Shawn was mildly upset when he read my first post on here that briefly described his road to overweightness, so I wanted to set the record straight.
When I said that he’s been heavy since the 1990s, I didn’t mean 1990. I meant that sometime in that decade, he began to s-l-o-w-l-y gain weight. Here’s his story
Shawn was a high school athlete — quarterback of his football team and on the track team. He was very active back then . . . but then high school ended and there wasn’t that level of activity beyond the school yard gates. But while his activity level decreased, his eating habits remained the same. Then came the frequent fast food runs while working long hours, which just added more to the pot without a lot of time for exercise to offset it. Slowly, from the mid-1990s on, the weight packed on. And despite a strong interest in working out, his efforts were frequently thwarted by work responsibilities.
Now, it’s been more than 15 years since Shawn graduated from high school. And after the birth of our second child, he is just ready to lose once and for all.
