Finley Tyson gave up McMuffins, pizza and his relationship of two years to completely revamp his health
Finley Tyson was 27 stone at his heaviest, struggling to even face himself in the mirror. Now, the 25-year-old has lost a total of 14st and 9lbs, shedding most of the weight after a breakup. But his new routine is nothing short of intense as he never eats dinner and hits the gym almost every day.
In December 2023, Finley committed to turning his health around for good and started by leaving his two-year relationship. He told What’s The Jam: “The relationship ended mainly because I knew what I needed to do to lose the weight.
“And I didn’t see how I could do it in a relationship. I was holding the other person back due to my insecurities with being overweight. I didn’t aim particularly to have a glow, I just wanted to be healthier and feel better within myself.
“I definitely used to lack confidence. I would always wear jumpers and struggled to look in the mirror.”
The design and technical lead started by switching from full sugar to diet drinks, ditching fast food for home-cooked and stocking up on burritos and granola bars. He added: “I have a crazy sweet tooth, so sugary drinks and sweets and chocolate were my biggest problem.”
Before his breakup, Finley’s diet mostly consisted of McMuffins for breakfast, cheese toasties for lunch, pizza for dinner and sweets or chocolate snacks throughout the day. Now, the Ashby-de-la-Zouch resident does not even eat dinner.
He does intermittent fasting, a type of diet plan that allows you to eat during certain hours. Everyday, Finley only eats between 7am and 1pm, fasting for the other 18 hours of the day and going to gym instead of getting dinner.
His intense weight lifting routine is around an hour and 15 minutes with 30 minutes of cardio but even on rest days he will be in the gym just on the stair master or treadmill instead of under a barbell.
Looking back at his journey, the 25-year-old said: “My relationships and general life have improved drastically, and I’m so much more confident in my body. It has had such an impact on every aspect of my life and health.”
He also took to TikTok to share his incredible weight loss journey, and received a lot of support. With some of his followers even asking ‘will someone break up with me?’ so they can get the same results.
Finley shared: “I’ve tried not to look at comments too much. A lot are about the idea of a person in a relationship having to work on themselves during not after, but sometimes it doesn’t work like that, and everyone’s circumstances are different.
“I don’t really care much about negativity, I’ve worked too hard on myself to care about negative opinions. People always congratulate me on the work I have put in, and most people regularly see how hard I worked to get to where I am.”