At 560 lb, Darren "Dibsy" McClintock so severely overweight that doctor told the 27-year-old man that he was "eating himself to death."
When Dibsy started working with trainer Mike Hind to lose weight, the personal trainer decided to do something a bit unusual: he printed and distributed posters to local restaurants, telling them not to serve Dibsy!
The strategy is working - coupled with diet and exercise, Dibsy has lost 10% of his body weight so far.
Read the rest of the story over at The Sun and follow Dibsy's weight loss progress over at his Instagram.
The Sun has the video clip "The 40-Stone Man Banned From Takeaways."
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