A bus driver who claims to have eaten over 500 takeaways a year for 20 years has given up his habit to shed a whopping six stone . Mark Gadsby , from Ashbourne , Derbyshire , fed his addiction by tucking into Indian , Chinese and fish-and-chip takeaways at least once a day - and then binning the food packages to hide the evidence . But the 33-year-old ditched the convenience food and 20 years after being bullied as a teenager , he has shed six stone . Mark was eating takeaways everyday , left , before he joined slimming world and lost six stone , right . Mark , who works for a coach company , said : ' I 'm utterly ashamed of what I was like . I would love to be able to ask myself what I was doing to myself before . ' I just see a massive fat person when I 'm looking at old photos . I think , 'What an earth was I doing to myself ? ' I was not eating all day when I was big - it was only at night . It was all about convenience food and the amount I ate was huge . ' I would always call at McDonald 's after work , or a chippy or takeaway . ' I would always top that up with convenience food like hot pasties and sausage rolls from bakeries and fast-food places . 'From the age of 10 to 32 that pattern would continue and that 's when I was really big . I was eating about 500 takeaways a year , which over that period of time is 10,000 . Mark , pictured before the weight loss , would always stop in at McDonald 's or a chippy after work . Mark suffered emotionally because of his weight and was a target of cruel bullies who made his life a misery . 'Having all of that food , often late at night , gave me terrible indigestion and made me feel ill. 'It was awful . It was constant Greggs and Subway and it would be every day . ' Mark said he suffered emotionally because of his weight and was a target of cruel bullies who made his life a misery . He said : 'There was a group of girls who would refer to me as Man Boobs - it was very hurtful . The bullying really hurt and made me feel worse than I did before . ' As Mark is a bus driver , he felt like he had to get his food quickly and on the go . He said : ' I would use a drive-through quite a bit because I could go straight through and I did n't need to get out . ' I would hide the food packaging because I did n't want people to know . I was like an alcoholic craving booze . ' Mark moved in with his mother about two years ago and a combination of the Slimming World diet plan and his mum 's cooking has meant the weight has dropped off . He said : 'She helps me a great deal and it 's brilliant to be back . She keeps me on track and there 's no sneaking food now . 'Everything is freshly prepared and there 's nowhere near the same amount of takeaways as before . ' Mark now hopes to be able to use his own experiences to help other people in their battle with weight as a Slimming World consultant . Mark , pictured above , has been put in Slimming World 's Hall Of Fame as 'Slimmer Of The Month ' Mark no longer sneaks food and says that all of his meals are freshly prepared thanks to his mum 's cooking .
Mark Gadsby from Derbyshire ate 10,000 takeaways in his lifetime . The bus driver , about two years ago , would eat at night and hide food from his family . Moved in with his mother and has been eating her healthy cooking .