By IANS,
London : A Briton was so horrified after seeing his massive belly on the Google Street View that he decided to join a weight loss regime, a media report said Monday.
Bob Mewse, 56, weighed 21 stone 3lb (about 133 kg) after years of feeding his sweet tooth with cakes and biscuits.
He was horrified a year ago when he saw himself on Google Street View – a mapping service that uses a 360-degree camera to record images, Daily Telegraph reported.
Mewse lost a third of his body weight after drastic changes to his diet and a strict regime of exercise. He now weighs 14 stone (89kg).
The Google Street View photograph showed Mewse, of Bristol, side-on opposite a filling station wearing a tent-like grey shirt.
He said: “I was horrified when I saw that photo. I was massive. My belly was sticking out and I looked huge.
“I’d been thinking about losing weight for some time but after seeing that picture, I knew that I actually had to do something about it. I was in such bad condition that I was unable to walk and talk at the same time.
“My blood pressure was sky-high and I was getting back problems due to the excess weight I was carrying around.” Mewse was classed as morbidly obese.
After seeing the picture, he joined a gym, Fitness First, in Longwell Green, Bristol.
A personal trainer gave him an exercise programme to run in conjunction with a healthy eating plan – which replaced cakes and takeaways with fruit, salads and protein-rich foods – and he lost weight rapidly.
Mewse said: “If I can do this, anybody can – I’m just an ordinary bloke. I feel much healthier now.”