[James Newman]

Having been very large, I think it is easy to take whatever the easy way out may be. I was kind of a strange deal. I let myself go. I more or less didn't care about many things. Food was my drug; Mt. Dew my elixir. Its odd to imagine holding values at that point I am sure but one of mine was that I wouldn't have surgury and I wouldn't take drugs. When I decided I was going to start losing weight I was going to do it the hard way. I got myself into that mess, I could get myself out. I quickly learned that it was more confusing than I thought it might be. Nutrition information was not cut and dried. Fitness in the public spotlight was not readily do-able by someone of my size. 7.5 years later and here I am. I still have a long way to go, but I am on my way.

I can see someone wanting to take the "easy way out." Unless you have been there it is hard to understand. I don't agree with it and it is obviously not something I would do. But the bottom line is most of the time we will choose the path of least resistance and everything we do in life is done to change the way we feel.

Newman