Obese dad who broke his bed loses the weight of a '6ft man' after life-changing visit to the doctor
25.04.2022 - 10:03
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A dad's weight became so high that he once broke his bed, but now he is unrecognisable after turning his life around and losing over 14 stone.
Barrie Stewart claimed he is surprised to still be alive despite spending 30 years consuming approximately 5,000 calories a day with a diet of junk food and takeaways accompanied by six to eight cans of beer or cider. He decided to start his weight loss journey after a life-changing trip to the doctors which resulted in losing an impressive 14st 7lbs.
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Barrie said: "I'm shocked now that I've changed my life that I got myself in that position. I'm surprised I'm still here or my bones never crumbled. The start of the journey was the doctor telling me all my stats were in the red. I said to him 'don't sugarcoat it just tell me.'
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I think he was going around the houses trying to get the point to me but not shock me, but I just wanted to know. I said 'what are you telling me?' He said to me 'all your vitals are in the red' - and that was enough to kick me into shape.
"It feels like your life is going down a plug hole and if you don't sort it out you're not going to see your kids grow up and my granddaughter." At his heaviest weight, Barrie weighed a whopping 26 stone and worse size 5XL clothing.
Initially, he lost three and a half stone by simply cutting out alcohol while sticking to his regular unhealthy diet. It wasn't until he joined his local SLimming World group in Birkenhead on October 19 that the dad-of-two began to lose serious amounts of weight.
After losing over 14 stone, Barrie went from a 58 inch waist to 32 while also managing to
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