Jason Taylor before and after his weight loss
WHEN Jason Taylor stepped on the scales in Boots one lunchtime and discovered he was 25 stone, he decided to take action.
That was January 2020, and the start of Jason's lockdown weight loss journey. While most people complain of putting weight on during lockdown, Jason, of Laisterdyke, has bucked the trend and lost a fifth of his body weight so far.
"The catalyst was when I went to Boots and got on the scales - I was shocked when it showed I was 25 stone, yes 25 stone," said Jason. "This was the heaviest I'd ever been, I knew I had to do something. I've always been a big bloke and just used to laugh off the nicknames I amassed over the years: 'Big Jay, 'Porkpie and 'Tubby' to name a few. When I saw those scales I thought: 'Enough is enough, I can’t go on like this'.