Mayra Rosales has lost 800 pounds since the TLC "Half-Ton Killer," star previously weighed 1,000 pounds, according to TV station KTLA.
"I was dying," the star told the media outlet. "I don't know if you had seen pictures before – you could see it in my face. I had given up in life. I was alive but not living a life."
Rosales first came to the public's awareness after being accused of accidently "crushing" her eight-year-old nephew to death, which was reportedly "a lie to protect her sister," KTLA reported.
The woman was charged with capital murder after she allegedly rolled over the boy, according to Houston television station KTRK. Prosecutors then dismissed the charges after they discovered the ploy.
The process to lose weight was not easy – nor was it a quick one. It tool seven years and several surgeries, some of which to reduce her body mass enough she could exercise, according to Dig Via, but it was surely worth it, says Rosales.
