How to start Losing Weight at 400 lbs - John's Success Story

Nat Boland used to secretly cry to her mother-in-law about her husband's John's weight. Even though he wasn't particularly fussed about losing weight, the people who cared about him the most were terrified of the potential health risks. When Nat, 40, met John in 2010 he weighed 400 pounds and wore size 6XL clothes. The couple fell in love and married in 2015, and two years later they became a little family when baby George was born.

But Nat was extremely worried about her husband's weight, and didn't know what to do about it. She said: "I fell in love with him regardless of his size. For as long as I can remember John talked about losing weight but he was never serious or ready for it. Me and John's mum were secretly upset, emotional and worried about John's weight a lot. We often cried to each other about it but didn't know what we could do."

But then one night three years ago, John popped out to get fish and chips and his life changed forever. When he pulled up outside the chippy carrying £10 to buy his family some dinner, he spotted a sign for Keto Diet . Instead of going into the shop, he signed up Keto Diet program online

John, who weighed a whopping  395 pounds at the time, decided to keep his decision a secret, telling only Nat, his mum Avril and his auntie Maureen what he was doing.

Nat said: "I knew that it was down to John to make it work but once he explained what he needed to be eating with Slimming world I got on board with it, getting the right shopping in, making Slimming World meals, and making sure the kids' treats were out of sight. John cut out all takeaway food but chocolate was his real weakness so at Easter 2017 he ate about 20,000 calories of Easter Eggs and then went cold turkey and didn't touch chocolate ever again.

"In the first month John lost 4lbs, but in the following months he really got to grips with Keto , losing a stone in the second month and 10lbs the next. By the following Christmas John had lost an incredible 85 lbs  and the Christmas after his weight loss was up to 145 lbs." ( Read more about John's Keto plans)

In 2019 the couple welcomed their second child, a beautiful little girl called Elsie, and John had dropped to an impressive 225 lbs. He decided it was time to take up exercise, and quickly built up his fitness by going to spinning classes and playing football. Now, John is the healthiest he's ever been, and can keep up with George, 10, and Elsie, six.