Morbidly obese to personal trainer: Man transforms his body and life with 10 stone weightloss
Most people will agree that losing weight is not easy.
But one man has proven that anything is possible when it comes to transforming your body and getting in shape.
Mark Ludlow used to be morbidly obese and was bullied at school. Now, however, he has not only lost ten stone but become a personal trainer and life coach.
Seven years ago, Ludlow lost his job, his girlfriend, and weighed 23 stone. He was struggling with his mental health too, admitting that he had a “deep undercurrent of sadness” during that phase of his life.
“I wouldn’t be able to hold a conversation with people I didn’t know,” Ludlow told The Sun.
“I’d look down at the floor and not make eye contact.
“I’d always doubt whether people liked me and thought I was unattractive and that girls wouldn’t like me.
He suffered from anxiety, depression, social paranoia and even felt suicidal at times.
Now 35 years old, the North Londoner weighs 13 stone and says he is a “completely different person.”
Fed-up of fad diets, Ludlow transformed his body and both physical and mental health by exercising, eating less and battling his psychological demons.
A typical day’s diet now would be a 10-egg white omelette followed by porridge with blueberries and protein powder later on. Lunch might be chicken breast with basmati rice and vegetables.
As an afternoon meal, Ludlow eats tuna with sweet potato and more vegetables, and for dinner, he has white fish or salmon with even more veg. He doesn’t eat carbs after 5pm.
“I did, and still do, lots of weight training and my diet is high in protein, like white fish and chicken, topped up with complex carbs like rice,” he explains.
“I ate unhealthy foods for decades but Kate Moss’s expression about ‘nothing tasting as good as skinny feels’ is how I feel now.
“I never felt good enough for jobs or girls but I feel like I was born to be a personal trainer.
“I’m finally confident in myself. My personality is almost as unrecognisable as my appearance compared to before.”
And of course it's how you feel about yourself that's the most important thing.
