A man who lost 20 stone in 12 months is now happy and living his life with his ‘amazing’ girlfriend.
Darren ‘Dibsy’ McClintock dropped 20 stone, half his body weight, going from 40 to 20 stone in just a year.
The 28-year-old’s no-nonsense personal trainer banned him from local takeaways after doctors warned him he was ‘eating himself to death’.
Dibsy is in a relationship with a trainee nurse called Jade, 28, who met him after following his progress online.
They talk in messages over Facebook and in August became ‘officially’ a couple.
Dibsy said: ‘Jade is such an amazing girl. She’s so caring and is really supportive of my weight loss and what I’m doing.
‘The two of us just click and get on so well.
‘It’s great to have someone like that in my life – 18 months ago I wouldn’t have thought it was possible.’
He added: ‘I’m definitely punching above my weight.’
Dibsy said Jade, who’s also from Middlesbrough, first messaged him over Facebook last October, and she wished good luck for his weight loss journey.
‘It was nice to get the message and I replied saying thank you but I didn’t think much else of it,’ he said.
He added: ‘After Jade messaged me again we started chatting properly and got on really well so exchanged numbers.’
Within a few days they decided to meet face-to-face and they went for a walk at a nearby beauty spot, where Dibsy spread his dad’s ashes.
‘When she said she wanted to go there I knew it was meant to be,’ he said.
Their first proper date was at a bowling alley in August and a month later the pair made their relationship ‘official’.
‘My mindset now is completely different from how it was 18 months ago,’ he explained. ‘Before I wouldn’t have tried anything new because I was scared about what people would think of me. ‘But now I feel comfortable in my own skin and like I can just be myself, it’s an incredible turnaround. ‘I’m really happy now.’
Mike Hind, the trainer of Dibsy, changed his life. He helped Dibsy at every step of the way.
He said: ‘When Dibsy and I first started working together I asked him what he wanted to achieve.
‘He told me he wanted to a girl to settle down with, just like all his friends have. ‘
‘To see him achieve that now after putting so much work in is incredible, I’m so happy for him.’
‘Dibsy and Jade make a great couple.
‘It just goes to show what eating well and keeping fit can do for you, it’s completely turned his life around.’
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