A secret sandwich addict who didn't leave the house for five years finally feels able to take his son to school, after losing 20 stone.
Former scaffolder Ian Whitmore, 46, could no longer walk upstairs when his weight ballooned to 35st after he ate 12 sandwiches each day. The dad-of-two broke his shoulder in an accident at work in April 2004 and was forced to leave his job after developing COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
While recovering at home he steadily piled on the pounds with a diet of 12 ham or bacon sandwiches a day - going through a loaf of bread - as well as crisps, pork pies and greasy takeaways. Ian admits he would regularly wake up and eat six sandwiches, a packet of family-size Doritos and a Pot Noodle in the early hours of the morning.
