GOODBBYE BIG LAD

Jason Anderson, 49, from Nuneaton Warwickshire,

Sitting down on the sofa, I pulled my plate of Victoria sponge towards me. Fresh out of the oven, I couldn’t wait to get my mouth around it.

I may have been a heavy man in my 40’s, but I was a mean cook.

Cakes, pies, pastries, you name it, I could make it.

Cooking was my escape, and after my relationship broke down, it became my comfort blanket.

Soon, I was sitting down to eat an entire two-tiered Victoria sponge that was covered in jam and cream, almost once a week.

And if it