I was a walking time bomb after eating 7K calories a day from McDonalds – now I’m unrecognisable after shedding 14st
A TAKEAWAY addict who ate three McDonald’s meals a day for eight years has now lost 14 stone — half his body weight.
IT worker Matthew Riggs gorged 7,000 calories from the fast food giant and drank a bottle of rum a day, pushing him over 27 stone.
But it all came to an end when his son Harrison, ten, said: “You’re fat Daddy — are you going to have a heart attack and die?” That 2019 comment rocked Matt, 35, of Basildon, Essex.
He said: “I just choked up. I had to walk out of his room.”
He dumped McDonald’s for good, cut the alcohol and joined a gym, spending 755 consecutive days working out.
Matt also changed his diet to oats, protein powder, chicken, vegetables and turkey meatballs.
Eating 2,500 calories a day, he has slimmed to 13st 2lb.
He still has a family take-away at weekend but wins at body transformation shows.
Matthew said: “I was a total McDonald’s addict.
“The only exercise I did was walking there.
“I was a walking time bomb and in complete denial. Harrison saved my life.”