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Lauren Beavis & Steven Smith

The husband and wife who've lost 19 stone between them after son asked when overweight dad would die

Meet the man who lost 14 stone in an incredible weight loss transformation - following a heart-to-heart with his seven-year-old son. Matthew Riggs' three-year fitness journey took him from chronically overweight to showing off a six-pack as he won the title of Pure Elite Transformation champion.

And his transformation inspired wife Jennifer, who herself has shed five stone. Matthew radically transformed his lifestyle, diet and mindset to lose more than half his bodyweight, going from 27st 2lbs in 2019 to 13st 2lbs today.

The father-of-two used to drink a bottle of rum daily, buy takeaways three times a day and "never exercise". Now he works out daily, has not drunk alcohol in 449 days and has eaten the same lunch - turkey meatballs - for three years.

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