Weighing 90 kg, my husband still compliments me on my beauty every day.

Yen gained more than 30 kg during pregnancy and lost very little afterwards, but her husband never criticized her, and often praised and encouraged her.

When she was a girl, Tran Phuong Yen had a fit body with a height of 1m68 and a weight of 58 kg. The girl graduated from the Faculty of Law of Hanoi National University once made many boys flutter with her pretty face and cheerful personality. However, Yen's appearance changed completely when she became pregnant and gave birth. During her pregnancy, her uncontrolled eating made the 26-year-old girl reach 90 kg.

Yen confided that when she was pregnant, she ate all the foods she had avoided when she was a girl. Her husband pampered her, encouraged her to "eat so that the baby is healthy", and took her out to eat anywhere, making Yen even more reluctant. However, all her plans for a healthy baby fell through when she gained 32 kg, while the baby was born weighing only 2.8 kg.

When she first got married, Yen was slim like any other girl and weighed 90 kg when she was about to give birth.

During her confinement period, the young mother's weight did not decrease much, usually around 84 kg. Her overweight body caused Yen to encounter many funny situations when she was with Phuc, her handsome husband who was one year older than her. "Are you this guy's older sister?"; "Is your younger brother married yet?"; "Are you and this guy really married?"; "Why are you still pregnant and haven't given birth yet?"... are the sentences Yen often heard when she was with her husband. Countless times the young wife turned away, holding back bitter sighs.

"When my wife gains weight quickly, I only worry that it's not good for her health, but I don't care about her appearance. I always tell her that it doesn't matter if she's thin or fat, because no matter what, she's the most beautiful in my eyes," said Mr. Phuc, who is currently a freelancer.

He said that seeing his wife feeling self-conscious about her weight every day, he also tried to find safe weight loss methods for her. If his wife ate less, he would eat less too. He also often invited his wife to go on dates or hang out with friends to make her happier.

Although her husband never criticized her and she was complimented on her beauty every day, Yen felt pain and torment when she looked in the mirror at her flabby body. She did not want people to always look at her and her husband and point fingers. For a while, Yen took weight loss pills in the hope of quickly slimming down. There was a time when she was down to over 70 kg, but she was too tired to bear it, so she stopped, and her weight returned to its original level.

This July, Yen decided to compete in "Thousand Pound Dance", a program for overweight people who want to lose weight through dance competitions. Knowing his wife's determination to compete, Phuc wholeheartedly supported her. He advised his wife to close the hot pot restaurant and register for dance classes first so she wouldn't feel overwhelmed. "He told me to go ahead and do whatever I wanted. I'll look after the kids. All I have to do is do well on the test," Yen recounted.

Phuc is the one who always encourages his wife and compliments her beauty every day.

She was lucky to be chosen to join the shared house, but had to leave Hanoi for Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for the competition nights. Being away from her husband and her daughter who was not yet 2 years old made Yen miss her family terribly. The messages: "Are you tired from practicing? Text me when you have time. Keep trying. I believe in you"... seemed to give her more motivation every day.

After 3 weeks of competition, the young mother lost 10 kg, but luck was not on her side as she had to stop after the 3rd competition night. After being eliminated, she immediately called her husband to confide and share her sadness.

"Hearing me sobbing, he told me not to think too much. He encouraged me, saying that I had lost a lot of weight and didn't need to lose any more. Tomorrow morning, he and the child would go to Saigon early to pick me up. He didn't want to leave me alone there because the other contestants who were still there would continue filming at the beach from early morning. Seeing my husband and child at the airport, I felt like I was breaking down, all my sadness disappeared," Yen shared.

Image of Yen in the program "Step by step thousand pounds".

Returning to Hanoi, afraid that his wife would still be sad, Mr. Phuc took his wife to buy a dress and eat whatever she liked. Her husband's words made Yen choke with emotion: "I love my wife so much that I don't care about appearance, personality is the most important thing. From now on, I want you to dress beautifully. You don't need to be shy about anyone. I think your weight is fine now, don't worry about anything anymore."

When she entered the competition, Yen weighed 84 kg, now she is down to 72 kg. Yen said she feels much lighter, but she is still trying to lose weight with the immediate goal of getting down to 60 kg.

According to VNE