, working out regularly and eating nutritious foods - she currently weighs 63.5 kilograms
Lovely life: Ms Jay now lives a super healthy life, working out regularly and eating nutritious foods - she currently weighs 63.5 kilograms


The moment she knew she had to overhaul her life arrived on a dark, rainy morning in February 2014, when she was living and working in London.
She woke up with a tingling sensation down the right hand side of her body, and pins and needles in her hip:
'I realised it was because of my sheer mass,' she wrote on Huffington Post Australia.
Dark day: The moment she knew things had to change occurred when Ms Jay woke up with a tingling sensation, and pins and needles in her hip - she realised it was down to her weight
Dark day: The moment she knew things had to change occurred when Ms Jay woke up with a tingling sensation, and pins and needles in her hip - she realised it was down to her weight

Daily grind: And so, Ms Jay decided to embark on a weight-loss mission, cutting her then 4000-calorie daily diet right back down to the normal requirement for a healthy woman - after months of work, she saw changes
Daily grind: And so, Ms Jay decided to embark on a weight-loss mission, cutting her then 4000-calorie daily diet right back down to the normal requirement for a healthy woman - after months of work, she saw changes
Tough gig: Despite a gruelling 50-60-hour-a-week desk job, she took action and starting exercising regularly and eating healthily
Tough gig: Despite a gruelling 50-60-hour-a-week desk job, she took action and starting exercising regularly and eating healthily

'I was getting no circulation across my body while I slept.'
And so, Ms Jay decided to embark on a weight-loss mission, cutting her then 4000-calorie daily diet right back down to the normal requirement for a healthy woman, and forcing herself to exercise despite a gruelling 50-60-hour-week desk job:
'Instead of thinking, wondering or whinging about my body size and problems, I took action and did something about it,' she wrote on her Instagram page.