Man loses 75kg, becomes pro-boxer

A chocoholic who ballooned to 26 stone gorging on 35 Double Deckers a week has shed more than half his bodyweight in just a year to become a professional boxer.

Tobie Vermeire, 31, managed to lose 12 stone in 12 months after taking up the sport in a bid to battle a food addiction which was causing him to 'eat himself to death'.

The insurance broker had tipped the scales at 26 stone after years of an unhealthy diet which saw him consuming a whopping 10,000 calories a day.

Tobie would scoff down two or three pizzas, a full English breakfast and a Chinese takeaway every day with multiple chocolate bars as a snack in between.

At his heaviest, he struggled to put on his own socks or walk up a flight of stairs and squeezed into XXXL clothes with a 46 inch waist.

Tobie, of Bromyard, Herefordshire, first decided to turn his life around in 2020 after fearing he could be heading for an early grave.

Having always dreamed of being a boxer, he ditched his 'horrendous' diet and focused on losing weight naturally by stepping into the gym and boxing ring.

He now weighs 14-and-a-half stone and has just been granted his pro boxing licence following three years of hard work and dedication.