14 DAY TRIAL // Rob Gillett got the nickname “Human Doughnut” after appearing on the British reality show “Supersize vs. Superskinny” and was stuck with it until he decided to go on the program Lighter Life. Now, having lost over 70 percent of his body weight, he is definitely no longer in the Supersize category.
Gillett went on the aforementioned show, he tells the Daily Mail, in the hope that it would help him lose weight and keep it off; in other words, he wanted a lifestyle change that would finally help him fix all the health problems he’d been dealing with because of his morbid obesity.
And make no mistake, at over 41 stone (574 pounds / 260 kg), he was just that.
Because of his weight, Rob could not sleep without a breathing machine, could not move around without help, and had lost all his teeth because of his addiction to sugary treats. He was depressed and ashamed and, he says, going on the show didn’t help him much with any of these.
To boot, after the show, he piled back the weight he lost, while also having to deal with the idea that he’d become the mockery of the Internet.
This is when he decided to give Lighter Life a chance and, in the end, it paid off: as you can see in the video embedded below at the end of the article, he is now 29 stone (406 pounds / 184.1 kg) slimmer and the happier and healthier for it.
“Taking the decision to lose weight wasn't easy as I knew I had to tackle my demons, and still can’t believe I have lost the same amount of weight as two grown men. I have a new lease of life now. I ran a 10k race, do Nordic walking and have a personal trainer,” he says.
He’s also on a very strict low-calorie diet and has received counseling to think differently of his relationship with food.
Gillett doesn’t try to justify his weight gain, but he does admit to turning to food to help him deal with abuse that started when he was just a kid. He says that, if it hadn’t been for food, he would have probably turned to drugs or alcohol to deal with his problems.
However, just like drugs or booze, food didn’t make the problems go away either, but only made them much worse. So, one might say, it’s a good thing he came across this program.
