A “human dustbin” who guzzled 8,000 calories a day and loved to sink 30 drinks in weekend binges has lost 17 stone in a year.
Craig Moody, 42, ignored friends who warned he was eating himself to death.
But when a nurse told him his days were numbered, the 6XL food addict decided to ditch junk meals for good.
Posing for pictures at 10-week intervals as he shed 17st 2lb, he amassed a gallery of photos showing him going from 6XL shirts to XL and swapping 58in trousers for fitted 38in jeans.
The office worker, who now weighs 15st 12lb, said: “The difference now is amazing. I feel I am floating.
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Self admitted ‘human dustbin’ Craig piled on the pounds thanks to 8,000 calories worth of takeaways a day and 20 pints of beer every weekend.
He ignored friends warnings - and his waistline grew - but when a nurse told him his days were numbered the 6XL food addict decided to ditch the junk food for good.
In less than a year Craig has shed 17st 2lb - and tracked his progress by posing for photos with his nieces at ten week intervals, creating an impressive gallery of progress pics.
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Single office worker Craig from Blackburn, Lancs, said: “The nurse told me I was really big, massively obese.
“He said in his experience of working there he remembers two guys similar to me had actually died. He said I was as big as they were.
“When a nurse says that to you it really hits home.
“I feel like a new person. I have got a completely new wardrobe and it’s second nature for me to be active.”
Craig said while he was a “big lad” at school he took part in weekly football sessions and described himself as “chubby but active”.
He left school aged 16 and whilst living with parents, took up a part-time job which earned him enough cash to go partying with mates every single weekend.
Craig said: “I would go out every Friday and Saturday night and would easily drink eight pints and eight alcopops both nights.
“I probably drank 30 drinks every weekend for about six years. I had no idea what it was doing to my body. It was just the thing to do with my mates.”
Day to day Craig ate takeaway food for lunch and dinner and would snack on chocolate and sweets to quench cravings.
Craig said: “It was binge eating. That’s the only way to describe it. I’m not sure how I managed to hold a job down.
That lifestyle landed Craig in hospital for 18 days, a year ago, when his weight hit 33st.
Scans showed his weight was causing a strain on his heart and he was suffering with sleep apnea - causing him to stop breathing during the night.
During his short stay in hospital he had a frank chat with a hospital nurse that Craig believes “saved his life”, in April last year.
He said: “I made a conscious decision straight away. The penny dropped that I had to lose weight.
“I thought to myself that I can’t go on like I am. It really scared me.
“When I was still in hospital I ordered a salad and fruit off the menu. I was determined to make a start right away.”
After leaving hospital Craig took up a 1,500-calorie a day diet of bran flakes for breakfast, egg salad and fruit lunches and an evening meal of fish with either vegetables or salad.
His mum, Barbara, 70, bought him an exercise bike and a work pal gave him a treadmill they no longer used, while and Craig bought himself a rowing machine.
He has his own gym at home and works out six times a week.
Proud Craig added: “I wasted ten years of my life. I lost a decade and I want to make up for lost time.”
Craig's lifestyle changes
Before -
Breakfast - Skip breakfast
Lunch - Occasionally a sandwich but rarely ate
Dinner - Large takeaway pie and chips with eight or more slices of buttery bread and a fizzy drink
Snacks - sausage rolls, chocolate bars or a sandwich during the day. In the evenings, a full family-sized packet of crisps
Now -
Breakfast - Bran flakes
Lunch - Egg salad and fruit
Dinner - Mackerel or tuna salad
Snack - Fat free yogurt, nuts or fruit
