IN IT TOGETHER

Walking to the end of our street, I turned back and saw that my partner Grant, 49, was lagging behind.

‘Are you ok?’ I shouted over.

‘I’m fine,’ he said, huffing and puffing.

We’d barely walked a few hundred yards and Grant was fighting for breath.

It was the summer of 2019 and both of us were overweight, but Grant dangerously so.

Weighing over 30 stone and wearing size 7XL clothing, I knew Grant was desperate to do something about his size.

And as we walked along the street together, it was