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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

'I didn't recognise myself in my son's birth photo - it made me change my life'

Mohamed was overjoyed after the birth of his son. But there was one photo that would soon bring him crashing back down to Earth – causing him to make huge changes to his life.

The 34-year-old, from Failsworth, found he piled on the pounds after spending years in a desk-bound job. As his health and diet habits worsened, Mohamed, who asked that his surname wasn't used, quickly ballooned from 13 stone to 21 stone.

But it took just one picture for him to turn his lifestyle around for good. Shortly after his son was born, Mohamed and his family were taking photos in the hospital. When he was shown a photo of himself holding the tot, Mohamed was horrified by what he saw.

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