Lee said he had spent all his adult life obese and weighed 36st (228kg) at his heaviest.
In 2021, he had gastric bypass surgery abroad and after the operation his weight dropped to 12st (76kg).
But he felt “mentally and physically poorly” at that weight and said after his surgery he did not recognise who he was and removed the mirrors in his house.
“Anyone who asked what my name was, I used to say Jobber. I was quite proud to be Jobber.
“Then it became Lee, because I totally lost myself.”
“I didn’t like who I’d become, I was just in a dark place.”
Lee tried to end his life in 2023 and recovered at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire in Walsgrave.
It was 12 months later that he began to attend recovery meetings.
He said he is now “quite happy sitting in my own skin” and is now at a consistent weight he is comfortable with, adding his health is “a lot better”.