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Jan 15

This man lost almost half his body weight after tipping the scales at 24 stone – Wales Online

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A lorry driver who weighed almost 25 stone just over two years ago has lost nearly half his body weight after being told he was at risk of serious health problems.

Jason Dury, 47, who used to "snack on chocolates biscuits and anything that came with chips" decided to join a Slimming World group to fight the flab.

Two years later, after radical changes to his diet and exercise regime, he got his weight down to 14 stone and feels like a new man after his massive weight loss.

He said: "I'd been overweight for quite a while, but I always made excuses for not doing anything about it. I'd say 'I'll start on Monday' but Monday never came.

"I avoided parties because I felt out of place and the moment a camera came out, I disappeared. I just felt embarrassed of how I looked and would get breathless after walking a few hundred yards.

"I had a couple of wake up calls the led to my decision. One was a visit to my GP after having serious headaches. They found that my blood pressure was through the roof and I was told in no uncertain terms that if I didn't lose weight I was on course for a heart attack or stroke.

"The week after that I joined a Slimming World group in Cwmbran and within a few weeks the headaches had gone and I lost two stone really quickly."

Jason, who lives in Risca , added that he was determined to change after an embarrassing incident at Dublin airport.

"I was held back for a routine security check so I was the last one to board the flight," he recalled.

"I had to tell the air stewardess that the belt didn't fit around my waist and she said 'no problem I'll get you a belt extension'.

"I felt like the whole plane behind me fell silent and I could feel their eyes boring into the back of my head."

Jason was worried when he first joined Slimming World because he thought he would be the only man there and would be the largest person in the group.

He added: "It was very nerve-wracking when I first went because I was feeling very self-conscious about the way I looked.

"But everyone was really friendly and supportive and my circle of friends has grown because of going to Slimming World too.

"I was really surprised by my weight though, I hadn't properly weighed myself for years and thought I was at least four stone lighter than I really was."

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Jason soon started to shed the pounds - at a rate of about two and half pounds per week for the next 22 months - to get down from almost 25 stone to 14.

His family and friends even struggled to recognise him.

"I went to a family party and two of my cousins walked right past me and blanked me because they had no idea who I was," he laughed.

Although he sometimes had urges to eat the junk food he used to live on, Jason said he doesn't eat any less than he used to, he just replaced the biscuits and sweets with an apple or an orange and now eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.

He said he couldn't have achieved his goal without the support of the leader of the Slimming World group at Hollybush Community Centre, Clare Lewis.

"Jason is the biggest weight loss of anyone who has been to my group in the five years I have been working with Slimming World.

"The change in him is unreal, he's so much more confident now.

"You see people come into their first meetings with their heads down sometimes and a lack of self confidence and esteem. But as time goes past they grow in confidence.

"It completely changes lives, it's changed my life too."

Clare lost four and a half stone herself before become a consultant at Slimming World and helps others to meet their weight loss goals.

Aside from changing what he eats, Jason is now a keen walker and hikes in the Brecon Beacons. Something he could "never have dreamed of doing" before losing weight.

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