Celtic fan who ate a takeaway every day for a decade and ballooned to 30 stone has cut his diet from 7,000 calories a day to 700 - and lost 15 stone in a year.
Joseph Ruthven said he was a recluse and felt embarrassed to see his mates when he weighed himself at 30st 6lbs last year. Despite skipping breakfast most days, the account manager said he ate a takeaway and drowned himself in up to ten cans of fizz each day.
The 28-year-old would also regularly gorge on packets of crisps, cake and ice cream.At his heaviest, he had a staggering BMI of 61.2 - the NHS states that anything over 40 is considered "severely obese".Joseph, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, said: "I weighed 30 stone six pounds at my heaviest.
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