"I survive only on liquids"/ Shocks the 46-year-old woman who 'sacrifices herself' by feeding only 1 time a week and does the 'heroic' action for her 6 cats

A woman says she can only afford one meal a week as she spends most of her money feeding her cats.

Yasemn Kaptan, 46, from Tottenham, north London, has given up meals for a year so she can provide food for her six cats. Yasemn receives a monthly pension of £400 due to osteoporosis but spends it on rent and bills.

She says she drinks peppermint tea to stave off hunger and has lost 31kg since deciding not to diet.

I have no money to spare but I can't let the cats go without food and die. They have grown up with us. I've had them since they were little babies. I paid a lot of money to have it.

Yasemn refuses to get rid of her cats as she doesn't know how she or her partner can live without them. Now she is living on just one meal a week to keep the cats close to her.

My partner is worried about me, but I'm used to it now. I'll be fine, things will get better. I can't do anything, I won't get rid of my cats. I have had them for 17 years, they are my little babies that I carry.

Yasemn added:

I eat once a week. I only have peppermint tea or juices all week. If I eat it should be something light like yogurt or vegetables. I cry every couple of days because I'm depressed and tired. Some weeks I am not eating properly at all and survive only on liquids.