Project Garry: Can A Bootcamp Solve Your Weight Problems?

Every fat guy has had the boot camp fantasy. No, not that fantasy, the other one. The boot camp fantasy where you feel horrible about yourself and in a fit of courage you book yourself into a boot camp. It’s brutal, you sleep on an army-type bed and there are really high walls to climb over, which at first you can’t […]

The Best Weight Loss Quotes That Get How You Feel

Sick of fitspiration memes chock full of the same old weight loss quotes? We are. That’s why we thought we would dust off our Googling gloves, trawl the archives and bring you some fat-related quotes you might not have seen before. Some might inspire and make you smile, but they will all hopefully show that you are […]

Weight Loss Transformation – Adrian Owen – Amazing Loser

Name: Adrian Owen (ask him anything on Talk) Job: Personal Trainer and Designer Height: 6′ (183 cm) Age: 41 Highest weight: 386lbs (175 kg) Lowest weight: 220 lbs (100 kg) You know what it’s like – you wait for a bodybuilder transformation story and then two turn up in a matter of weeks. We’ll come onto this but your dad […]

Weight Loss Transformation – Eric Rudd – Amazing Loser

Name: Eric Rudd (ask him anything on Talk) Job: Print estimator Height: 5′ 5″ (165 cm) Age: 40 Highest weight: 264 lbs (119 kg) Lowest weight: 175 lbs (79 kg) Eric, the less said about that dodgy apron picture, the better, so let’s start with what started you off on this weight loss transformation.  The weight was just something that happened over […]

Will The Fat Shaming Ever End?

UPDATE: An enraged MVFer wrote to Susan Jebb and got a positively sane reply, it seems that her views were wildly misrepresented and we’re happy to acknowledge that.  Did fat shaming help me when I was obese? I’m not sure what it takes to be an obesity expert, but it is clear, if the Daily […]

Amazing Loser – Alex Varnals – Weight Loss Stories

Name: Alex Varnals (ask him anything on Talk) Job: Commercial Diver and Scuba Diving Consultant Height: 6′ (182cm) Age: 32 Highest weight: 301 lbs (136.5 kg) Lowest weight: 229 lbs (103.8 kg) What was it that led you to decide you wanted to lose weight? My ex girlfriend wanted to drop a dress size before a scuba diving holiday we […]

What Being Fat Does To Your Penis

A fat penis-like cucumber in the grip of a mannequin's hand

First of all let’s quickly disappoint the millions of Googlers who arrived at this page after searching for “fat penis”. It’s not that kind of article. Sorry. Still here? Good. We thought it was time to talk about penises. Specifically, we thought we should talk openly and honestly about what being overweight and obese does to your penis. It’s really not […]

Amazing Loser – Ash Perera – Weight Loss Stories

Name: Ash Perera (ask him anything on Talk) Job: Gym Manager at 24/7 Fitness in New Zealand Height: 5″10 Age: 32 Highest weight: 317 lbs (144kg) Lowest weight: 170lbs (77kg) Ash, wow – you’ve definitely changed! I’m not sure we’ll need to label these pictures with Before and After! Take us back to the beginning of your story… […]

Healthy Food Porn – Sexy Cakes That Won’t Kill You

Ahhhh cake. Cakey, cakey, cake, cake. It’s all the vogue at the moment what with that Bake Off whatnot that is on in the background while you’re watching Sky Sports on the laptop (male Bake Off viewers please proceed straight to the comments…). But how do you fit a nice slice into your weekly consumption? […]

Weight Loss Stories – Stephen Austin – Amazing Loser

NAME: Stephen Austin (say hi to Steve and ask him any questions here) JOB: Cattle hoof trimmer HEIGHT: 6’0″ (183 cm) AGE: 37 HIGHEST WEIGHT: 246 lbs (111 kg)  CURRENT WEIGHT: 189 lbs (85 kg) So Steve, the guy in the photo looks more than a little familiar, is that Mr Crouch by any chance?  It […]