Lose Weight Success Stories

At 400 pounds and size XXXXXXXL, John  hopes of being a winner in love were slender – but not now after becoming Slimming World’s Greatest Loser 2019. His 220 pounds weight loss is so dramatic that even his own family can barely recognise him. He now tops the scales at 180 pounds and can buy medium-size clothes after reducing his former 66in waist by more than half. "I feel I have a second chance. I want to fill it with things I missed out on due to being so heavy. Meeting someone special would be amazing." John said Previously he could barely stand for more than a few minutes and was prone to panic attacks caused by worrying about his weight. Those and other health scares drove him to discover and sign up Keto Diet John saw his weight plummet after being inspired to eat healthily and take up walking. “At my biggest I struggled with severe anxiety,” said Jon, a pharmaceutical firm’s senior quality officer. “At one point I was rushed to hospital by ambulance, with both I...

Gary Kirkwood, 31, ate sugary cereal for breakfast as well as fry ups, pizzas and frozen processed foods before deciding to overhaul his lifestyle A man has revealed how he lost  260 pounds after he was forced to buy two plane seats while on his mate's stag do. Gary Kirkwood is now half the man he used to be after he dropped to 175 pounds in just 11 months thanks to help of Custom Keto Diet The customer service employee is now hoping for surgery to remove excess skin around his middle and arms. He says it's a "badge of honour" to show what he achieved. Gary says he was aware he was heading to an early grave due to his extreme weight. But he wasn't until he booked a flight for a friend’s stag do in Gran Canaria that he was spurred into action. He said: “I was told I would have to pay double as I would need to book two seats to take my frame, as I couldn’t fit into a single seat.” Gary said he ate sugary cereal for breakfast, fry ups, pizzas, fish and chips, sau...

 At  330 lbs, amateur opera singer Alison Dowler was the butt of jokes about the fat lady singing. But she has had the last laugh after finding love on stage – and ditching half her weight. Today she and partner Martin prove it’s not over until the FIT lady sings. Alison, 37, said: “The years of yo-yo dieting are over and I finally feel good about myself. We’ve both found a new lease of life.” Having now dropped from a size 24 to a 12, the secondary school teacher told how she had spiralled at university from 168 lbs to 280 lbs in four years after “over-indulging” in beer, cake and sausages. Alison, from Chester, said: “Food became my crutch in my twenties. I found solace in takeaways, junk food, cake… anything and everything bad for you.”   On flights, she needed a seatbelt extension to fit around her belly – and she was asked on several occasions to leave rollercoasters when the safety harness could not click shut. But in 2010 Alison joined a theatre group...

Sitting alone in the living room with empty cans of lager, chocolate bar wrappers and two empty bags of crisps at his feet, Paul Harrison knew he had to make a change. He was overweight, stuck in a rut and was sick of being a slob. So he and partner Louise decided to join a gym and ditch their unhealthy lifestyle for good. Just 4 months later Paul had lost a staggering 50 lbs, dropping from 240 lbs  to 190 lbs And the whole family have benefited from his health kick now that he insists that they all go out on healthy walks together before the kids are allowed to play on their Xbox. Floor layer Paul, 41, from Astley near Wigan explains: “I was sick of being a slob. I just used to live on fast food. I was always eating on the go - if I was hungry I would pull in at a petrol station and grab a chocolate bar and a bag of crisps to keep me going till I got home. I was just snacking all the time, drinking too much, going out a lot. Paul and Louise, 36, joined Custom Keto Diet pla...

Just last summer, Bernie Holt, from Birmingham, was a huge 490 lbs. Meanwhile her brother, Matthew, tipped the scales at 378 lbs. But when he joined a gym and Keto Diet - the weight started dropping off, it was the motivation Bernie needed to join him. The siblings started exercising together, getting up at 4am every morning to hit the gym - and each does four hours of exercise a DAY. Teaching assistant Bernie said:  "When I finished school for the summer holidays in the July I really wanted to see what I could do in those weeks so I just said to him, ‘I’ve got six weeks off, you need to help me’ and he did. The weight started droping and by the time Bernie returned to school in September she had already lost five stone and the pupils didn't recognise her. She said: "One mum came up to me on the second day back and said how upset her daughter had been because she had a different teacher since she’d moved up to Year 1. She’d told her ‘Miss Holt’s not there anymo...

Mum-of-two Clairine Potter became housebound due to her 217 lbs , size 20 frame, after guzzling on cheeseburgers and wrap meals for every lunch and fatty takeaways for dinner. The 35-year-old's anxiety about her size was so great she even moved her professional hairdressing business from a salon to her house in Manchester. Fearing leaving the house also meant she avoided spending time with sons Franky, eight, and Louie, seven. But after deciding to change her life, the mum signed up Custom Keto Diet online and began weight lifting and running - and now is a fitness life coach who inspires her clients with her slinky 147 lbs size 10 to 12 physique. She lost 70 lbs in 3 months . Clairine said: "I moved my salon to my house, I did not like going out, I felt anxiety and it was all a bit overwhelming. The anxiety came on even when I was in the car. I wouldn't even go to family weddings or socialise with my friends - I completely isolated myself. At my peak I was 217 lb...