When I was not at work my bed became my island where I beached myself, surrounded by cellophane bags and boxes of junk food purchased from the corner store. Most weeks, I came home on Friday night, crawled into bed, and ate until Monday morning.
I desperately wanted to have friends, but I just didn’t know how to connect with the other kids, so I pretended that my isolation was my choice. This was how I lived my whole life. I told myself that anyone who wanted to be friends would have to come to me.
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When I was 18 years old, I weighed 200 pounds of mostly fat. I joined the Army and went to basic training after graduation.