PROUD dad Dan Williams says having a happy healthy son has driven him to get more healthy - and to do something to help less-fortunate parents.
Dan is about to run three marathons within just a few weeks of each other after shedding more than two-and-a-half stone, and has named his own blog ‘Fat Dan to Three Marathon Man’.
“I’ve been ‘the fat kid’ for as long as I can remember,” said Dan, 31, who grew up in Ward Green but now lives in Northern Ireland.
“Other lads at school used to call me ‘Top Heavy’ and I’d always try to avoid having to go in the shower after PE as I was pretty ashamed of my body.
“Then university happened. Years of takeaways, enough beer to kill an elephant and a dreadfully unhealthy lifestyle put me in arguably the worst shape of my life.”
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