A 30-stone bloke credits monster eating challenges for helping him lose weight - claiming regularly devouring 10,000-calorie treats helped him shed six stone. John Dawes said comfort eating exacerbated by a relationship breakdown saw him 'constantly' chomping on pizza washed down with fizzy pop and doing no exercise.
The dad-of-two's eating habits spiralled out of control leaving him tipping the scales at 30 stone and wearing 58-inch waist trousers. The delivery driver, who rarely socialised due to anxiety and depression, feared he wouldn't live long enough to see his children grow up so knew he had to do something about it - but was unsure how to tackle it.
After spotting an eating contest advertised online, which he describes as playing to his strength of eating large amounts of food, he decided to give it a go in a bid to meet new people. The 43-year-old tackled a beans on toast challenge in July 2020, where contenders were served a gut-busting 20 slices of toast and 2.5kg of baked beans.
