By Ryan Stacy
A visit to a fortune teller might involve taking a peek into the future of your love life, or maybe your financial life. But a woman in England reportedly didn't expect what she got from her psychic one day: advice about her life—period. Rebecca Wilkinson, who'd struggled with her weight since she was a teenager, hit 28st 12lb (about 404 pounds) at her heaviest, and was depressed, anxious, and unhealthy. She'd tried to lose weight in the past, Wilkinson said, but what the psychic told her must have really gotten her attention: that he saw "no life" for her on her current path. "Do what it takes. Go to the extreme or you will die," he warned.
So, soon after, Wilkinson took the dramatic step of traveling to Turkey, where she underwent an operation called gastric sleeve surgery, which removes part of the stomach. A year later, she'd lost about 230 pounds, and said her life's been "amazing" since heeding the words of her fortune teller. She's pain-free, eating better, and enjoying walks and socializing. Wilkinson's also started a new career, and now has her eyes on a very special prize: a healthy pregnancy. As to why her psychic was so convincing, she explained that he saw things about her nobody else could have known—so she trusted his knowledge of the danger she was in.