A chocoholic who ballooned to 26 stone gorging on 35 Double Deckers a week has shed more than half his bodyweight in just a year to become a professional boxer.<br /><br />Tobie Vermeire, 31, managed to lose 12 stone in 12 months after taking up the sport in a bid to battle a food addiction which was causing him to 'eat himself to death'.<br /><br />The insurance broker had tipped the scales at 26 stone after years of an unhealthy diet which saw him consuming a whopping 10,000 calories a day.<br /><br />Tobie would scoff down two or three pizzas, a full English breakfast and a Chinese takeaway every day with multiple chocolate bars as a snack in between.<br /><br />At his heaviest, he struggled to put on his own socks or walk up a flight of stairs and squeezed into XXXL clothes with a 46 inch waist.<br /><br />Tobie, of Bromyard, Herefordshire, first decided to turn his life around in 2020 after fearing he could be heading for an early grave.<br /><br />Having always dreamed of being a boxer, he ditched his 'horrendous' diet and focused on losing weight naturally by stepping into the gym and boxing ring.<br /><br />He now weighs 14-and-a-half stone and has just been granted his pro boxing licence following three years of hard work and dedication.
