Couple Lose 139kg After Humiliated Partner Crushed Chair At BBQ

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A couple were crowned Slimmers of the Year yesterday after losing 139kgs between them – after he flattened a chair at a barbecue.

Chris Coulter, 51, weighed in at 187kgs before he lost half his body weight.

He was so large he regularly stopped breathing due to sleep apnoea – and partner Lesley Hutchinson, 55, feared he might die.

But the humiliation of the broken chair in the summer of 2010 saw them launch a joint effort to lose weight.

Chris, now 78kgs, has seen his waist shrink from 66" to 34" while Lesley, once 97kgs, is now a trim 69kgs.

She also dropped 10 dress sizes from 22 to 12.

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