How it all began

I have dealt with weight issues my whole life. That means I have mostly been fat, up to roughly 375 pounds at points.

I have lost 80 pounds several times, but always gained back 100.

In 2003 I got to around 250 pounds. I was doing a lot of hiking and solo backpacking. And then I had a deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and almost died.

It kind of put the kibosh on things and I got depressed, etc and got up to what you see on the left.