Amazing Loser – Brian MacFarlane

Age: 44 Heaviest weight – 205lb (93 kg) Current weight or lowest weight – 147 lb (66.7 kg) Height – 5’9” (175cm) Job – Works for British Airways Engineering Tell us about why you decided to make a change and lose weight.  We’d come back from a holiday and my eldest son had thought he’d […]

Future Amazing Loser – Ben George

Ben George (or Ben Olge as I know him:) is an A&E doctor but he is also a MAN v FAT Future Amazing Loser. He’s already shifted over 24 pounds but he says that moving towards a healthier lifestyle is his goal rather than seeing a particular number on the scale. His interview takes in […]

Future Amazing Losers – Paul Dolman-Darrall

If you’ve spent time on the MAN v FAT forum then you’ll probably have already met Paul Dolman-Darrall. He’s a very vocal presence and often brings his considerable experience to help others who are looking to lose weight. Although he’s already shifted a lot of weight – down from 210 lbs (95 kg) in January to 155 […]

Amazing Loser – Jon Calvo

Age: 25 YouTube Star 5’6″ (167 cm) Heaviest weight: 340lb (154.2 kg) Lowest weight: 152lb (68.9 kg) Why were the videos so popular? I think part of the reason they gained a lot of success is because it’s just a story of hope. I think people just need to see that hope is possible. In their […]

Future Amazing Loser – Adam Windass

It’s the same for everyone – before you become an Amazing Loser, by default you are a Future Amazing Loser. This week we’re speaking to Adam Windass (or Adamski as he goes by on the forums) to ask him about his weight loss, what he knows that trips him up, to share what he’s learned so […]

Amazing Loser – Ira Rainey

Ask Ira anything on MAN v FAT Talk (@ira-rainey) Age: 45 Height – 6″ (183 cm) Software developer and author of Fat Man To Green Man Heaviest weight: 245 lbs (111.1 kg) Lowest weight: 192 lbs (87.1 kg) Your book Fat Man To Green Man documents an incredible phase in your life where you lost nearly 50 lbs and took up ultramarathons […]

#FutureAmazingLoser – Adam Barrett

MAN v FAT is where men come to get information and ask questions, so in time they can become Amazing Losers. This week we’re meeting #FutureAmazingLoser Adam Barrett or @adambarrett82 as you may know him on the forums. Adam has struggled with his weight since his secret eating began when he was starting high school, and despite getting down […]

Amazing Loser – Chris Oliver

Ask Chris anything on MAN v FAT Talk (@cwoliver) – the thread is here! Age: 54 Height – 5’10” (177 cm) Consultant trauma orthopaedic and hand surgeon in Edinburgh Heaviest weight: 377 lbs (171 kg) Lowest weight: 210 lbs (95 kg) Like many men Chris Oliver found that his weight gain was directly connected to his work. In our first ever […]

Amazing Loser – Vince Millett

Name: Vince Millett Age: 53 Height – 5’10” (177 cm) Runs Broken Drum Records Heaviest weight: 17 stones 3 lbs (109.3kg) Target weight: 11 stones 7 lbs (73kg) Many years ago I was on holiday with friends in Jordan and we were walking up a mountain in Petra, the famous city carved in the rocks […]

Amazing Loser – Dave Beevers

Age: 58 Lives: Bolton Job: Journalist runningwithdiane.blogspot.co.uk Height: 6ft 3in Highest weight: 153kg Lowest weight: 98kg   Your weight loss journey started in tragic circumstances, what happened? My motivation for turning things around was the death of my wife Diane, who I lost to breast cancer in February 2013. I was consumed by grief and fear […]