‘20 years younger’: man in China motivated to shed 50kg after seeing obese, paralysed man in hospital, shocking many online
- Man used to weigh 120kg believed ‘sugar solved all problems’
- Wake-up call comes in shape of obese acquaintance who almost died
A man in China shed 50kg in less than two years after reducing the volume of sugar in his diet, amazing many people on social media who said he “looks 20 years younger”.
At his heaviest in 2021, the 36-year-old, surnamed Ming, who is 184cm tall, weighed 120kg. After two years of dieting, he recently weighed in at 70.5kg.
Ming, from southeastern China’s Guangdong province, said the secret to his weight loss was eliminating as much sugar from his diet as possible.
At one point he believed all the unhappiness in his life could be “cured by sugar” and would buy a soft drink or ice cream whenever he felt stressed.
But when his father’s neighbour, an obese man in his 40s, was hospitalised following a stroke, Ming realised he needed to adjust his lifestyle. The man had a cerebral haemorrhage from drinking too much alcohol and was left paralysed.
When Ming was unhealthy, he used to feel dizziness, numbness in the face and pain in the liver area.
