A pipe fitter lost almost 11 stone in under a year after receiving a bizarre wake up call - when he became wedged between floorboards while on the job.
Daniel Mann, 32, from Halifax, tipped the scales at more than 24 stone when he got stuck going from one floor to another while fitting pipes in a Victorian property.
A comical picture shows the dad-of-two completely unable to move and howling with laughter at the extraordinary predicament he landed himself in.
His co-workers were doubled over in hysterics for 20 minutes before they finally helped him out - but only because it was the end of the day and they wanted to go home.
One colleague pulled Daniel's arms from the ground floor while another, who had gone down ahead of him, pushed from the bottom before he finally popped out.
Daniel said: "I saw my mate go down and I thought, 'oh I'll be alright', but then I just got wedged - I couldn't get out.
"I called for help and when they saw me they just burst out laughing, they couldn't believe what I had done.
"Even though I could see the funny side and started laughing I was actually really embarrassed.
"It made me think about what kind of size I had got to and that something really needed to be done."
Just weeks later, in April 2019, Daniel and his wife Deborah, a 31-year-old office administrator, joined Slimming World and embarked on an epic weight loss journey.
Daniel said: "I was a bit apprehensive at the start because I'd always associated it with the kind of thing women do.
"But after getting there and meeting everyone I immediately felt included and knew that I had made the right decision."
Before turning his life around Daniel would regularly eat fast food like pizza and fish and chips, adding that he'd often have two dinners in the evening.
He said: "I used to get the biggest butty you could think of at lunch times - bacon, sausage, cheese, black pudding, you name it. They would be massive."
However, with the support of Deborah, along with that of their children, Harry, six, and three-year-old Rosie, Daniel adopted an entirely new, healthy and balanced diet.
His daily food intake includes overnight oats for breakfast, salad for lunch and Slimming World recipes for spaghetti bolognaise, and stew for dinner.
At his first Slimming World meeting, the 32-year-old weighed in at 24st 8lbs and a size 44 waist. Now, barely nine months later, he is down to 15st 5lbs and a slimline 34 waist.
He has admitted he took some stick from his mates at work before they saw how much weight he was losing on his diet.
He said: "The lads did take the mick out of me at first, they knew my old eating habits and they didn't think I'd be able to stick at the diet.
"They'd keep asking me, 'what's that you're eating, rabbit food?' They'd keep asking if I wanted a butty, because they knew I liked them.
"But they've all seen the weight loss and that I stuck at it - they can't believe it. The jokes have stopped and they know I have done well, they respect me for it.
"One of the lads has even joined Slimming World because he was so inspired by my success. He asked me for advice and said he wasn't quite sure whether it was for him, but I told him to just go. Don't be scared, just go and do it.
"He's lost two stone since September."
Deborah, who has slimmed down from 14 stone 11lbs to 12 stone 4lbs on the diet with Daniel, described him as 'inspirational'.
She said: "I wanted to get down to the weight I was on our wedding day after gaining weight while pregnant with our daughter.
"I feel so much healthier and happier. I'm fitting back into my smaller clothes and my friends and family are always complimenting me on my weight loss.
"Losing weight together was so much easier than trying to lose it on my own.
"Daniel is so inspirational with his weight loss and he keeps me on track. I couldn't have done it without him."
The dad-of-two has also admitted he lost the weight, in part, for his own father, Stephen, who sadly died from cancer last year aged 68.
He said: "My dad was very straight-talking and he told me very directly that I needed to sort myself out and get rid of the weight."
Daniel received the motivational words after his dad had been told he would die from the disease, and says his dad's passing in June last year gave him extra impetus to succeed.
He said: "I just wanted to prove to my dad that I could do it and make him proud.
"Luckily he got to see I was on the right path before he passed away in June last year."
Daniel's Slimming World Consultant, Tamina Oates, has paid tribute to him, adding she's "incredibly proud" to have him in her group.
She said: "To watch and share the weight loss journey he is having is a privilege.
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"He is so inspirational and often pops into one of my other groups when he can't make his own, which the members love as they are all following him on our Facebook page and awaiting his weekly updates.
"He and his lovely wife, Deborah are Slimming World members and the changes I have seen for both of them are just amazing.
"He has a motto of 'plan, prep and achieve' and he is the living proof of the life that can be enjoyed with a healthy eating lifestyle."
Despite his astounding success to this point, Daniel's end goal is to get down to 14 stone.
