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We
were both overweight all their lives, well, at least as long as we can
remember. We both come from families of overweight relatives, so we
both had heredity and poor eating/exercise habits working against us
(not an excuse, just a fact). Of course, as we got older and settled
into our own adult family life, a sedentary lifestyle (we both usually
went from sitting behind a desk all day to sitting in front of a TV all
night) and eastern European/Midwestern US comfort food meals (think,
for example, 12 deep fried chicken wings smothered in BBQ hot sauce
with a double order of mac & cheese on the side with a cup or more
of nice creamy coleslaw dripping with mayonnaise…don’t forget the draft
beer!) caught up with us. We were both very overweight (Karen
especially) and John, in particular, had some serious health concerns
(including asthma, high cholesterol and blood pressure, diabetes, mild
artery blockage, etc.) which meant he was taking all the attendant
medications. Karen found herself getting winded with the very least
exertion, experienced intermittent racing heart rate, sore feet in the
morning, etc. We were basically a health mess!! And, to make matters
worse, we had regrettably dragged our son, Jay, with us into this
morass of “overweightedness” (a kind of parental negligence for which
we will probably never forgive ourselves). Then, in January of 2007,
we decided we really wanted a change. We just knew it was something we
had to do, for ourselves, but also for people who loved us.
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