An award successful Northern Irish make-up artist has wowed followers on social media with the success of his extraordinary weight reduction.
addy McGurgan has previously spoken publicly about his wish to rework his overall body, telling the Brunch Club by Buella podcast earlier this year the journey commenced back again in September 2019.
The breathtaking transformation was on exhibit to his 68,000 followers on Facebook and 41,000 on Instagram when he shared a snap of a go to to Birmingham on Wednesday.
Posting the photo of himself dressed in black, Mr McGurgan explained: “Fun day filming one thing very appealing in #Birmingham. It’s generally unusual currently being on the other facet of the digital camera.”
The publish led to the Middletown-born man receiving a deluge of compliments, as men and women were being bowled over by the final results of his exercise and diet regime regime.
Elegance influencer Vanessa Davis posted: “Is that a new James Bond?”
Irish design Holly Carpenter extra: “You seem incredible Paddy.”
The post gained above 2,000 likes on Facebook, with Sasha Dickson remarking: “You seem astounding! Like searching at a entirely various human being! You seem so significantly extra self-assured in you and that speaks volumes. Effectively done.”
The acclaimed make-up artist moved into the magnificence entire world getting at first focused on pursuing a tunes occupation, choosing a audio degree at the Jordanstown campus of Ulster University.
Mr McGurgan now owns and runs his individual retailer on Belfast’s Royal Avenue.
Talking about his excess weight reduction back again in June, he instructed the Brunch Club by Buella podcast walking over lockdown was a significant assist in the journey.
“Suddenly you locate you have all of this further time. Generally anytime another person mentioned about heading for a wander, often I would truly feel responsible for the reason that I know there was e-mails sitting down that will need to be replied way too or it’s possible I am just working one job to the up coming and just not leaving any time. This was different, I experienced this time,” he claimed.
“I hadn’t examine textbooks in ages so I commenced finding into audiobooks. With audiobooks I wasn’t listenting to like criminal offense or thrillers. I started encompassing myself with pretty beneficial men and women.
“The books have been quite motivational. There was a couple of seriously terrific books. I believe that was the to start with phase that, about transforming my mental mindset to what I was trying to do.
“From Covid kicked, that was when I seriously commenced to target seriously on creating guaranteed I was looking after my nutrition, getting far more active, generating confident all those steps were in.”