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Yating Yang

A young Chinese woman who was determined to look her best as a bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding lost 15kg in just two months through extreme dieting.
The crash diet eventually led her to develop prediabetes, sparking shock online.
The 26-year-old known by the pseudonym Xiaoyu is an office worker based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, southeastern China. She is 160cm tall and once weighed around 65kg.
After being invited by her best friend to be a bridesmaid, she became determined to be slimmer for the ceremony.

She carefully devised a “devil weight-loss plan” which involved almost completely cutting out staple foods and eating only small portions of vegetables and chicken breast each day.
She also committed to high-intensity workouts, sometimes running more than 10 kilometres a day.
Through this combination of extreme dieting and excessive exercise, Xiaoyu lost 15kg in just two months, reaching 50kg before the wedding.
At first, she was thrilled with her rapid transformation, but soon her body began sending warning signals.

She felt exhausted all day, frequently hungry and extremely thirsty. She even began experiencing dizziness and heart palpitations.
The symptoms led her to visit the Endocrinology Department at Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where Associate Chief Physician Cheng Boning arranged for medical tests.
Test results showed that Xiaoyu’s fasting blood glucose and two-hour glucose tolerance levels were both above normal, meeting the diagnostic criteria for prediabetes.
Cheng identified serious concerns with Xiaoyu’s weight loss approach, describing her methods as too extreme.

“She had almost completely eliminated carbohydrates from her diet while engaging in high-intensity exercise. This extreme strategy disrupted her insulin secretion, led to significant muscle and water loss and severely damaged her metabolism,” Cheng said.
Cheng then developed a treatment plan that included returning to balanced meals and switching to moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, supplemented with some anaerobic training.
After three months, Xiaoyu’s weight stabilised at a healthy 52.5kg.
Her story shocked mainland social media.
One person said: “I thought brides were the ones who went all out, but it turns out the bridesmaids go even harder.”
Another said: “Even actual brides are not this extreme.”
“At 65kg, the body should still have sufficient fat reserves. Cutting carbs usually leads a healthy body to burn fat. How could she develop diabetes? Maybe there were pre-existing pancreatic issues or early signs of diabetes,” said a third.


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