Loop Lifestyle Sophia Clarke It has been an uphill battle for 51-year-old Sophia Clarke who is in a longstanding fight to lose weight to control her hypertension and diabetes as she tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle and prolong her life. Clarke was diagnosed with hypertension seven years ago, and although losing weight, still weighs over 400 pounds despite adjusting her lifestyle in an effort to control the illness. She says she is unaware of the amount of weight she has lost. “I am an obese person. I don’t know what I used to weigh, but I have lost some weight, but not the amount I want to lose,” the Pembroke Hall, St Andrew resident said.