5 Feet of Fury

How audiobooks helped Twitter star Stephen Fry lose all that weight

The British actor & author (and popular Twitter guy) says:

Looking at him today – he weighs 15st 7lb – and comparing it with his appearance in the new series of Kingdom, in which he plays a solicitor, he looks like a man who has had a fat suit removed. (…)

‘And I never thought I would say this, but I genuinely enjoy going to the gym. I spent years mocking them, but now I’m one of the converts.

What has helped enormously has been the audio books I listen to while I’m walking. I’ve written myself a list of great novels and am slowly working my way through them.

‘At the moment it’s Tim West reading Anthony Trollope. It’s sheer pleasure, and largely uninterrupted. I’ve discovered that wearing white earphones means that people can see what I’m doing and usually don’t disturb me.’

(As I’ve said before, I’m a big fan of listening to audio books on the treadmill — and have gone down a couple of dress sizes.

(Talking books from Audible.com make a great last-minute, no fuss Father’s Day gift.)