" On one occasion, despite having already eaten three main courses from a Chinese take-away, he was still hungry. So he bought another meal from a stranger in the street. "

" It was being unable to play with his niece Ellie without breaking into a sweat, feeling breathless and suffering chest pains which marked a turning point for Aaron. "

" And it led him to improve his health so much he was able to run the London marathon. "

" He says: "The day with Ellie was a turning point. I was so upset I could not play with her and she was upset, which upset me even more." "

" Aaron went to his GP, who shocked him by saying he was a "heart attack waiting to happen" and would be "lucky to be alive in five years". "

" At his heaviest the 31-year-old from Hull, who is 6'5" tall, weighed 27-and-a-half stone (174.6kg), but hadn't realised he needed to take action. "

" Over the years the weight had crept on, and from being an overweight teenager he became a morbidly obese adult, without even noticing. "

" "I worked as a bookie, which was a really sedentary job, and I would snack on fast foods. "

" So each night I would go round to see the landlords and check that they had turned up. "

" "The landlords would invariably offer me a pint and I could be drinking 12-18 pints of beer a night." "

" Aaron saw an advert for Living TV's 'Biggest Loser Contest' and was selected from thousands of applicants for the weight-loss competition. "

" He was so worried about the thought of taking part in the 10-week retreat that the night before he indulged in his Chinese take-away binge. "

" He lost 5st 12lbs (37.1 kg) on the course, and then another 4st (25.4 kg) in the next nine weeks working from home to go from 25 stone (158.7kg) to 15 stone (95.2kg), . "

" Aaron, now a lifestyle coach, won the competition, but gave away his �25,000 prize money to his niece and some of the other contestants. "

" "I didn't want the money because I wanted to have done it
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