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A year ago
I climbed off a plane in North Carolina and-breathing
heavily, dragging my feet-started a new life at the Duke Diet & Fitness Center. I was 355 pounds, a bombastic bundle of denial, a wreck who-though suffering no serious weight-related health issues, no diabetes, no high cholesterol-had crossed this divide only through the intervention of concerned friends. Well, I'm so happy to report that in the months that have passed since that fateful moment, I have done it: stayed true to the everyday lessons I learned during my stays at Duke, exercising, controlling portions, eating mindfully, monitoring myself. I have kept off the weight-and then ...