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Wales Online
Wales Online
Lydia Veljanovski & Nisha Mal

'I would eat three burgers for lunch, with cakes and biscuits for pudding' Dad's incredible 7 stone weight loss after near terrifying brush with death

A dad has lost an incredible 7 stone after a terrifying health scare spurred him into action. One day in October 2019, Greg Maskalick was getting ready for work when he got out of breath.

When the music teacher arrived at school his breathing got worse and eventually it was so bad that staff called an ambulance and he was taken to hospital. The doctors told him he had had a minor heart failure and one of the contributing factors was his weight.

At the time Greg, from Derbyshire. tipped the scales at 25st 5lb. His wife Gail said he needed to lose weight and found a local Slimming World club in their area for him to join.

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