TRAINEE DOC DUMPED FOR BEING CHUBBY - NOW HE'S A HUNKY BODYBUILDER
A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby'. Made to feel ashamed of his chubby 14.5 stone figure, 23-year-old Jack Darby, from Wolverhampton, decided getting into shape was the best revenge - and now he has girls begging him for a date. Jack, who studies medicine at Leicester University, has spent the last 18 months bodybuilding to achieve his muscly physique and can now lift one and a half times his own body weight.
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