Obilescent father is ‘unrecognizable’ after throwing almost half of his weight – he took a common medicine, not Jabs for weight loss

A father of two nicknamed ‘Big than’ has shifted more than 10 stone and sees unrecognizable out-of-nadat antidepressants gave him motivation to reverse his life.

Dan Shilling, 39, weighed 26 stone at the end of 2022, when it was at his lowest ebb.

The electrical technician, who works offshore, struggled with his family gone and often came across bullying in the workplace.

As a result, he would often turn into food for comfort.

“Being a typical man, instead of talking about my problems, I spiral and tried to find comfort in food,” said Mr. Shilling, who lives in Norfolk.

“It led me to stack the weight and become an unpleasant person.”

The caloric food that was served in the facility where he worked did not help. The included meals include a full English breakfast, bacon bread, lasagna for lunch, cookies and cake in the afternoon, and shepherd tail or steak for dinner.

He said his exercise was ‘non -existent’.

At this point, Mr. Shilling also put away a 1200 low-calorie Marabou chocolate bar every evening, which resulted in his heaviest weight of 26th 1LB.

“Everything that could go wrong went wrong,” he said. “I wasn’t really there, I just existed.”

After an open and honest conversation with his partner Emma, ​​Mr Shilling decided to visit his doctor for a consultation about his mood.

The doctor made him the diagnosis Depression and prescribed antidepressants.

Within a few months the fog began to lift for Mr. Shilling, helped by a change in his work, Working on a gas platform in the Eastern Sea and flies from Blackpool.

His weight was the last challenge.

One day in December 2023 he started ‘casting sweat and out of breath’ while he was at work and walked to a helicopter just 50 meters from the terminal building.

He said he found it difficult to confirm his safety belt in the helicopter and at the moment he thought, “This is enough.”

He then signed up for the popular schedule for weight loss for football, Man v Fat FootballTogether with the bank up to 5K program and connected to change his life from January 2024.

About 8,500 men are currently participating in more than 150 men V Fat Football clubs in the UK.

“I promised myself that I would no longer be the toughest person in the team,” he said.

He started counting his calories and checking his portions at work, and he focused on increasing his daily step count.

Within the first three months he said he lost the 3rd 4 pounds and to date he has lost almost 11 stone.

Mr Shilling now weighs around 15th 6 pounds and can wear clothes from when he was 20 years old again.

“I didn’t have to buy a new wardrobe because I still have my old,” he said.

He added that he feels ‘load better’ and can now be a better partner for his girlfriend and father for his two children – Betsy, Five and Elsie, four months.

He is also running and he plans to participate in the Rome Marathon 2026 to celebrate that he will be 40.

Although he still enjoys sweet delicacies and fast food from time to time, he now has a healthier lifestyle and no longer takes antidepressants.

Asked for his advice to others, he said: ‘Just stay with the basics – calories in versus calories. That is all I have done.

‘I would like to eat a KFC, as long as I am going to do a run to cancel it and I have the calorie reserve.

‘I actually have a folder on my phone, I have an album named Fat Me.

‘Looking back on everything from then until now, you realize how far you have come.

“It’s incredible. I still can’t believe it myself. ‘