Slimming down to a big challenge
An award-winning slimmer who once tipped the scales at more than 31 stone has now set his sights on a bigger challenge – to run marathons.
Phone shop manager Matt Briggs, 29, from Strensall, in York, lost more than half his body weight in just over two years, after he was tagged on Facebook in an unflattering photograph. Yesterday named Slimming World’s Greatest Loser 2012, he said; “I’m nearly down to my target weight of 13 and a half stone so am looking for new challenges and thinking about doing the London or New York marathon, or maybe both.”
Mr Briggs has seen his weight fall from 31 stone, three and a half pounds to 13 stone, 10 pounds, and his waist size is down from 56 to 32 inches.