"That much stress and weight is unbelievable," he said.

"I was sick and tired of being sick and tired, and I knew I had to do something to reclaim my life."

After meeting motivational speaker and self-hypnosis guru Mark Stevens, Jordan took the drastic move of living the majority of his life at Mark's Little Forest health retreat, on the New South Wales South Coast.

He underwent hypnosis and meditated multiple times a day in order to strengthen his mind to his formidable task.

"The mind is the ultimate weapon we’ve got in the battle of the bulge," said Mark.

Jordan also has two personal trainers who helped kickstart his exercise regime and has learnt to cook his own food, and grow vegetables, in order to be more accountable for what he was putting into his body.



 

Slowly but surely, his weight fell away until he had lost a staggering 32st through his diet, exercise and mental awareness regime.

Now weighing in at a slimline 16st, Jordan is happier than ever before. 

"I feel like a different person," he said. 

"It was like standing at the bottom of Mount Everest and climbing up in thongs."

"I did it the hard way. Now I'm at the top, the view’s good," he said.
 

Jordan, who used to wear 9XL size clothing, now fits into a single XL, and is determined not to put on any of the weight he has lost.

His next goal is to put on 3st of muscle to keep improving his physique, which has been aided by surgery to lift his excess skin and restore his appearance.

In a surgery which last several hours, surgeons injected fat stem cells into his cheeks and lifted his belly button, leaving him with 200 stitches.