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Like many people with serious obesity issues, I was fat most of my life. I do not remember a time when I was truly “normal”. I can name instances in which I lost lots of weight with all kinds of diets, but I could never keep it off. I did medically-supervised fasting, took over the counter diet pills, no-carb, high carb, high protein…you name it, I probably did it. The result of my yo-yo dieting was a slowed metabolism, a fatter than ever body (475 was my known maximum), and a level of self-confidence that was worse than ever before. I was certain that I would be obese for life, and that the life I would have would be short and dull.
From the time he was 7 or 8 years old, Charles Scott had weight problems. Life as “the big guy” in middle school and high school was tough. “All of the kids tease you,” Charles said. “Walking on the side of the road, people holler stuff at you. It is not pleasant.”
Charles dieted on and off for 30 years or so. He would lose 70 or 80 pounds, gain it back, lose 100 pounds, gain it back, but he never got to a “normal” weight. When his daughter was five years old, he thought about the health problems he was facing. He had back pain, arthritis in his knees, high blood pressure…and he realized that he had to do something to get healthy or his daughter would grow up without a dad.
Charles didn’t think he could lose the weight on his own and assumed he would need to undergo gastric bypass surgery.
