How to Lose 53 Pounds in 3 Months - Success Story of Mark

 

Mark Quashie lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Laura, 26, and their four children, Kaya, six, Keisha, four, Kobe, two, and Karmel, eight months. The 36-year-old played professional basketball in the US and Europe before a foot injury put his career on hold.

He joined Keto  with a starting weight of 290 pounds but has since lost a huge 53 pounds in just 3 months. Mark has maintained his target weight fora year and now runs his own Slimming World group in Hemel Hempstead. Below, he shares his inspiring weight-loss diary and reveals the moment which sparked him into taking action about his weight...

SEPTEMBER 2012 – 250 pounds
I’m 17 years old, I’ve left school and I have no idea what I’m going to do with the rest of my life. I’ve started playing basketball recreationally and one night a teacher from my old school spots me and asks if I’d like to join a league. Within a few months I’m playing in basketball tournaments all over New York, and this turns into a professional career playing with teams in the US and Europe. Because I’m playing so much sport, my weight is never a problem. 

SEPTEMBER 2017 – 264 pounds
My foot isn’t healing and I haven’t played basketball for six months. I’m eating the same food though – curry, beer, chips… and my clothes are getting tighter. I don’t think about it too much, as I’m sure it will come off once I start playing basketball again. I have another operation on my foot, but it doesn’t work.  

MAY 2018 – 266 pounds
I have my picture taken for an ID card and when I see my face, I realise how much weight I’ve put on. I need to do something, but the idea of counting calories and cutting out food doesn’t appeal to me. I decide I’ll wait until my foot gets better and start exercising again – the weight’s bound to come off.

MARCH 2019 – 290 pounds
A lad at work mentions he goes to a Keto Diet program name Cusotm Keto  and that she has lost  80 pounds. It sounds like my kind of thing: no counting calories, just a list of foods you can eat as often as you like.

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JUNE 2019–  237 pounds
I’ve reached my target weight. Then the basketball season starts again and my foot has healed at last. I’m back on court and I soon achieve my 4st award. One of the main effects of losing weight is how much more energy I have. I’m racing up and down the court and I’m in the best shape I’ve been for 10 years!