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Man loses seven stone after seeing himself on Google Street View

AN OBESE man was shocked into losing seven stone after he identified his overweight frame on Google Street View.

Bob Mewse, 56, weighed 21 stone 3lb after years of feeding his sweet tooth with cakes and biscuits.

He was so horrified a year ago when he saw himself on GoogleStreet View – a mapping service that uses a 360-degree camera to record images – that he decided to start losing weight.

Mr Mewse lost a third of his body weight after drastic changes to his diet and a strict regime of exercise. He now weighs 14 stone (89kg).

He said: “I was horrified when I saw that photo. I was massive. My belly was sticking out and I looked huge.

“I’d been thinking about losing weight for some time but after seeing that picture, I knew that I actually had to do something about it. I was in such bad condition that I was unable to walk and talk at the same time.

“My blood pressure was sky-high and I was getting back problems due to the excess weight I was carrying around.” Mr Mewse was classed as morbidly obese.

After seeing the picture, he joined a gym, Fitness First, in Longwell Green, Bristol.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .