Electrician Mr Sleek 2018 has his spark back

  Posted by: electime      29th January 2018

A 30 year old electrician from Solihull, West Midlands, has shed 5st 2lbs and has been crowned Slimming World’s ‘Mr Sleek 2018’.

Dann Sullivan, who has been an electrician for thirteen years, said he faced a lot of backlash as a “bigger bloke” in a male-dominated environment. He told Slimming World: “you have to put up with a lot of banter. I always took it on the chin and laughed it off, but deep down I was really unhappy.”

He continues: “At my heaviest, I felt that I wasn’t as competent as I should be at work either–I couldn’t do jobs as quickly or as efficiently as my workmates and I often felt nervous about fitting though hatches or into tight spaces.”

Dann’s wife joined Slimming World and after eating the same meals as her for seven days, he had already lost 10lbs and felt compelled to join a group himself.

Although Dann found first joining “so daunting”, he was quickly put at ease and colleagues were asking how the weight was “falling off of him.”

“While everyone else tucked into fry-ups, I’d have a lean bacon sandwich on wholemeal bread and feel just as satisfied.”

As well as having a lot more energy to go on family walks with his children and dog, Dann says he is a lot fitter at work and his physical health is the best it’s ever been.