A young, overweight virgin
who worried he would never find a girlfriend when the scales tipped 20 stone
has launched himself into a fitness programme, toned up, lost five stone... and
found love.
Ben Davis, 21, from
Rochford, Essex, struggled with weight all his life, was bullied during his
school years and found it awkward and embarrassing even talking to girls.
Bullies called him 'the
chubby kid' and 'fatty boom boom', and would laugh at him when he got out of
breath running up stairs.
He said: 'I always had some
friends but most of them were cousins and I would never have gone up to a girl
in school because I was so afraid they would laugh in my face.
'When I got older everyone I
knew was going on nights out and wearing trendy clothes and I couldn't think of
anything worse.'
Even after leaving school,
he was left embarrassed by his 19st 8lb frame, turning down nights out with his
friends in favour of staying in eating junk food.
He gorged on a diet of fast
food, always choosing the large option in places like McDonald's, and never
turning down chocolate bars and crisps.
And when the weight kept
piling on he used food as a comfort and ate continuously through the evenings,
unable to pull himself out of his unhealthy lifestyle.
He said: 'Instead of helping
myself I just got stuck in the same rut of eating everything that was bad for
me and doing no exercise.
'My man boobs were so big I
could easily have borrowed my sister's bra to keep them up.
'I was so embarrassed about
how I looked with my top off that I used to go swimming in a T-shirt. I didn't
want anyone to see me.'
But after attending a
bodybuilding event with his cousin, Ben realised that he couldn't deal with
looking the way he was.
'I was really interested in
doing bodybuilding, but my cousin told me that I wouldn't even be able to start
trying until I had lost a serious amount of weight.
'That night I stood in front
of the mirror and was repulsed at what I saw
'I had spent the day
surrounded by all these men that were toned and had amazing bodies and I was
foolishly thinking that I could look like that if I just started lifting
weights.
'I then realised something
needed to change as I couldn't go on the way I was.'
He said: 'I remember doing
four weeks of really heavy duty training. I checked my weight and I had only
lost 9lbs.
'But by then I was hooked.
Gradually I learned more about diet and nutrition and the weight just fell off
me.
'The raspberry ketone pills
really accelerated the weight loss I was already achieving through a better
diet and exercise. I could not have done it without them.'
Then, at a family party, Ben
couldn't believe it when a girl took an interest in him: 'I couldn't believe it
when Fern told me she thought I was fit. I hated my body and couldn't see how
any woman would be attracted to me.
'I have always had weight
issues since I was a kid and could never imagine anyone would ever be
interested in looking at me, even after I lost all the weight.'
It was instant attraction
between the couple, but Fern, 18, says that she would still have spotted him if
he hadn't lost the weight.
Fern, also from Rochdale,
Essex, who is training to be a hairdresser, said: 'I spotted Ben and instantly
thought he was gorgeous.
'I sent my friend over to
tell him at first as I was too shy but as soon as we got chatting I felt so
comfortable around him.
'He showed me pictures from
before he lost weight and it didn't bother me. I got to know him and it's his
personality I fell for.'
Forza Supplements managing
director Lee Smith said: 'We were delighted to help Ben Davis achieve his
ultimate goal.
'He is lovely lad and we are
thrilled that he has finally found happiness.
'Our Raspberry Ketone
capsules are particularly popular with young men who like to body build like
Ben. They help them to lose crucial body fat so that they have a better body
equilibrium when they do lose bulk.'
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