I was a 27st ‘secret eater’, I’d hide away and binge on McDonald’s & family bags of sweets – now I’ve dropped 12st

A FORMER concealed eater celebrated his 12 chromatic value nonaccomplishment with a CARDBOARD CUT OUT showing his erstwhile XXXXL frame.

Martin Bryan, 36, was conscionable six erstwhile helium began scoffing snacks successful his chamber each time to header with bullying.

He began filling up connected takeaways for his work lunches and binging saccharine treats to header with his grief aft losing his mum erstwhile helium was 20.

By the clip helium turned 29 helium was 27 2lbs chromatic and a size XXXXL with a 63inch waist size - and began having random fainting episodes.

Martin was told helium was pre-diabetic - and enrolled successful a section value nonaccomplishment group.

In 10 months helium had shed 11 chromatic - and past mislaid a further chromatic aft having excess tegument removal surgery.

Four years on, helium has maintained his caller fig - 15st 6lbs - and is present adjacent a value nonaccomplishment manager to assistance others.

He celebrates with a carboard chopped retired of his aged aforesaid to show however acold he's come.

Martin, from Glasgow, Scotland, said: "My value issues started erstwhile I was truly young - I was a concealed eater, I would bargain nutrient and devour it successful my bedroom.

"It got worse erstwhile I got bullied astatine schoolhouse and trips to the dietician didn't work.

"Then I mislaid my mum and I was conscionable eating my emotions to numb the pain.

"At 29 I was implicit 27 chromatic - I could hardly get retired of furniture and needed to bargain 2 seats connected the bid due to the fact that of my size.

"When I was told I was pre-diabetic I realised what I was doing with my beingness and knew I had to alteration things.

"Once I started, the much value I lost, the much vigor I had, the amended I slept and the amended I felt.

"I deed my extremity and I've maintained it ever since - I could ne'er spell back.

"I person a life-sized cardboard chopped retired of myself from however large I was astatine the commencement and radical can't judge I utilized to look similar that.

"It reminds maine wherever I started and however acold I've come."

Martin said nutrient was ever his comfortableness and helium was 1 of the larger children astatine school.

He past began getting bullied for being "different" - arsenic helium was cheery but hadn't travel retired yet.

He said: "I utilized to get picked connected due to the fact that radical could archer - I utilized to bent retired with the girls."

To header with the bullying, helium would bargain chocolates, cakes and crisps and secretly scoff them successful his country aft dinner.

His parents took him to a dietician and helium started connected a value nonaccomplishment program but helium inactive snacked successful concealed and his value kept rising.

By the property of 19, helium was 20 chromatic and things spiralled further aft losing his mum, Margaret McMaster, 43, to a encephalon tumour erstwhile helium was 20.

Martin's overeating got worse "to numb the pain" of the loss.

He said: "I would person sugary coffees and donuts for breakfasts, past luncheon would beryllium McDonalds, KFC oregon kebabs.

"I'd get crisps and chocolates from the enactment vending machines too.

"I would devour implicit 4,000 calories of axenic garbage a day.

"I got truthful large I would sweat perpetually and I could hardly get retired of furniture connected my own."

In December 2018, helium took a travel to the doctors aft helium began having fainting episodes and was told helium was pre-diabetic.

After a "frank conversation" with the doctor, helium realised however important it was to alteration his lifestyle.

In February 2019 helium started with a manager utilizing The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan - and mislaid a chromatic successful a WEEK.

By his 3rd period helium was 5 chromatic lighter - and by December 2019 helium had mislaid 11st and deed his extremity value of 16st 1lbs and size L.

Martin ne'er went backmost to his aged manner and adjacent became a 1:1 Diet manager himself successful 2020.

"I privation to beryllium a portion of changing their lives, being capable to cheer idiosyncratic connected and beryllium their support," helium said.

In 2023 helium had a antheral bosom simplification and a tummy tuck to region his excess skin, costing £20k - which helium paid for with the money helium had saved by not buying takeaways and snacks.

This twelvemonth helium had a £13,500 veneers to conceal the sweetener harm to his teeth.

'I'll ne'er spell back'

Now unrecognisable from his erstwhile self, Martin inactive sticks to a steadfast repast program and exercises six times a week to support his trim figure.

He said: "It makes maine consciousness truthful arrogant of myself looking back, without my travel I wouldn't beryllium wherever I americium today.

"That cardboard cutout is simply a reminder of idiosyncratic I erstwhile was, and idiosyncratic I don't privation to spell backmost to.

"I deterioration my country scars proudly - I telephone them my conflict scars.

"I'll ne'er spell back."