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A PUB landlord lost nine stone in six months after calling time on his habit of drinking 50 pints of Stella Artois lager a week.

Adam Joy, 40, was knocking back a staggering 12,800 calories in beer every week containing 135 units of alcohol – nearly 10 times the recommended limit of 14 units.

The dad of two has gone from 26st 4lb to 17st 4lb and no longer has arthritis and high blood pressure.

He said: “If I can do it, anybody can. I was boozing heavily and eating really unhealthy. If walked past a bakery I just had to go in.”

Adam said he was drinking so much because working behind a bar meant “every night was a Friday night”.

He said: “We’d have darts on Monday and Wednesdays and quiz nights on Thursdays. Punters would always offer to buy me a drink and I’d always accept.”

The last orders bell rang for the landlord of the Bird in Hand in Dartford, Kent, when he struggled to make it up the stairs at a rugby match.

He said: “I started becoming unhappy after seeing pictures of myself at my 40th birthday party last August. Then when I took my son to the England game at Twickenham I realised how unfit I was.

“I’ve managed to shift the weight because when I do something I always commit.”

Adam also swapped a diet of fatty foods such as kebabs for home-cooked dishes. He now does all the cooking for wife Carol-Ann, 46, daughter Caitlin, 19, and 13-year-old son Jack.

He has been named Male Slimmer of the Year at his Slimming World group and hopes to inspire others in his position.

He said: “I’ve completely turned it around now. If I can live and work in a pub and shift the weight, so can they.”

I’ve lost the weight as when I do something I commit

ADAM JOY ON MAKING THE LIFESTYLE CHANGE