A Nottingham man has shared his stunning nine month journey from 'dreading seeing people face-to-face' to winning 'slimmer of the year.' Mark Barry, who lives in Basford, managed to shed more than 10 stone between October 2021 to July 2022 after deciding enough was enough ahead of returning to the office after lockdown.
He commented that he and his partner had no planned diet once the pandemic hit and that takeaways were the usual option. Mark said he "knew I had to do something" to regain both his health and his confidence and met virtually with a 1:1 dietician to set up a structured diet plan.
His 1:1 diet consultant, Jo Turner, helped motivate Mark, but says that he never would have attended the meetings if they were not initially done online and he felt too embarrassed and ashamed. At the time of his first meeting with Jo, Mark weighed 24 stone, he is now down to 13 stone and one pound.
