article_snippet.sent: Shedding the pounds: David Rush, 33, used to weigh 34st but has shed an incredible 19st in just one year .
article_snippet.sent: Super slimmer: David Rush now weighs a slimline 15st 4lbs - down from 34st at David Rush heaviest (right)
article_snippet.sent: Embarrassed by David Rush size and afraid of cruel comments or being forced to squeeze past people, David Rush says David Rush never left the house - and never had a girlfriend. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rush, who now weighs a healthy 15st 4lbs, began shedding the pounds at the rate of a stone a week but, determined to speed up the process, took up cycling.
article_snippet.sent: David Rush plucked up the courage to make a change after having problems walking around .
article_snippet.sent: David Rush combined bike rides with 10 mile jogs and vigorous gym workouts and as a result, managed to shed a substantial 18st 10lb in just one year.
article_snippet.sent: A newly slimline David Rush says A newly slimline Mr Rush now feels confident enough to ask women on dates and is training for a half-marathon and a 115-mile charity bike ride. '
article_snippet.sent: Since my weight loss my life has changed so much,' A newly slimline Mr Rush enthuses. '
article_snippet.sent: A newly slimline Mr Rush says A newly slimline Mr Rush has always been big but really began piling on the pounds in A newly slimline Mr Rush twenties after moving out of A newly slimline Mr Rush parents' home.
article_snippet.sent: A newly slimline Mr Rush and a friend can both squeeze into a friend old XXXXXL Rangers football shirt .
article_snippet.sent: : A newly slimline Mr Rush is now training for a half-marathon and a 115-mile bike ride .
article_snippet.sent: A newly slimline Mr Rush, in the red jacket on the left, cycles up to 85 miles a week .
article_snippet.sent: All that changed when himself mother Margaret began suffering from heart problems, which, combined with A newly slimline Mr Rush own mobility issues, provided the wake-up call himself needed.
highlights_snippet.sent: David Rush, 33, from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, weighed 34st .
  