Jack Darby is a 23 year old pre-doc med student that was dumped by his ex-girlfriend for being ‘too chubby’ has now become a professional bodybuilder. Living in Wolverhampton, U.K., he was made to feel ashamed of his 203lbs build and decided getting into shape was the best revenge. The med student at Leicester University spent the last 18 months working out build his muscular physique.

He regularly ate fast food and developed a beer belly after boozy nights out. Happily loved up with his long-term girlfriend, Jack, then 19, became uncomfortable when her eye began wandering to other men with toned physiques. ‘She never told me I was fat, but she kept dropping hints about going to the gym and I noticed her looking down at my gut,’ he said. He was made to feel ashamed of his 14.5 stone figure and decided getting into shape was the best revenge. ‘She seemed really put off by it and we became less intimate. ‘We’d be sat drinking in a pub and I’d see her eyes following fit, muscly guys. She’d also swoon over men on the TV saying, “You could be like that if you wanted to be”.

Now being freshly dumped, he felt depressed and stressed out. So Jack started over-eating to deal with the break-up. Jack packed on the pounds along with multiple booze filled nights out.

Jack’s diet then

Breakfast

Bacon sandwich / cinnamon bagel Lunch

Super noodles and garlic bread Dinner

Microwave burger and chips Snacks

Crisps, muffins, chocolate bars Looking down at his beer belly, he was determined to change his health and body for the better. After six months of pumping iron and doing cardio at his school, Jack got ripped! He was so proud of his accomplishments that he wanted to get into bodybuilding. ‘I knew I was shaping up and my friends were amazed,’ said Jack, who now boasts just six per cent body fat. ‘This May, he will enter his first major body-building competition at the Body Power Festival, the UK’s biggest fitness convention and he’s also looking for love’ ‘I’d been watching all these videos of bodybuilders and fitness models on YouTube and decided I wanted to be just like them. My friends laughed at me, but I knew I could do it.’ Instead of scoffing on junk food, Jack cut out the carbohydrates and began training every morning before going to work at Leicester Hospital. ‘All I wanted was to get rid of my tummy at first, but it’s become so much more than that,’ he said. Jack’s diet now Breakfast

Porridge with banana and cinnamon

Fat-free natural yoghurt with blueberries

Protein shake Lunch

Lean ground beef with broccoli and pasta Dinner

Chicken breasts sauteed in olive oil and herbs, with sweet potato and avocado

Soon, Jack will be working as a full-time doctor, but he also hopes to become a personal trainer in his spare time. He has lost three stone of fat and replaced it with pure, raw muscle. He now weighs in at 14 stone. This May, he will enter his first major body-building competition at the Body Power Festival, the UK’s biggest fitness convention and he’s also looking for love. ‘When I told people I was going to become a bodybuilder they’d laugh in my face. ‘Girls who usually wouldn’t even look at me are all over me now. I even got a message from my ex trying to get back together.’ Now I hope I can meet a nice, intelligent girl who’s into fitness like me,’ he said. ‘My ex left me feeling like half a man…but now at least I’m a muscly one.’

via Daily Mail