{"id":561136,"date":"2026-05-01T19:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561136\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:52:16","slug":"31-stone-bridgend-man-loses-200lbs-after-taking-up-one-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561136\/","title":{"rendered":"31 stone Bridgend man loses 200lbs after taking up one exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quinny used to have 3,000 calories a day – starting with sugary coffee for breakfast<\/p>\n

Neil Shaw Assistant Editor<\/p>\n

09:38, 01 May 2026Updated 11:02, 01 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David at the start of his weight loss journey<\/p>\n

A man who was ‘in a very dark place’ when he weighed 31 stone, thanks to a diet of sandwiches, snacks, takeaways and Guinness, has lost 14 stone after taking up one sport. David Quinn from Bridgend in Wales, known to his friends as Quinny, says he was so big he was struggling to move.<\/p>\n

David said: \u201cAt my heaviest, I really hated everything about myself and I was depressed. I struggled to even get up the stairs – let alone jog around a football pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a very dark place and really struggling with my weight and mental health at the time.” He added: \u201cBefore I started losing the weight, on an average day I\u2019d easily be consuming 3000 calories. I would never eat breakfast but would certainly start the day with a high-sugar processed coffee.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David weighed 32 stone<\/p>\n

\u201cI would snack constantly through the day on crisps, chocolate anything you put in front of me. Lunch would be multiple sandwiches, more snacks and sugary drinks. Then more snacks in the afternoon and in the evening, no doubt, it would be a takeaway and several cans of Guinness.”<\/p>\n

David decided to change after his wife saw a report about weight-loss and a fitness group MAN v FAT Football<\/a>, and he joined up. David said: \u201cI have never known a group like it, tailored to supporting men in multiple facets of their lives and also the football side of things, which is something I\u2019m so passionate about too – it just makes it that much better.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Now, my meals are far more structured day and I am really discipline. I have two Nutri-Grain bars for breakfast with a black coffee, then I\u2019ll have two snack size malt loaf bars before lunch. My lunches now are quite light, normally a noodle pot with hot sauce. Dinner is something healthy made in the slow cooker – and if I\u2019m feeling in a celebratory mood I\u2019ll chuck in a Guinness zero.”<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David was in a dark place<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve found a new sense of purpose in losing weight and MAN v FAT has given me my life back. I\u2019m the happiest I have ever been and achieved something I genuinely could never have dreamt of, I have made friends for life and the support I have received from the wider programme has been incredible.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anyone that\u2019s in a similar position to the one I was in: I would say that it could be the greatest journey you\u2019ll ever go on, you\u2019re going to do such amazing things, it\u2019s going open so many doors and change your life in the most incredible way. You\u2019ll not only change your life but be given the opportunity to change other people\u2019s lives, you\u2019re scared now but you\u2019re going to be a different person and it\u2019s going to be so hard, you\u2019re going to want to give up but, when you get to the other side, it will all have been worth it.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David now helps others<\/p>\n

\u201cMy weight loss journey with MAN v FAT has introduced me to friends for life, which I am eternally grateful for. It has also given me so many amazing opportunities as a coach too.\u201d<\/p>\n

David now 17 stone, coaches other overweight men at the club he championed as a player, sharing his experience with other local lads who are aiming to show the red card, to fat. On Friday, May 8, at Walsall FC\u2019s Bescot Stadium, David will be one of 38 men that have lost two tonnes of excess weight between them, battling it out in MAN v FAT Football\u2019s 2026 Amazing Losers match.<\/p>\n

\"He<\/p>\n

He has lost 14 stone<\/p>\n

David’s side will be coached on the night by Wales international football legend, Neville Southall. The opposition will be managed by England’s Stuart Pearce.<\/p>\n

The fixture celebrates members of the MAN v FAT Football community in the UK and USA, who have lost life-changing amounts of excess weight in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quinny used to have 3,000 calories a day – starting with sugary coffee for breakfast Neil Shaw Assistant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[56734,6647,102,10428,4440,1906,56,54,55,4405],"class_list":["post-561136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-bridgend","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-healthy-eating","tag-mens-health","tag-mental-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}