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I'm sure my story is very familiar to most people here. I was the "big kid" in the classroom, not fat but "husky". I wore my size almost like a badge of honor when I compared myself go some of the smaller kids in school. Then I got to high school and I was just another big kid but not athletic. Football and wrestling took all my weight off. Working out, eating pretty much anything is the dream of youth. I still didn't get it that it would come back to haunt me. I graduated and starting working both a day and evening job. Hard, physical labor kept the weight off. But then I got a fulltime desk job. WOW did the weight pile on! I put on 40 pounds over Summer and Fall. Tried dieting, OTC pills and shakes, but nothing to stick with. I was going to night school, working during the day and justifying a lot of snacking as needing my energy. Years go on, kids come along and my weight finds new, higher plateaus. I've reached a point of what feels like the back side of a slippery slope. More pills to keep me "healthy". A small dose of Lung Cancer, blood clots and an achy back. Now its 2 herniated discs and a bad gallbladder. I've gotten older but my body feels even older. Enough of this! Its time to change. I don't want to be an old man watching The Weather Channel all day and not moving because I hurt. I'm making a change so I can enjoy the life I deserve and want.
